Foster Alan Dean Novelization (13 results)

paperback. Condition: Fair. Cover wear, tightly bound, expected tanning/foxing, bookstore stamp inside. Acceptable condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Octavo - NF/F - Black boards quarterbound in a black backstrip with shiny gilt lettering on the spine. Book has a fair amount of bumping at the head of the spine and a nearly unnoticeable bump at the tail. White endpapers. Binding is straight and tight. Pages are all clean, white, and crisp. 260 pages. Dust Jacket - has no discernable wear - jacket is clean, bright, and sharp. A beautiful copy. …

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. USUAL TANNING TO PAGES.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First paperback Edition / First Print. Paperback copy, no dustjacket as issued. 223pp. Colour photographic stills from film. Not library copy, no inscriptions, no creasing to spine, some page foxing. (53/2).

Hard Cover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). 5859. Light creasing from page handling, light tanning to paper and light soil to outer edges. DJ has edge/rub wear and light creasing. The spine text is half on the rear panel (improper fold). Actual book for sale pictured. 15 x 21.5 x 1.8cm, wt500g Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book Club. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Book Club Edition. Based on the screenplay by a whole bunch of people but mostly Dan O'Bannon and Ronald Schusett, who originated the scary thing in the first place. Hardcover. BCE. DJ: light edge wear. Navy boards with red spine text. Prior owner's Ex-Libros plate obverse upper board. May have other minor incidental cosmetic defects expected with age. Else tight and square. All images are stock photos, not of the actual item. Photo requests encouraged prior to purchase. Additional shipping required for insurance, amount according to USPS, weight, and destination. [See our Terms and Conditions]. Scarce/rare/hard to find/out of print. Alien, #1. SCIFI/HORROR/FILM/SERIES. D. K. Stone [DJ] (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Second Edition By Publisher. Bantam Books 20477-7; Photos from the movie on front & back cover; ** Goodreads; It fell from the sky and lay buried in ice for 100,000 years. Soon it will be free.; TWELVE MEN Trapped in the Antarctic. ELEVEN Discover the intruder. TEN Battle the alien force. NINE Agonise for the answer. EIGHT Desperate to be spared. SEVEN Consumed one by one. SIX.FIVE.FOUR.THREE. They will all die. Unless something, anything stops. THE THING; Novelization by American author Alan Dean Foster of screenplay to the 1982 Hollywood film The Thing directed by John Carpenter and written by Bill Lancaster, based on the short story Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell, Jr. ** Genres: Horror, Science Fiction, Aliens, Film Media Tie In, Mystery, Action, Science Fiction Fantasy;>>>Minor edge wear to cover edges. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. PHOTO Cover from the Movie (illustrator). Book.…

Condition: Fine. No Dust Jacket. First Edition; First Printing. First edition. A paperback original. SIGNED by Alan Dean Foster on title page. Fine in pictorial printed wrappers. (Light toning to text) Cover art by Frank Frazetta.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Book Club Edition. Stated Book Club Edition at front flap; code S45 at page 183 and 2403 to back flap. Copyright 1976 by The Star Wars Corporation. Matches first issue in all aspects including design, art, quality, materials, and content. No other dates, indications. One of the first issues near original release of the blockbuster movie with spectacular color photographs for the special inserts furnished by Twentieth Century-Fox. Stark grey boards, black stamped bold titles, moderate shelf wear. Deckled pages very good. Few owner stamps, signature inside cover: "Dianne Moran. El Cajon, Ca." and signed "Dianne Price." Bind fine, square; hinges intact. Original pictorial dust wrapper, some edge wear, rub, chip, crease; protected in new clear sleeve. Front panel features dynamic collage painting by John Berkey with cast of characters with Luke & Leia ready to saber battle with a towering Darth Vader above, Star Fighters and Death Star in b.g. Back panel features a classic movie credits design on deep blue. Includes two wonderful glossy 8-page cinema photo sections on smooth coated black pages; several exciting scenes across two-page spreads. Near very good early issue in near good original wrapper. From front flap: Now a spectacular motion picture from 20th Century-Fox. Bold, imaginative and packed with excitement, Star Wars is destined to become a classic. This is the novel that brings that 'sense of wonder' back to science fiction - each page brimming with heroic adventure, unexpected marvels and amazing characters like. Luke Skywalker, a young farmboy on the remote sun-baked world of Tatooine who is compelled to break from the dull chores on his uncle's ranch. When he intercepts a cryptic message from a kidnapped princess, Luke embarks on the most dangerous mission of his life, enlisting aid from. Ben Kenobi, a shabby old desert rat who, before the rise of the sinister Galactic Empire, was one of the greatest warriors of the old Republic. It is Ben who gives Luke a legendary laser saber and interprets the secret code words of. Princess Leia Organa, the very young Senator from the rebel planet Alderaan. The strong-willed, beautiful woman now has the necessary information to destroy the Empire but has fallen into the hands of the galaxy's most evil genius. Darth Vader, an awesome, malevolent figure who commands the Death Star, a planet-sized space fortress that can destroy an entire solar system in mere hours. Vader plans to annihilate the secret rebel outpost after torturing its location out of the Princess. But. Chewbacca the Pirate and his human companion Han Solo have other ideas. Along with Luke, Ben and a pair of devoted robots, they plan a near suicidal assault on the Death Star to rescue Leia and free the universe from tyranny and oppression. What follows is prehaps the most thrilling and suspenseful science fiction adventure story of all times. a book that imaginative readers will find impossible to put down. Printed in the United States of America. 183 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall. Berkey, John (Cover Art) (illustrator).…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Book Club Edition. Stated Book Club Edition at front flap; code S33 ( first is S27) at page 183 and 2403 to back flap. Copyright 1976 by The Star Wars Corporation. Matches S27 reputed first issue in all aspects including design, art, quality, materials, and content. No other dates, indications. Subsequent issues have statements at copyright if later printings. One of the first issues prior to or near release of the blockbuster movie with spectacular color photographs for the special inserts furnished by Twentieth Century-Fox. Stark grey boards, black stamped bold titles, light shelf wear; moderate blue bleed to back spine edge. Deckled pages very good; no writing. Bind fine, square; hinges intact. Original pictorial dust wrapper, light shelf wear, navy bleed to spine area, back panel; protected in new clear sleeve. Front panel features dynamic collage painting by John Berkey with cast of characters with Luke & Leia ready to saber battle with a towering Darth Vader above, Star Fighters and Death Star in b.g. Back panel features a classic movie credits design on deep blue. Includes two wonderful glossy 8-page cinema photo sections on smooth coated black pages; several exciting scenes across two-page spreads. Very good rarity in good original wrapper. From front flap: Now a spectacular motion picture from 20th Century-Fox. Bold, imaginative and packed with excitement, Star Wars is destined to become a classic. This is the novel that brings that 'sense of wonder' back to science fiction - each page brimming with heroic adventure, unexpected marvels and amazing characters like. Luke Skywalker, a young farmboy on the remote sun-baked world of Tatooine who is compelled to break from the dull chores on his uncle's ranch. When he intercepts a cryptic message from a kidnapped princess, Luke embarks on the most dangerous mission of his life, enlisting aid from. Ben Kenobi, a shabby old desert rat who, before the rise of the sinister Galactic Empire, was one of the greatest warriors of the old Republic. It is Ben who gives Luke a legendary laser saber and interprets the secret code words of. Princess Leia Organa, the very young Senator from the rebel planet Alderaan. The strong-willed, beautiful woman now has the necessary information to destroy the Empire but has fallen into the hands of the galaxy's most evil genius. Darth Vader, an awesome, malevolent figure who commands the Death Star, a planet-sized space fortress that can destroy an entire solar system in mere hours. Vader plans to annihilate the secret rebel outpost after torturing its location out of the Princess. But. Chewbacca the Pirate and his human companion Han Solo have other ideas. Along with Luke, Ben and a pair of devoted robots, they plan a near suicidal assault on the Death Star to rescue Leia and free the universe from tyranny and oppression. What follows is prehaps the most thrilling and suspenseful science fiction adventure story of all times. a book that imaginative readers will find impossible to put down. Printed in the United States of America. 183 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall. Berkey, John (Cover Art) (illustrator). …

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Book Club Edition. Stated Book Club Edition at front flap; code T14 ( first is S27) at page 183 and 2403 to back panel. Copyright 1976 by The Star Wars Corporation. Matches S27 reputed first issue in all aspects including design, art, quality, materials, and content. No other dates, indications. Subsequent issues have statements at copyright if later printings. One of the first issues prior to or near release of the blockbuster movie with spectacular color photographs for the special inserts furnished by Twentieth Century-Fox. Stark grey boards, black stamped bold titles, light shelf wear. Deckled pages near fine. Antiquarian inscription at front endpaper: "To Paul, From Mom and Dad, September 5, 1978." Bind fine, square; hinges intact. Original pictorial dust wrapper, light shelf wear, rub; proteced in new clear sleeve. Front panel features dynamic collage painting by John Berkey with cast of characters with Luke & Leia ready to saber battle with a towering Darth Vader above, Star Fighters and Death Star in b.g. Back panel features a classic movie credits design on deep blue. Includes two wonderful glossy 8-page cinema photo sections on smooth coated black pages; several exciting scenes across two-page spreads. Near fine rarity in original wrapper. From front flap: Now a spectacular motion picture from 20th Century-Fox. Bold, imaginative and packed with excitement, Star Wars is destined to become a classic. This is the novel that brings that 'sense of wonder' back to science fiction - each page brimming with heroic adventure, unexpected marvels and amazing characters like. Luke Skywalker, a young farmboy on the remote sun-baked world of Tatooine who is compelled to break from the dull chores on his uncle's ranch. When he intercepts a cryptic message from a kidnapped princess, Luke embarks on the most dangerous mission of his life, enlisting aid from. Ben Kenobi, a shabby old desert rat who, before the rise of the sinister Galactic Empire, was one of the greatest warriors of the old Republic. It is Ben who gives Luke a legendary laser saber and interprets the secret code words of. Princess Leia Organa, the very young Senator from the rebel planet Alderaan. The strong-willed, beautiful woman now has the necessary information to destroy the Empire but has fallen into the hands of the galaxy's most evil genius. Darth Vader, an awesome, malevolent figure who commands the Death Star, a planet-sized space fortress that can destroy an entire solar system in mere hours. Vader plans to annihilate the secret rebel outpost after torturing its location out of the Princess. But. Chewbacca the Pirate and his human companion Han Solo have other ideas. Along with Luke, Ben and a pair of devoted robots, they plan a near suicidal assault on the Death Star to rescue Leia and free the universe from tyranny and oppression. What follows is prehaps the most thrilling and suspenseful science fiction adventure story of all times. a book that imaginative readers will find impossible to put down. Printed in the United States of America. 183 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall. Berkey, John (Cover Art) (illustrator).…

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Book Club Edition. Stated Book Club Edition at front flap; code S31 ( first is S27) at page 183 and 2403 to back flap. Copyright 1976 by The Star Wars Corporation. Matches S27 reputed first issue in aspects including design, art, quality, materials, and content. No other dates, indications. Subsequent issues have statements at copyright if later printings. One of the first issues prior to or near release of the blockbuster movie with spectacular color photographs for the special inserts furnished by Twentieth Century-Fox. Scarce navy pebbled boards (most often light grey), white stamped bold titles, light shelf, edge wear Deckled pages near fine, bright; no writing. Bind fine, square; hinges intact. Original pictorial dust wrapper, moderate edge wear, discoloration; protected in new clear sleeve. Front panel features dynamic collage painting by John Berkey with cast of characters with Luke & Leia ready to saber battle with a towering Darth Vader above, Star Fighters and Death Star in b.g. Back panel features a classic movie credits design on deep blue. Includes two wonderful glossy 8-page cinema photo sections on smooth coated black pages; several exciting scenes across two-page spreads. Near fine rarity with navy boards in near very good original wrapper. From front flap: Now a spectacular motion picture from 20th Century-Fox. Bold, imaginative and packed with excitement, Star Wars is destined to become a classic. This is the novel that brings that 'sense of wonder' back to science fiction - each page brimming with heroic adventure, unexpected marvels and amazing characters like. Luke Skywalker, a young farmboy on the remote sun-baked world of Tatooine who is compelled to break from the dull chores on his uncle's ranch. When he intercepts a cryptic message from a kidnapped princess, Luke embarks on the most dangerous mission of his life, enlisting aid from. Ben Kenobi, a shabby old desert rat who, before the rise of the sinister Galactic Empire, was one of the greatest warriors of the old Republic. It is Ben who gives Luke a legendary laser saber and interprets the secret code words of. Princess Leia Organa, the very young Senator from the rebel planet Alderaan. The strong-willed, beautiful woman now has the necessary information to destroy the Empire but has fallen into the hands of the galaxy's most evil genius. Darth Vader, an awesome, malevolent figure who commands the Death Star, a planet-sized space fortress that can destroy an entire solar system in mere hours. Vader plans to annihilate the secret rebel outpost after torturing its location out of the Princess. But. Chewbacca the Pirate and his human companion Han Solo have other ideas. Along with Luke, Ben and a pair of devoted robots, they plan a near suicidal assault on the Death Star to rescue Leia and free the universe from tyranny and oppression. What follows is prehaps the most thrilling and suspenseful science fiction adventure story of all times. a book that imaginative readers will find impossible to put down. Printed in the United States of America. 183 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall. Berkey, John (Cover Art) (illustrator). …

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Stated Book Club Edition at front flap; code S27 at page 183 and 2403 to back flap. Copyright 1976 by The Star Wars Corporation. The first and only printing prior to the blockbuster movie release with spectacular color photographs for the special inserts furnished by Twentieth Century-Fox. Stark grey boards, black stamped bold titles, light shelf wear. Deckled pages near fine; no writing. Bind fine, square; hinges intact. Original pictorial dust wrapper, slight wear; protected in new clear sleeve. Front panel features dynamic collage painting by John Berkey with cast of characters with Luke & Leia ready to saber battle with a towering Darth Vader above, Star Fighters and Death Star in b.g. Back panel features a classic movie credits design on deep blue. Includes two wonderful glossy 8-page cinema photo sections on smooth coated black pages; several exciting scenes across two-page spreads. Near fine rarity in original wrapper. From front flap: Now a spectacular motion picture from 20th Century-Fox. Bold, imaginative and packed with excitement, Star Wars is destined to become a classic. This is the novel that brings that 'sense of wonder' back to science fiction - each page brimming with heroic adventure, unexpected marvels and amazing characters like. Luke Skywalker, a young farmboy on the remote sun-baked world of Tatooine who is compelled to break from the dull chores on his uncle's ranch. When he intercepts a cryptic message from a kidnapped princess, Luke embarks on the most dangerous mission of his life, enlisting aid from. Ben Kenobi, a shabby old desert rat who, before the rise of the sinister Galactic Empire, was one of the greatest warriors of the old Republic. It is Ben who gives Luke a legendary laser saber and interprets the secret code words of. Princess Leia Organa, the very young Senator from the rebel planet Alderaan. The strong-willed, beautiful woman now has the necessary information to destroy the Empire but has fallen into the hands of the galaxy's most evil genius. Darth Vader, an awesome, malevolent figure who commands the Death Star, a planet-sized space fortress that can destroy an entire solar system in mere hours. Vader plans to annihilate the secret rebel outpost after torturing its location out of the Princess. But. Chewbacca the Pirate and his human companion Han Solo have other ideas. Along with Luke, Ben and a pair of devoted robots, they plan a near suicidal assault on the Death Star to rescue Leia and free the universe from tyranny and oppression. What follows is prehaps the most thrilling and suspenseful science fiction adventure story of all times. a book that imaginative readers will find impossible to put down. Printed in the United States of America. 183 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall. Berkey, John (Cover Art) (illustrator).…