Avenging Ray (52 results)

Condition: Good. 1952. Reprint. 191 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Later Printing. London: Hodder & Stoughton Limited . 1930. Later Printing. Hardcover Orange cloth with black lettering, 314 pages plus 4 pages of ads. Locke [A Spectrum of Fantasy page 191 "Science fiction mystery thriller revolving around a disintegration ray"]. Bleiler [1978 Checklist page 177]. Reginald 13296. Hubin [1984 Crime Fiction, page 359].Foxing to endpapers, owner's name and date [in pencil] to the front free endpaper, edge wear, spine and corners lightly bumped. Dust soiling to page edges, slightly spine cocked. Soiling to covers lacking the jacket. clph. …

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. First Paperback Edition. First UK paperback edition. 2/- Yellow jacket. Originally published in hard covers by Hodder in 1930. Small piece missing from the top right corner of the front cover. Two heavy vertical creases down the length of the back cover. Small tear at the base of the spine but otherwise only light surface and edge wear to the covers. Page edges browned with light wear to the corners. Brown spotting to the insides of the covers and the pages are a little browned but otherwise unmarked. First printing. Postage charge will be reduced by £1.50 when the order is processed.…

Hardcover. hardcover. 1930, very good -fine, name inside, no dust jacket.

VERY GOOD condition.

VERY GOOD condition.

Hardcover. hardcover. 1930, very good -fine, no dust jacket.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Later. Foxing, cocked binding, soiled cloth, sunned spine, good or better.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Hodder & Stoughton No. C106. Early science fiction title from Austin Small writing as Seamark. Pages are lightly toned by clean without creases, marks, stains or wrinkles. There is no reading crease in the spine and the book does not lean. Outer covers and spine are very clean. There are a couple of very light creases in the front cover and a few light creases in the back cover. Slight wear to edges of covers and spine. (Note: Photos may show a flash reflection.) PayPal always welcome. We pack all our books with care and ship in cardboard boxes. Shipment outside of the United States may require extra funds. Additional photos emailed upon request.…

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Yellow Jacket. Very tidy, foxing in the edges. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Soft Cover. Condition: Fair. Reprint. Hodder & Stoughton yellow vintage jacket paperback. In fair to poor condition. A good reading copy.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Octavo, pp. [1-2: blank] [3-10] [1] 2-287 [288: blank] [289: ad] [290-294: blank], publisher's decorated black cloth, front and spine panels stamped in red, top edge stained red, decorated endpapers. First U.S. edition. Published earlier the same year in Britain by Hodder and Stoughton under the pseudonym "Seamark." Science fiction thriller about a scientist who intends to destroy the world with a disintegration ray. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 700. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 191. Bleiler (1978), p. 181. Reginald 13296. Hubin (1994), p. 727. A tight, clean, very good copy in fair pictorial dust jacket with wear at edges, internal tape mends with some show through on rear panel and clipped price. (#178042).…

Octavo, pp. [1-7] 8-314 [315-320: ads], original blue cloth, front panel stamped in black and ruled in blind, spine panel stamped in black. First edition, first printing. Science fiction thriller about a scientist who intends to destroy the world with a disintegration ray. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 700. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 191. Bleiler (1978), p. 181. Reginald 13296. Slight spine lean, a tight, clean, very good copy. (#95687).…

Condition: New.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. Fair reading copy only.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. No Jacket. Bleiler title, hardcover in yellow-orange cloth, the publication date/edition are not listed, the book has a slight lean to the binding, shallow bowing to the covers, light bumps to the spine ends and cover corners, sun toning to the spine, foxing to the end pages with age toning to the page edges, some soiling to the edges of the text block, faint rubbing with a touch of smudging to the covers, and a previous owner's name to the first free end page, otherwise a solid, tight Good+ copy.…

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Fantasy thriller revolving around a 'disintegrating ray'. Early edition, undated but 1930s. 314pp plus adverts. Yellow cloth with black titles. VG.

Reprint. Red cloth faded with small stains and marks. Spine slightly browned as well, with slight creases. Corners bumped. Endpapers and page edges slightly browned, but generally bright and tidy internally. Binding tight. Used - Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First edition. Gutters starting, page 198 loose and laid in, spine cocked, cloth soiled and lightly dampstained, corners bumped, a good only copy lacking the dustwrapper. Mystery.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First edition. Very light foxing to the endpapers and foredge, else a fine copy lacking the dustwrapper. *Bleiler Checklist* title.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Early Printing. Science-fiction mystery about a death ray threatening England. Sturdy vintage copy with some paper remnants on endpapers (problably former library pocket), otherwise fairly clean under a flawless facsimile jacket of the original, so book presents like new. A terrific copy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Seamark. The avenging ray. Hodder and Stoughton . No publishing info but think 1930's reprint. Good jacket priced 3/6 net. Essentially complete but worn in general. Closed edge tears and rubbing. Good boards with some staining and rubbing. Vg contents with neat pencil description of the book and previous price of £50. Quite a rare sci fi title with period jacket.…

Hardcover. 8vo. pp 314. Original publisher's blue cloth, lettered black on spine and front cover. No date, [1930]. Neat name on rear pastedown with slight foxing to endpapers, otherwise sound, very good.

no date (1930). Good condition. Some foxing.