Christopher John Youd Samuel (40 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.

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.

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.". …

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.…

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).…

Soft cover. Condition: VG+. 1st Edition. Nos.8-11 (1950-51) [all Nova Publications]: no.8 - stories by Arthur C Clarke "Guardian Angel", William de Koven, FG Rayer, JW Groves, Sydney J Bounds, Ian Williamson, VG; no.9 - John Wyndham (writing as John Beynon) "No Place Like Earth", John Christopher (Samuel Youd) "Balance", A Bertram Chandler, Cedric Walker, Peter Hawkins, VG+/F; no.10 - article by Arthur C Clarke "Spacesuits Will Be Worn, stories by Arthur J Burks, JT M'Intosh, FG Rayer, Gregory Francis, EC Tubb, near-Fine; no.11 - stories by John Christopher (Samuel Youd) "The Tree", HH Boyesen, Cedric Walker, EC Tubb, Alan Barclay, John Carnell, small chip back cover not affecting any text, VG, the four. Various (illustrator).…

Octavo, cloth. First edition. A near future revolt against a British authoritarian government results in a different authoritarian government. Berger, Science Fiction and the New Dark Age, pp. 133-5. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, Additions. Very slight spine lean (due to cheap manufacturing standards, not abuse), a fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket with touch of wear at top edge of front panel. (#161714).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Ex-library book, usual stamps and marking. Clean text, sound binding. Quick dispatch from UK seller.

First edition. Octavo, cloth. Set in a future ".where earthquakes destroys much of civilization. England rebuilds following the pattern of medieval walled cities ruled over by the Spirits as they are interpreted by the seers." - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-243. Last book in the trilogy preceded by THE PRINCE IN WAITING (1970) and BEYOND THE BURNING LANDS (1971). [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-244]. A nearly fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket. (31822).…

First edition. Octavo, boards. Catastrophe novel in which a new ice age descends on England. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-93]. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket with a touch of shelf wear to spine ends and corner tips. Formerly author Christopher Priest's copy with his signature to front free endpaper. (16969).…

Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First U.S. edition. "A rapidly mutating virus wipes out all of Earth's grasses, including grain crops." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-42. Published in Britain as THE DEATH OF GRASS. Filmed in 1970. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-240. Pringle, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels 21. Survey of Science Fiction Literature IV, pp. 1541-44. Pulpy text paper tanned, else a fine copy in very good price-clipped dust jacket with rubbing to black background ink at upper spine end, mild crease at lower fore-edge corner of the front panel and 15 mm closed tear at upper edge of rear panel. $2.95 price sticker affixed to front panel. A better copy than usually found. (#178782).…

First U.S. edition. Octavo, cloth. Set in a future ".where earthquakes destroys much of civilization. England rebuilds following the pattern of medieval walled cities ruled over by the Spirits as they are interpreted by the seers." - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-243. First book in the trilogy followed by BEYOND THE BURNING LANDS (1971) and THE SWORD OF THE SPIRITS (1972). [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-244]. Inked name to front paste down, a fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (31821).…

Octavo, boards. First edition. Catastrophe novel in which a new ice age descends on Europe and survivors flee south to Africa. Published in the U.S. as THE LONG WINTER. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-93. Clarke, Tale of the Future (1978), p. 125. A fine copy in fine dust jacket with a touch of wear to spine ends and corner tips. Formerly author Christopher Priest's copy with his signature to front free endpaper. (#155265).…