Robert H Powers (88 results)

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good to Very Good+. First Edition. ----------paperback. A 381-page first edition paperback original science fiction anthology with titles asking questions and with question marks. Back cover corner crease, edgewear, a VG to VG+ copy. Richard Powers (front cover) (illustrator).…

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. ORIGINAL 1961 PUBLICATION; softcover; ex-library; missing rear pocket but the large folded map is present (COMPLETE for this publication); spine reinforced with tape; otherwise contents are in very good condition. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. VG/none, used pb, iii-vi, 563-581pp. Blue-grey colored stiff paper wraps with black colored text on upper; edge wear; no chips or tears. Former owner's inked name on head of upper. Interior pages clean, unmarked. Card pocket adhered to rear wrap with map inserted. This is Geological Survey Bulletin 1028 - R. Original staples are present and tight. Photographs, Tables, Maps (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. ORIGINAL 1960 PUBLICATION; softcover; ex-library; missing rear pocket but the large folded plate is present (COMPLETE for this publication); spine reinforced with tape; otherwise contents are in very good condition. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. G/none, used, gray colored stiff paper wraps, iii-v, 33pp plus folded plates in pocket at rear. Interior clean, no marks, binding tight. Slight shelf wear to wraps, no chips, small tear to tail of the spine, bottom corners bent over, spine sunned.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good/ Fine. First Edition By This Publisher. 239 pages. With 15 soaring, exciting unpredictable stories about the world of outer space. Contains the following stories: I am a Nucleus; Name Your Symptom, Horror Howce, Man of Distinction, The Bomb in the Bathtub; You Were Right, Joe; What's He Doing in There?, The Gentlest Unpeople, The Hated, Kill Me with Kindness, Or all the Seas with Oysters, The Gun Without a Bang, Man in a Quandary, Blank Form and The Minimum Man. >> Minor creasing to covers; Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Richard Powers Painted Cover. (illustrator). Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Title: AMRA Volume II Number 60 September 1973 Publisher: Terminus, Owlswick, & Ft Mudge Electrick St Railway Gazette Date: 1973 Edition: First Edition Size: 8vo Format: Fanzine Magazine Pages: 20 Condition: Near fine with copy with light stress creasing to the spine area and light toning to front cover. See Photos mag4E. Roy G. Krenkel (cover) (illustrator).…

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Paperback Printing. (xii) 239 pp. Perma Book M4184. Edge and corner wear with some creasing on the spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Richard Powers. This anthology contains: In This Corner - Introduction by H. L. Gold; Horrer Howce by Margaret St. Clair; What's He Doing in There? by Fritz Leiber; I Am a Nucleus by Stephen Barr; Name Your Symptom by Jim Harmon; Man of Distinction by Michael Shaara; The Bomb in the Bathtub by Thomas N. Scortia; You Were Right Joe by J. T. McIntosh; The Gentlest Unpeople by Frederik Pohl; The Hated by Paul Flehr; Kill Me with Kindness by Richard Wilson; Or All the Seas with Oysters by Avram Davidson; The Gun Without a Bang by Robert Sheckley writing as Finn O'Donnevan; Man in a Quandary by Joseph Wesley writing as L. J. Stecher Jr.; Blank Form by Arthur Sellings; and The Minimum Man by Robert Sheckley. Richard Powers; (illustrator). Book. …

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Paperback Printing. (xii) 239 pp. Perma Book M4184. Edge and corner wear with some creasing on the spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Richard Powers. This anthology contains: In This Corner - Introduction by H. L. Gold; Horrer Howce by Margaret St. Clair; What's He Doing in There? by Fritz Leiber; I Am a Nucleus by Stephen Barr; Name Your Symptom by Jim Harmon; Man of Distinction by Michael Shaara; The Bomb in the Bathtub by Thomas N. Scortia; You Were Right Joe by J. T. McIntosh; The Gentlest Unpeople by Frederik Pohl; The Hated by Paul Flehr; Kill Me with Kindness by Richard Wilson; Or All the Seas with Oysters by Avram Davidson; The Gun Without a Bang by Robert Sheckley writing as Finn O'Donnevan; Man in a Quandary by Joseph Wesley writing as L. J. Stecher Jr.; Blank Form by Arthur Sellings; and The Minimum Man by Robert Sheckley. Richard Powers; (illustrator). Book. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A very good copy of the stated first hard cover edition, lacking a dust-jacket. The text is wholly unmarked, pristine, and the binding , with a couple of small spots to the front board bright and fresh in appearance. A sharp copy.

Magazine. First edition. Near Fine paperback magazine with a crease to the back cover and a dimple to the front. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. The July 1979 issue of the US edition of Geo magazine, with: the launch of the space shuttle and a new era with photographs mostly by Rene Burri and text by Robert Powers; the debate over "wilderness" with photos by Ernst Haas; a profile of Rufino Tamayo and his artistic roots with photos by Susan Meiselas and Rene Burri; qat-chewing Yemen and its feud with South Yemen; sumo wrestling; Leningrad; and more. Geo was launched in the US in 1979 as a general interest magazine, following successful versions of the magazine in Germany and France. It is best known as a showcase of excellent photojournalism and for its in-depth writing. It ceased publication in the US in 1985. Edited by H.J. Kaplan. Thomas Hoepker of Magnum was director of photography (listed as Executive Editor.) Perfect-bound, light card wraps; 142 pages; color illustrations throughout; 8.5 x 10.75 inches.…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No jacket. Exhibition catalog. Worn patch on front cover, otherwise very good condition.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. First Paperback Edition. First paperback edition. Permabook M 4184. UK edition with a price sticker on the front cover. In addition to the two stories where they are credited as authors there are further stories by Pohl (under the name Flehr) and Sheckley (O'Donnevan). Originally published in hard covers in the US by Doubleday in 1959. Light chipping at the top of the spine which also has a little edge wear. Light stain around the top left corner of the front cover. The back cover has staining to the top right corner and some surface damage down the left side and at the bottom left corner. Staining to the edges of the last few pages and to the top inner corners at the front of the book. Pages browned but otherwise unmarked. Cover illustration by Richard Powers. First printing. Postage will be reduced by £1.50 when the order is processed. Powers, Richard (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Chicago: Bell Publications, Inc., 1953. The September, 1953 issue of Universe Science Fiction, Volume 1, Number 2 - the second issue ever. 12mo, illustrated wraps (cover by Robert Gibson Jones), 128 pp. Very Good Plus; faint traces of sunning at periphery of the cover (see scan), toning to pages, as always with pulp fiction from the fifties. A strong, clean, collectible copy. Plenty of bi-color illustrations (see scan) by Robert Gibson Jones; Michael Becker; Don Simmons; H.W. McCauley; Malcom Smith; Don Mills; and D.C. Buhrmann grace six good lengthy stories: The Caibrated People (W.T. Powers), Janushek (Roger Flint Young) , The Breaking of Jerry McCloud (Gordon R. Dickson), Election Campaign (William Campbell Gault), Up the Mountain or Down (Sylvia Jacobs), and Reward or Valor (Mark Clifton). L-35n. Robert Gibson Jones; Michael Becker; Don Simmons; H.W. McCauley; Malcom Smith; Don Mills; D.C. Buhrmann (illustrator).…

Condition: New. In English.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition/printing paperback original (PBO) 1962 Ballantine F 680 in Fine, unread condition. Only book publication and a little uncommon in condition. Richard Powers (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. First Edition. (xv) 390 pp. Black cloth lettered in gilt on the spine; headband. Dj art by Gahan Wilson. Lightly rubbed at the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. This anthology contains: Introduction by Robert M. Price; The Final War by David H. Keller; The Letters of Cold Fire by Manly Wade Wellman; The Seventh Incantation by Joseph Payne Brennan; Doom of the House of Duryea by Earl Pierce Jr; Black Noon by C. M. Eddy; The Jewels of Charlotte by Duane Rimel; Horror at Vecra by Henry Hasse; Out of the Jar by Charles A. Tanner; The Earth Brain by Edmond Hamilton; Through the Alien Angle by Elwin G. Powers; Legacy in Crystal by James Causey; Thye Will of Claude Asher by C. Hall Thompson; The Dunstable Horror by Arthur Pendragon; The Crib ofHell by Arthur Pendragon; The Last Work of Pietro de Apono by Steffan B. Aletti; The Eye of Horus by Steffan B. Aletti; The Cellar Room by Steffan B. Aletti; Mythos by John Glasby; There Are More Things by Jorges Luis Borges; The Horror Out of Time by Randall Garrett; The Recurring Doom by S. T. Joshi; Necrotic Knowledge by Dirk W. Mosig; Night Bus by Don Burleson; The Pewter Ring by Peter Cannon; John Lehmann Alone by David Kaufmann; The Purple Death by Gustav Meyrinck; The Mists of Death by Richard F. Searight and Franklin Searight; and Shoggoth's Old Peculiar by Neil Gaiman. Size: 8vo. Gahan Wilson; (illustrator). Book.…

Softcover. Condition: Fine. First edition. Advance Review Copy. Illustrated wrappers. Slight page toning else fine with publisher's slip laid in.

Condition: Good. Original decorated cloth, 1 of the numbered deluxe editions, this is number 74/500. With the attachment.

Condition: New. &Uumlber den AutorWill Powers, Ph.D., is retired Professor Emeritus of Communication Studies at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas. He has published over 150 books, articles and papers while conducting clinics and training .

Condition: New.

Condition: New.