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paperback. Condition: Very Good.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing # P64 of this collection of short stories. All the stories were published earlier in various magazines and collections. Featured are Blood Money by David Karp, Taste by Ronald Dahl, Everything Is Wild by James Thurber, The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell, The Wager by Anton Chekhov, translated by A.E. Chamot, Two Days Wasted in Kanas City by William Saroyan, Swindler's Luck by Ben Hecht, Katz by Nelson Algren, A Piece of the Pie by Damon Runyon, Elementals by Stephen Vincent Benet, The Rocking-Horse Winner by D.H. Lawrence, The Resourceful Miss Railey by Irvin S. Cobb, A Watcher by the Dead by Ambrose Bierce, A Fowl Disaster by John Taintor Foote, Gambler's Luck by Albert Richard Wetjen. Slight spine slant. Light edge wear. Light age toning to the pages. In good condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of a novella, a novelet and five short stories. Featured are The Anvil of Jove by Gregory Benford and Gordon Eklund (novella), The Ice Cream Golem by Mel Gilden (novelet), Waiting for You, Maude-Ellen by JP Dixon (short story), Miranda-Escobedo by James Sallis (short story), The Massahattan Snap Tube by D Thomas Bear (short story), BKA The Master by George Alec Effinger (short story) and The Sitter by Charles W Runyon (short story). Slight edgewear. Age toning to cover and pages. In Near Fine Condition.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Reading Copy. Vol. 51, No. 1. Edited by Edward L. Ferman. Cover art by Rick Sternbach for "The Anvil of Jove" (novella) by Gregory Benford & Gordon Eklund. Includes "The Ice Cream Golem" (novelet) by Mel Gilden; "Waiting for You, Maude-Ellen" by J. P. Dixon; "Miranda-Escobedo" by James Sallis; "The Massahattan Snap Tube" by D. Thomas Bear; "B. K. A. The Master" by George Alec Effinger; "The Sitter" by Charles W. Runyon. Departments: "Books" by Alexei & Cory Panshin; "Cartoon" by Gahan Wilson; "Films: The Greenwood at Sunset" by Baird Searles; "Science: Making It!" by Isaac Asimov; "F&SF Competition". Tanned with stains; label bits on rear; small loss at heel. Reading copy.

Paperback. Condition: Good. This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear . This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear .

Royce Publishers, Chicago, 1944. Softcover, 125 pp. A small book, measuring 3.125 x 4.75 inches (about 7.9 x 12 cm.). It was a movie theatre handout. With a fool-the-eye design resembling a wider hardcover. Four short stories with illustrations. Very good with edge wear, creases and an old stain on rear panel of wraps. See third photo for scale.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Thus. [1st printing](1944) #127. Small paperback, 4.5" x 3", abridged. Cover art by Axlerod; interiors are uncredited. Includes "Nothing Sacred" by James Street; "Madame La Gimp" by Damon Runyon; "The Devil and Daniel Webster" by Stephen Vincent Benet; "The Failure" by Katharine Haviland-Taylor. Tanning; minor creasing; minor soiling; edge nicks and wear.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of short stories. Only one of the Esquire gallery pictures remain. "Ballet of the Spoondrift" by Harry Bishoff. In very good condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Very good in original wrappers with edgewear and several tiny check marks on the contents page.

1st edition. Selection of the best stories of fantasy and science fiction, new and old. Solid bright tight clean copy. 5-1/2 x 7-3/4, 160 pp, b/w cartoon (Gahan Wilson). Fine w faint datestamp on cover. Pulp magazine in color illus wraps (Rick Sternbach).

Condition: New. In.

PF. Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Frank Kelly Freas (illustrator). First Edition. [1st printing.] Dj art by Frank Kelly Freas. Includes "Introduction" by Robert Silverberg; "Catch 'Em All Alive" by Robert Silverberg; "Who Am I?" by Henry Slesar; "Every Day is Christmas" by James E. Gunn; "I'll Take Over" by A.Bertram Chandler; "Song of the Axe" by Don Berry; "Broomstick Ride" by Robert Bloch; "Worlds of Origin" by Jack Vance; "The Tool of Creation" by J.F. Bone; "I Want to Go Home" by Robert Moore Williams; "Hostile Life-Form" by Daniel L. Galouye; "The Gift of Numbers" by Alan E. Nourse; "First Man in a Satellite" by Charles W. Runyon; "A Place Beyond the Stars" by Tom Godwin; "The Loathsome Beasts" by Dan Malcolm [Robert Silverberg]. Illustrated by Ed Emshwiller, Frank Kelly Freas, Paul Orban, and William Bowman. Brand new.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hirsch (illustrator). 1st Edition. First Edition, early printing. The book has with square boards, pointed tips and firm spine. Dust jacket is price clipped with some chipping around some edges and at spine ends. No interior markings. Dust jacket has protective removable cover and packaging is suitable for wrapping.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Gluyas Williams, Richard Decker et al (illustrator). Second printing, the same month as the first edition. 144pp. Beige cloth covered boards with a couple of small marks. B + w cartoon illustrations. Flyleaf removed, otherwise internally clean. An anthology of the best in American humour. Part of the wartime Life and Literature in the United States series.

PF. Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Condition: New. In.

Condition: New.

Condition: New. pp. 284.

Condition: New. pp. 300.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Illustrated by Axelrod. 32mo. Measuring 3" x 4½". 125, [1 ad] pp. Stapled pictorial wrappers. A tiny bit of loss at the spine ends, near fine. The abridged stories (and subsequent movies) are: "Nothing Sacred" by James Street (same); "Madame la Gimp" by Damon Runyon (*Lady for a Day*); "The Devil and Daniel Webster" by Stephen Vincent Benét (*All that Money Can Buy*); and "The Failure" by Katharine Haviland-Taylor (*A Man to Remember*). A cute little book, issued as Royce Quick Readers No. 127.

First Edition. Paperbound. Small format, 3Ó x 4 1/2Ó. Pictorial wrappers and illustrations by Axelrod. Very good plus copy with some minor edge wear and a hint of dust soiling in colorful printed wrappers. An abridged anthology of four stories which were made into films: ÒNothing SacredÓ by James Street, starring Carole Lombard and Fredric March, with a screenplay by Ben Hecht, ÒMadame La GimpÓ by Damon Runyon, which was the basis for Lady for a Day, directed by Frank Capra, starring May Robson and Walter Connolly, ÒThe Devil and Daniel WebsterÓ by Stephen Vincent Benet, which became the motion picture All That Money Can Buy, starring Walter Huston, Edward Arnold, and Simone Simon, and ÒThe FailureÓ by Katharine Haviland-Taylor, which appeared in film under the title A Man to Remember, directed by Garson Kanin, starring Edward Ellis.

Condition: New. In.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Soft cover. viii, 142 pp. Spine sunned and tilted, covers slightly curled, sticker ghost to head of front cover. Here, in What the Spirit Is Saying to the Churches, are significant writings on the work of the Spirit in today's world, written from authors from a wide variety of backgrounds.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 5th or later Edition. 24th ed. ; xxxvii, 1724 p. illus. (part col.) ; LCCN: 00-6383 ; LC: R121; Dewey: 610.3; NLM: W13; NAL: 448 ; OCLC: 165804 ; Comprehensive biomedical dictionary that reflects standard and current terminology derived from medicine and related disciplines. Official nomenclature from various fields used in compilation. Also includes eponyms, acronyms, abbreviations, and botanical terms, as well as generic and trade names of many drugs. Entries include pronunciation, derivation, plural, definition, and subentries. Cross references. Illustrations throughout." ; well worn copy, but hinges tight in a still serviceable copy ; flexible textured faux leather covers ; G. Book.

Condition: New. Print on Demand.

Kartoniert / Broschiert. Condition: New. KlappentextrnrnA Conspiracy Hayden Christopher Langley has been working on a secret billion-dollar project. Now he s lost control. Will the outcome of this unsanctioned test be the fall of his presidency or usher in a restructuring of society a.