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Published by London: Arrow/Century Hutchinson
Seller: The Book Scouts, Sanborn, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Softcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. We're happy to combine shipping to save you some money. We're also always buying collectible book collections. Contact us for details. We're happy to provide pictures of any and all books for you, please just ask! Single reading crease to spine. A lovely copy.
Published by Century Hutchinson / Arrow, 1987
ISBN 10: 0099178206ISBN 13: 9780099178200
Seller: bbs, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
Book
Soft cover. Condition: Good: Moderate signs of wear. Cover Art: Peter Andrew Jones (illustrator). 1978 Edition. © 1964: 14th in the 'Darkover' series of books. 2nd printing of 1978 edition:- Synopsis: To Terran Jeff Kerwin the distant planet he remembered only as a childhood dream was home. But when years of planning finally brought him back to Darkover, he found that there was no peace for him there - not for someone with both the red hair of a Com'yn lord and the bastard strains of Terrani in his blood; not for someone who carried a Darkovan matrix jewel without knowing where it came from; not for someone who managed to win the trust of the sacred Keepers and the secrets of their Tower, only to be accused of betraying them to his Terran masters:- (original cost £3.50).
Published by Century Hutchinson / Arrow / Legend, 1988
ISBN 10: 0099588803ISBN 13: 9780099588801
Seller: bbs, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
Book
Paperback: 7" x 4½". Condition: Very Good: Light signs of wear. Cover Art: Uncredited (illustrator). 1988 Edition. © 1978: 1st in the 'Chronoplane Wars' series of books. 1st printing of 1988 edition:- Synopsis: Now he was programmed to kill - and was being pushed to the end of the world. Last time for time. Jerry Pierce was the Intertemporal Agency's most experienced operative - a time-traveller on the old subway train that whisked him back and forth through the ages. He'd already altered history by directing the Turkish conquest of Constantinople four centuries ahead of schedule and garrotting an obscure Mongol chief before the man became a problem. But his biggest assignment lay ahead. Seventy-four years ahead to be exact. Because somehow, someway - nuclear war, alien attack, no one really knew - Earth was going to be destroyed. And he was the only one who could prevent it:- (original cost £2.50).
Published by Century Hutchinson / Arrow / Legend, 1988
ISBN 10: 0099588900ISBN 13: 9780099588900
Seller: bbs, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
Book
Paperback: 7" x 4½". Condition: Good: Moderate signs of wear. Cover Art: Stephen Hickman (illustrator). 1988 Edition. © 1987: 2nd in the 'Chronoplane Wars' series of books. 1st printing of 1988 edition:- Synopsis: They gambled for the future with a dead world's past. Hard times, tough man. It was the 1990s and the world was going to pieces. Poverty was up, employment was down, and bashing foreign cars was in. Revolutionaries of every kind stalked the streets. The government ruled by martial law and its last minute solutions to critical problems were only stopgaps. One of the few people willing to fight the coming end of Civilization was Jerry Pierce. A colonel barely out of his teens, Pierce learned early not to let scruples, friendship, or inconvenient dead bodies stand between him and doing a job right. And a good thing too - because it wasn't just civilization he was fighting to preserve, it was all Mankind and the planet Earth itself:- (original cost £2.99).
Published by Century Hutchinson / Arrow / Legend, 1989
ISBN 10: 0099619601ISBN 13: 9780099619604
Seller: bbs, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
Book
Paperback: 7" x 4¼". Condition: Good: Moderate signs of wear. Cover Art: Mark Harrison (illustrator). 1989 Edition. © 1988: 2nd in the 'Sipstrassi: Stones Of Power' series of books. 1st printing of 1989 edition:- Synopsis: The soul of Uther Pendragon is chained in hell. The sword of power is lost in swirling chaos. The realm is under threat from barbarian hordes - led by an Undead god from the vaults of pre-history. And a new Dark Age is dawning over Roman Britain. Then comes a man called Revelation, seeking a child born of a demon. Seeking the legendary Lord of the Lance. Seeking the sword to save the realm:- (original cost £3.50).
Published by Century Hutchinson / Arrow / Legend
ISBN 10: 0099618702ISBN 13: 9780099618706
Seller: bbs, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
Book
Paperback: 7" x 4½". Condition: Good: Moderate signs of wear. Cover Art: Chris Moore (illustrator). 1989 Edition. © 1987: 1st in the 'Forge Of God' series of books. Unknown publication date. 4th printing of 1989 edition:- Synopsis: 1996. Europa, one of Jupiter's moons, suddenly disappears; it is as though it has never existed. Shortly after, a mysterious mound, evidently a disguised spaceship, is found in the Californian desert. Beside it lies a dying alien creature, which when approached says very clearly, 'I am sorry, but there is bad news.' But Australia doesn't think so, for another spaceship has landed there, carrying friendly robots who promise a new era of peace and plenty. Is all this linked? Arthur Gordon, recently science advisor to the President, cannot escape the feeling that something very terrible indeed is about to happen:- Review(s): "Tremendous. Mr Bear's pace has an awesome momentum; rarely, in the SF books I've read this year, have I felt so much in the presence of great events" - The Times / "A thoroughly shocking book. Exhilarating" - New Scientist / "Bear's vision makes 'The Forge Of God' one of the most striking novels in modern science fiction" - Locus / "Epic SF at its mind-extending best" - Sunday Times:- (original cost £4.99).
Published by Century Hutchinson / Arrow, 1986
ISBN 10: 009944870XISBN 13: 9780099448709
Seller: bbs, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
Book
Paperback: 7" x 4½". Condition: Good: Moderate signs of wear. Cover Art: Uncredited (illustrator). 1986 Edition. © 1984: 8th in the 'Darkover' series of books. 1st printing of 1986 edition:-Haunted by mysterious images of dark, hooded figures and the cawing of strange birds, and drawn by the memory of two lost comrades, Magdalen Lorne, chief Terran operative on Darkover must pursue her quest not only to the frozen ends of the physical world, but the perilous limits of the spiritual otherworld as well. For to find this city that no man has seen, she will be tested as she has never been before - by the evil sorcery of the Dark Sisterhood:- (original cost £2.95).
Published by Century Hutchinson / Arrow / Legend, 1989
ISBN 10: 0099589303ISBN 13: 9780099589303
Seller: bbs, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
Book
Paperback: 7" x 4¼". Condition: Good: Moderate signs of wear. Cover Art: Mark Harrison (illustrator). 1989 Edition. © 1987: 1st in the 'Alvin Maker' series of books. 1st printing of 1989 edition:- Synopsis: From the roots of the American Dream and the days of the pioneers comes this gripping fantasy of an alternate frontier world - a world where magic works. Amid the deep woods where the Red Man still holds sway, a very special child is born. Young Alvin is the seventh son of a seventh son, and such a boy is destined to become great - perhaps even a man with the enormous powers of a Maker. But even in the loving safety of his home, dark forces reach out to destroy him. There is a power that will do anything to prevent him growing up:- Review(s): "Brilliantly rich in atmosphere, history and magic, 'The Tales Of Alvin Maker' are destined to become fantasy classics" / "Achieves the near-miracle of bringing something new to fantasy" - Locus / "Card has exceeded his own high standards. The man's versatility makes him unique" - Anne McCaffrey / "A world-class talent" - Booklist / "The most important work of American fantasy since Stephen Donaldson's 'Thomas Covenant' trilogy" - Chicago Sun Times:- (original cost £3.50).
Published by Century Hutchinson / Arrow / Legend, 1986
ISBN 10: 0099446006ISBN 13: 9780099446002
Seller: bbs, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
Book
Paperback: 6¾" x 4¼". Condition: Fair: Heavier signs of wear. Cover Art: Uncredited (illustrator). 1986 Edition. © 1986: 1st in the 'Santiago' series of books. 1st printing of 1986 edition:- Synopsis: Santiago - the greatest pirate of the age. Wanted throughout the galaxy, he had evaded capture for thirty years. Now two men, Songbird and Angel, take up the challenge - and gamble their lives in the attempt:- Review(s): "Mike Resnick spins a great yarn" - Jerry Pournelle / "Delivers pure entertainment and a rollicking good time" - Alan Dean Foster / "Resnick occupies a peak all his own in the mountains of science fiction" - Analog / "Resnick is thought-provoking, imaginative, mordantly funny, and - above all - galactically grand" - Los Angeles Times:- (original cost £2.99).
Published by Century Hutchinson / Arrow / Legend, 1988
ISBN 10: 0099516608ISBN 13: 9780099516606
Seller: bbs, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
Book
Paperback: 7" x 4½". Condition: Very Good: Light signs of wear. Cover Art: Tim White (illustrator). 1988 Edition. © 1986: A stand-alone novel by Kate Wilhelm. 1st printing of 1988 edition:- Synopsis: Nobel Prizewinning Stanley Huysman was an enigma. Brilliant as he had been, the racist aspect of some of his theories repelled Drew Lancaster, his biographer. And now, as Drew investigated Huysman's project of ESP between twins, he encountered even more suspicious factors, including a hospital for disturbed children that seemed more like a prison:- (original cost £2.99).
Published by Century Hutchinson / Arrow, 1987
ISBN 10: 0099388707ISBN 13: 9780099388708
Seller: bbs, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
Book
Paperback: 7" x 4¼". Condition: Good: Moderate signs of wear. Cover Art: Eddie Jones (illustrator). 1985 Edition. © 1976: A stand-alone novel by John Brunner. 2nd printing of 1985 edition. Venture SF Books #4. A fix-up of 3 short stories - The Altar On Asconel, The Man From The Big Dark & The Wanton Of Argos:- Synopsis: A galactic realm whose fall was shrouded in a mystery only less deep than the mystery of its birth. A collapse which left worlds suspended between a glorious past and a future so bleak it was already nicknamed 'The Long Night'. And five heroes who fought to resist the downfall of the greatest empire man has ever known. The Interstellar Empire:- (original cost £2.50).
Published by Century Hutchinson / Arrow / Legend, 1988
ISBN 10: 0099514206ISBN 13: 9780099514206
Seller: bbs, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
Book
Paperback: 7" x 4¼". Condition: Fair: Heavier signs of wear. Cover Art: Eddie Jones (illustrator). 1988 Edition. © 1986: 2nd in the 'Cobra' series of books. 1st printing of 1988 edition. Venture SF Books #17:- Synopsis: If anyone had told Jonny Moreau the Cobras would one day take orders from the alien Troft, he would have laughed without humour. He'd lost too many friends during the Troft war, though the Cobras triumphed in the end. Now, the Troft were trading partners - and they feared what might be a mutual danger. A new race, ruthless and tenacious, that threatened human space as well as Troft. And the offer was territory - five new planets for the overcrowded Cobra Worlds. Jonny Moreau's son Justin would carry the Moreau name to danger. And learn on Qasama that it takes more than a Cobra father to make a Cobra son:- (original cost £2.95).
Published by Century Hutchinson / Arrow / Legend, 1988
ISBN 10: 0099576805ISBN 13: 9780099576808
Seller: bbs, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
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Paperback: 7" x 4¼". Condition: Fair: Heavier signs of wear. Cover Art: Eddie Jones (illustrator). 1988 Edition. © 1986: 2nd in the 'Blackcollar' series of books. 1st printing of 1988 edition. Venture SF Books #19:- Synopsis: Long after Earth's conquest by the alien Ryqril, humanity's one hope for freedom lay with the Blackcollars - the fearless taskforce of guerilla superwarriors. But time was running out. Backlash, the secret drug that turned ordinary troops into the highly trained Blackcollar soldiers, had been used up. Unless Allen Caine and his commando team could discover where the formula was hidden, there would be no new generation of Blackcollars to carry on the battle against the tyrannical Ryqril. One spot on Earth had been pinpointed as the possible source of Backlash - Aegis Mountain, an impregnable fortress. And Aegis was in the heart of Ryqril-run territory. Even with the aid of the last surviving Blackcollars, could Caine evade the enemy long enough to take on the challenge of the deathtrap called Aegis Mountain?:- (original cost £2.99).
Published by Century Hutchinson / Arrow, 1989
ISBN 10: 0099662809ISBN 13: 9780099662808
Seller: bbs, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
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Paperback: 7" x 4¼". Condition: Good: Moderate signs of wear. Cover Art: Eddie Jones (illustrator). 1989 Edition. © 1987: 3rd in the 'Hammer's Slammers' series of books. 1st printing of 1989 edition. Venture SF Books #24:- Synopsis: Hammer's Slammers once again they're up against the wall. The Bamberg government thought its opposition was tough - but that was because the government hadn't taken a good look at some of its friends. Tyl Koopman - Operating without clear orders worried him; but when the orders came down, he didn't hesitate to carry them out. Charles Desoix - He knew that giving in to human emotions would lead to the most inhumane results: but he was human also. Ripper Jack Scratchard - The medics told him that his legs weren't up to line service any more. Nobody said there was anything wrong with his trigger finger, though. Lady Anne McGill - She was willing to die for her duty; and her lover was willing to kill in whatever numbers were necessary to save her:- (original cost £2.99).
Published by Century Hutchinson / Arrow, 1987
ISBN 10: 0099506602ISBN 13: 9780099506607
Seller: bbs, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
Book
Paperback: 7" x 4¼". Condition: Good: Moderate signs of wear. Cover Art: Eddie Jones (illustrator). 1987 Edition. © 1972: A stand-alone novel by David Gerrold. 1st printing of 1987 edition. Venture SF Books #12:- Synopsis: They joined forces to find the vanished Empire but then made an even more incredible discovery. Once the Empire had ruled the galaxy, linking thousands of worlds with a network of commerce, culture and law. Now, with the Empire gone, only isolated planets remained and they were rapidly sinking into oblivion. Then came Mass, a man driven by a dream of rediscovering the Empire. But to achieve that dream he must find and control the space skimmer, one of the miraculous vessels that had first made the Empire possible:- (original cost £2.50).
Published by Century Hutchinson / Arrow / Legend, 1987
ISBN 10: 0099527707ISBN 13: 9780099527701
Seller: bbs, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
Book
Paperback: 7" x 4¼". Condition: Good: Moderate signs of wear. Cover Art: Eddie Jones (illustrator). 1987 Edition. © 1977: A stand-alone novel by Stephen Goldin. 1st printing of 1987 edition. Venture SF Books #16:- Synopsis: Awesome, unseen Gods. The natives said the gods were all-seeing and all-powerful - and they were. They also said it was lunacy for the heretic aliens to attack the god's mountain stronghold. A woman hungry for adventure - Ardeva 'Dev' Korrell, commander of the Foxfire had to conquer that stronghold to regain her freedom. The prize was divine. But no-one had ever returned alive from that mountaintop labyrinth:- (original cost £2.50).
Published by Century Hutchinson / Arrow, 1987
ISBN 10: 0099504502ISBN 13: 9780099504504
Seller: bbs, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
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Paperback: 7" x 4½". Condition: Good: Moderate signs of wear. Cover Art: Eddie Jones (illustrator). 1987 Edition. © 1974: A stand-alone novel by Philip E High. 1st printing of 1987 edition. Venture SF #13:- Synopsis: Most people accept Darwin's theory of evolution. Well David Standing did - until one day he wandered by chance into a museum and saw the dinosaur. As a gifted engineer his enquiring mind made him question how such a massive skeleton had been able to balance and move; his experiments proved it was impossible. Then attempts were made on his life. And, in a horrifying time shift, back to the distant past, he visits Primeval Earth - where, naked and unarmed, he comes face to face with the truth about the evolution of man:- (original cost £2.50).
Published by Century Hutchinson / Arrow, 1986
ISBN 10: 0099480905ISBN 13: 9780099480907
Seller: bbs, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
Book
Paperback: 7½" x 5". Condition: Good: Moderate signs of wear. Cover Art: Darrell K Sweet (illustrator). 1986 Edition. © 1981: 3rd in the 'Deryni: Legends Of Saint Camber' series of books. 1st printing of 1986 edition:- Synopsis: Camber of Culdi, most powerful of the magical Deryni race was worried. Twelve years before, he had assumed the form of Bishop Alister Cullen in order to guide the human king Cinhil, and ensure peace between Deryni and humans in Gwynedd. But now Cinhil was dying, leaving the kingdom to his sickly young son Alroy, in whose name a council of regents would rule. And Camber knew those regents to be evil men, greedy for power and filled with hatred for all Deryni. The only hope for Camber and the Camberian Council lay in a discovery by the Healer Rhys, who had learned to block out all Deryni talents. So disguised, the Deryni were indistinguishable from humans. but that meant that the race of Deryni could be saved only by being destroyed as Deryni!:- Review(s): "Anybody can write about magic, but it takes a special talent to convince the reader that the magic is real" - Marion Bradley:- (original cost £4.50).
Published by Century Hutchinson / Arrow / Legend, 1988
ISBN 10: 0099315203ISBN 13: 9780099315209
Seller: bbs, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
Book
Paperback: 7" x 4¼". Condition: Very Good: Light signs of wear. Cover Art: Peter Andrew Jones (illustrator). 1988 Edition. © 1981: 18th in the 'Darkover' series of books. 1st printing of 1988 edition:- Synopsis: The age of chaos had almost destroyed civilization on the planet of the Bloody Sun. Even the most dangerous Matrix on all Darkover, the legendary Sharra, had been exiled to the far-off Terran Empire. But now the Sharra was back, embodied in the image of a chained woman wreathed in flames - an image that could change the history of Darkover forever:- (original cost £3.50).
Published by Century Hutchinson / Arrow, 1987
ISBN 10: 009951690XISBN 13: 9780099516903
Seller: bbs, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
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Paperback: 7" x 4¼". Condition: Good: Moderate signs of wear. Cover Art: Eddie Jones (illustrator). 1987 Edition. © 1987: An omnibus of the 3 novels in the 'Timeliner' series of books. 1st printing of 1987 edition. Venture SF #14:- Contents: At The Narrow Passage / No Brother, No Friend / Vestiges Of Time:- Synopsis: Three action-packed adventures in one complete volume. At The Narrow Passage - From far in the future comes a hideous warning of destruction. So the Krith leaders scramble to change the present. No Brother, No Friend - A terrifying message from outer space tells of an invasion in the year 4000 AD that will wipe out all life. So the Kriths form Timeliners: fierce commandos that scud through alternative worlds, battling the present in hopes of changing the future. Vestiges Of Time - The countless worlds, created by the Kriths, are crumbling. The prophecy of catastrophe in the far future is coming true! And that is only the beginning:- (original cost £3.95).
Published by Century Hutchinson / Arrow, 1987
ISBN 10: 0099493101ISBN 13: 9780099493105
Seller: bbs, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
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Paperback: 7" x 4½". Condition: Very Good: Light signs of wear. Cover Art: Peter Andrew Jones (illustrator). 1987 Edition. © 1985: A stand-alone novel by Marion Zimmer Bradley. 1st printing of 1987 edition:- Synopsis: Zadieyek of Gyre was a fighter - she was dangerous - she was greatly feared. As a star gladiator, skilled at fighting vicious men and savage beasts, she was a valued slave. Men wanted her body, but she wanted her freedom. This is her story - a mystery of fiery passions, of fierce conflict and forbidden ambitions - and the flickering memory of alien wonders and unearthly things:- (original cost £2.50).
Published by Century Hutchinson / Arrow / Legend, 1987
ISBN 10: 0099423901ISBN 13: 9780099423904
Seller: bbs, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
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Paperback: 7" x 4½". Condition: Very Good: Light signs of wear. Cover Art: Peter Andrew Jones (illustrator). 1985 Edition. © 1983: 7th in the 'Darkover' series of books. 2nd printing of 1985 edition:- Synopsis: It was a place on Darkover where the Order of the Renunciates dwelled - women known as Free Amazons, who had renounced all subservience to men - and who sought for total equality in all spheres of society. To Thendara House came the Terran Magda in exchange for the Free Amazon Jaelle, who had become the wife of an Earthman and had entered the Terran enclave. The cross-currents of these two cultures - one male-dominated, one egalitarian, brings into focus all the deepest questions of love and marriage - of male and female - of justice and injustice:- (original cost £3.50).
Published by A BEAVER PICTURE BOOKS Arrow Limited Century Hutchinson Ltd. Andersen Press, 1989
ISBN 10: 0099607506ISBN 13: 9780099607502
Seller: Nanny's Web, Caulfield South, VIC, Australia
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Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Lynne Cherry (illustrator). Not paged, 7 x 9 inches, 00250.
Published by Century Hutchinson / Arrow / Legend, 1988
ISBN 10: 0099572303ISBN 13: 9780099572305
Seller: bbs, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
Book
Paperback: 7" x 4¼". Condition: Very Good: Light signs of wear. Cover Art: Blas Gallego (illustrator). 1988 Edition. © 1988: An omnibus of the 2 novels that are 28th & 29th in the 'Dumarest' series of books. 1st printing of 1988 edition:- Contents: Melome / Angado:- Synopsis: Melome - "Welcome to the circus of Chen Wei! A spectacle of marvels culled from a thousand worlds! Things that will fill you with rapture! There could be little to surprise Dumarest. But Chen Wei's circus was special. It held Melome - the girl-child whose song could bring back forgotten data from the logs of lost spaceships and true visions of mythical Terra. She was surely the key to Dumarest's next step - but that circus was more than an entertainment. It was a deadly trap. Angado - On Angado's planet, there was a man who knew the whereabouts of the lost Earth. Earl Dumarest, born on Earth, longed to find the way home, Because they were comrades in arms, Angado would help Earl find that man - for a price. For Angado was returning to a complex of high-tech cunning and high-wealth power, The prodigal son against whom all would plot. The Cyclan, who had put a fabulous price on Dumarest's head, were also closing in. But Dumarest was willing to stay to the bitter end - for the priceless reward of forgotten Terra:- (original cost £2.99).
Published by A BEAVER PICTURE BOOK Arrow Books Limited Century Hutchinson Ltd. Andersen Press, 1989
ISBN 10: 0099627108ISBN 13: 9780099627104
Seller: Nanny's Web, Caulfield South, VIC, Australia
Book
Condition: As New. No Jacket. MICHAEL FOREMAN (illustrator). Not paged, 8 x 9 inches, 00299.
Published by Century Hutchinson / Arrow, 1987
ISBN 10: 0099510707ISBN 13: 9780099510703
Seller: bbs, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
Book
Paperback: 7" x 4½". Condition: Good: Moderate signs of wear. Cover Art: Uncredited (illustrator). 1987 Edition. © 1987: 1st in the 'John Justin Mallory' series of books. 1st printing of 1987 edition:- Synopsis: Mallory - a man with problems. It's New Year's Eve and the elf perched on Mallory's desk wants his missing unicorn back - and that's the easy part. Mallory's wife has run off with his partner, his detective business is in ruins, and the mob's out to get him. With so many wonderful things happening, Mallory decides that a case involving a trip from reality might not be so bad. After all, what more can he lose?:- Review(s): "Mike Resnick spins a great yarn" - Jerry Pournelle / "Delivers pure entertainment and a rollicking good time" - Alan Dean Foster / "Resnick's tales are ironic, inventive and very readable" - Publishers Weekly:- (original cost £2.95).
Published by Century Hutchinson / Arrow / Beaver Books, 1981
ISBN 10: 0099571609ISBN 13: 9780099571605
Seller: bbs, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
Book
Paperback: 7" x 4¼". Condition: Good: Moderate signs of wear. Cover Art: Uncredited (illustrator). 1981 Edition. © 1971: A stand-alone novel by Tanith Lee. 1st printing of 1981 edition:- Synopsis: Prince Jasleth and his twin sister Princess Goodness are under a curse. Their happy family palace is rapidly being destroyed, their kingdom tottering towards ruin. Only Jasleth has the slightest chance of saving the situation. But it's difficult to find your fortune if you keep turning into a raven at the most awkward moments:- (original cost £1.75).
Published by A Legend Book: Published by Arrow Books Ltd. An Imprint of Century Hutchinson Ltd, London, UK, 1989
ISBN 10: 0099625504ISBN 13: 9780099625506
Seller: Ryde Bookshop Ltd, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom
Book
Soft cover. Condition: Good. Reprint. Paperback reprint, firmly bound and mostly clean inside. Some handling wear to spine. Tanned closed pages have foxing to edges and the first and last few pages.
Published by An Arena Book Published by Arrow Books Limited An imprint of Century Hutchinson Limited, London, 1988
ISBN 10: 0099536005ISBN 13: 9780099536000
Seller: Past Pages, Oshawa, ON, Canada
Book First Edition
Trade Paperback. Condition: Good. First Thus 1st Printing. Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers; Moderate Creasing on Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Spine Moderately Cocked; Edges Lightly Soiled; Heavy Yellowing Due to Age. The International Bestseller. The life of Beryl Markham. Fully illustrated with black and white photographs, many from Beryl Markham's own collection. SUB-TITLE: The Biography of Beryl Markham. CONTENTS: Preface; Prologue; Chapter 1: [1890-1906] Chapter 2: [1906-1918] Chapter 3: [1918-1927] Chapter 4: [1927-1930] Chapter 5: [1930-1931] Chapter 6: [1931-1933] Chapter 7: [1933-1936] Chapter 8: [1936] Chapter 9: [1936] Chapter 10: [1936-1937] Chapter 11: [1937-1941] Chapter 12: [1941-1944] Chapter 13: [1944-1948] Chapter 14: [1949-1960] Chapter 15: [1960-1964] Chapter 16: [1965-1980] Chapter 17: [1980-1986]; Appendices; Notes; Bibliography; Acknowledgements; Index. SYNOPSIS: Beryl Markham, like Karen Blixen, could only have come out of Africa. Pioneering aviatrix, flamboyant beauty, brilliant race-horse trainer, unscrupulous seducer--her life story is for every reader who was enthralled by Blixen's exotic world, that of Kenya between the wars. This fully authorized biography, drawn from the author's personal association with Beryl and her family, paints a vivid portrait of a tempestuous and controversial character. It tells of her friendship with Karen Blixen (though she commandeered Blixen's husband Bror and lover Denys Finch Hatton), of her spectacular courage when she became the first person to fly from England to America, and of the mysteries surrounding her highly praised, bestselling book WEST WITH THE NIGHT. Before she became a full-time writer, Mary S. Lovell, who is 46, was an accountant and had enjoyed a highly successful business career which included the founding of several flourishing companies. Her interest in vintage aviation began in the late fifties and over the next ten years she and her former husband established and flew a collection of rare vintage aircraft. It was through one of these--a D. H. Gipsy Moth used in the film Out of Africa--that she first heart of Beryl Markham. Like Beryl's, her love of horses began in childhood, and though a back injury suffered in the hunting field means that she can no longer ride, she retains a consuming interest in equestrian sports. Her other interests are travel and ocean racing. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Published by London, Arrow Books ( Century Hutchinson Lt ), London, 1989
ISBN 10: 0099701405ISBN 13: 9780099701408
Seller: librisaggi, SAN VITO ROMANO, Italy
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brossura Copertina flessibile. Condition: Buono (Good). Edizione in lingua inglese. Formato medio-grande.Brossura editoriale. Copertina illustrata plastificata.Titolazione al dorso. Dorso pulito. Piatti puliti con angoli leggermente usurati e sollevati. Interamente illustrato da foto in b/n. Copertina flessibile 206 9780099701408 Buono (Good) . Book.