Christopher John Christopher Samuel Youd (48 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+ to Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). [1st printing thus, Apr.](1968) 17J. Cover art by Paul Bacon. Societal collapse from Juvenile Delinquency and revolt. Dj spien alittle darkened with minor creasing and stain at spine head. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Reading Copy. 2nd printing. Heavy wear; stray paint on front; black tape over spine; ex-library paste-ons, marks etc. Reading copy. Ex-Library.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. [1st printing, 1963] #D612. Cover art by the Dillons. Tanning; light creasing and lean; wraps loosening from lower end/. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. PBO - Paperback Original (True 1st). 159 pages. "A devastating novel of prophecy and horror by one of the op SF writers." >>Cover scuffing & creasing; spine slant; Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. EMSH Painted ART Cover! (illustrator). Book.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Collier edition. Collier book number 04624. Cover price $1.95. Cover illustrator unknown. A fine and bright copy. Book.

First U.S. bookclub edition. 8vo, pp. 183. A very good copy in chipped and some worn dj. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-42. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-240. Pringle, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels 21. Survey of Science Fiction Literature IV, pp. 1541-44. Published in Britain as THE DEATH OF GRASS. Filmed in 1970. "A rapidly mutating virus wipes out all of Earth's grasses, including grain crops.". …

Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Collier edition. Collier book number 04238. Cover price $1.25. Cover illustration by Emanuel Schongut. A book in "The Swords of the Spirits Trilogy." A fine copy. Book.

Soft Cover. Condition: VG. Reprint. 12mo. original printed paper wraps (a little rubbed & creased, slight toning and marking, prev. owner's small Japanese woodblock RSM to first page); pp. 170, [6 (pubs. advts.)]. A near fine copy.

Soft Cover. Condition: VG. Reprint. 12mo. original printed paper wraps (a trifle rubbed & creased, iprev. ownership details inside front cover, neat sealed-on protective plastic covering); pp. [vi], 134, [4 (pubs. advts.)]. A very good copy.

Soft Cover. Condition: VG+. Reprint. 12mo. original printed paper wraps (a trifle rubbed & creased, inscrip. to first page); pp. 156 (last blank), [4 (pubs. advts.)]. A very good copy.

Soft Cover. Condition: F-. First Puffin. 12mo. original printed paper wraps (a trifle rubbed); pp. 176. A near fine copy.

Soft cover. Condition: FINE+, Near New. Second Edition. 208 pages. "Terrorizing story of what happens when a new ice Age devastates the Northern Hemisphere, when civilization disappears into a voiceless polar night, when men and women turn into human wolf packs in their agonized struggle for survival . and when the only place left to run is filled with another kind of death." >> Minor dust shadow to top edge of backcover; Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Leo & Diane Dillon Cover (illustrator). Book.…

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. First Collier edition. Collier book number 04269. Cover price 95¢. Cover artist unknown. A near fine copy. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Collier edition. Collier book number 04240. Cover price 95¢. Cover artist unknown. A fine copy. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Collier edition. Collier book number 04268. Cover illustration by Roger Hane. Cover price 95¢. Pages lightly toned, else a fine copy. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. First paperback edition. Collier book number 04271. Cover price 95¢. Cover illustrated by Roger Hane. The first book in the Tripod trilogy. "The picture of future life in England after an alien invasion is convincing and troubling; the journey of the boys is exciting and suspenseful; the tripods are suggestive of Wells." Barron; Anatomy of Wonder 4, 5-29. A fine copy. Book.…

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. First US edition, first printing. Avon book number T371. Cover illustrated by Ed Emshwiller. Cover price 35¢. Issued in the UK with the title The Year of the Comet. A near fine copy. Book.

First edition. Octavo, cloth backed boards. Near fine, previous owners bookplate to front paste down in a very good plus dust jacket, small closed tear to upper front panel, some soiling to white background of jacket. (12260).

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Dust jacket. (Pocket 1183). (Original UK title: The Death of Grass). Eco-disaster novel. First thus. Solid vintage paperback. Cover bright but showing several faint creases. Binding square and solid but showing some rubbing to spine. Thumbprint size chip from the first page (no text loss). Original time magazine ad card intact in center. Text unmarked. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Slight shelf-wear and bumping to corners. Illustrator: Tom Dunn. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 12 oz. Category: Vintage Paperbacks::Fantasy & Science Fiction; Inventory No: 015373. Tom Dunn (illustrator).…

Soft Cover. Condition: VG+. First Paperback. 12mo. original printed paper wraps (slightly rubbed & sunned, prev. owner's rsms to first page, some faint spotting); pp. 158 (last blank), [4 (pubs. advts.)]. A very good copy of the first British paperback edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Book Club Edition (BCE). Author's second novel under this pseudonym & the first to win him acclaim. Initially published in his native Britain in 1956 as "The Death of Grass,'' this was the first publication in the US from 1957 (though only the original copyright date appears in book). Our copy is a Book Club Edition, same DJ art by Paul Bacon. From a single sci-fi collection, this hardcover has light tan cloth-covered boards, lettered in same inside a green title box to spine. Condition is Near Fine: extremely clean, binding strong & straight, pages creamy white with mild tanning but completely unmarked save for former owner's name/address stamp to ffep; all endpapers also show significant offsetting. The unclipped DJ is VG: colorful & bright, with slight rubbing, small chips, short unclosed tear, slight darkening to white areas; beautifully protected in new clear mylar cover free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received Weekdays by 2 pm (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day. Bacon, Paul (illustrator).…

Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First U.S. edition. Avon Books T371. A tale of a high tech twenty-first Earth controlled by business groups. One group foresees a coming age of revolt, chaos and destruction and takes preemptive action to prevent it. Part of Christopher's "Managerial" series. Published in Great Britain in 1955 as THE YEAR OF THE COMET. Reginald 02990A. A nearly fine, unread copy. (#144010). …

205 pp, fine copy in like, illustrated limp wrappers. Science fiction 'end of the world' novel..

Hardcover. Condition: POOR. NONE. Rear board has been water damaged. Cloth is wrinkled. As is. Reading copy Novels of tomorrow. Also has a magic marker X on front cover and a remainder mark on bottom edge.

Hardcover. First Italian Edition. Slan #30. A fine copy in about fine dustjacket with very mild toning to spine panel. Comes with its original bright orange wraparound band. In the Italian language. Translated from the English by Roberta Rambelli. A nice copy.; Octavo.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Nos.12-15 (1951-52) [all Nova Publications]: no.12 - stories by FG Rayer, Gregory Francis, Sydney J Bounds, JT M'Intosh, George Longdon, EC Tubb, near Fine; no.13 - stories by Bertram Chandler, Dan Morgan, EC Tubb, Sydney J Bounds, Lan Wright, near-Fine; no.14 - stories by Sydney J Bounds, AE van Vogt, EC Tubb, JT M'Intosh, ER James, VG+; no.15 - stories by John Christopher (Samuel Youd) "Breaking Point", John K Aiken, Charles Gray, Peter Hawkins, EC Tubb, near-Fine, the four. Various (illustrator). …

Hardcover. First Italian Edition. Slan #30. A fine copy in the original publisher's shrinkwrapper. Comes with its original bright orange wraparound band. In the Italian language. Translated from the English by Roberta Rambelli. ; Octavo.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Nos.16-20 (1952-53) [all Nova Publications]: no.16 - stories by JT M'Intosh, FG Rayer, EC Tubb, George Longdon, A Berram Chandler, tiny chip at one staple, otherwise VG+; no.17 - stories by Lan Wright, ER James, James Macgregor, A Berram Chandler, FG Rayer, JT M'Intosh, near Fine; no.18 - stories by Charles Gray, George London, ER James, Stewart Winsor, JT M'Intosh, near Fine; no.19 - stories by George Duncan, EC Tubb, James White, JF Burke, Gordon Kent, Fine; no.20 - stories by John Christopher (Samuel Youd) "The Prophet", Peter Hawkins, JF Burke, A Bertram Chandler, Ian Wright, EC Tubb, near Fine; for the five. Various (illustrator).…