Avenging Ray by Seamark (25 results)

Condition: New.

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.

VERY GOOD condition.

VERY GOOD condition.

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.

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. [1-7] 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).

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.

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).

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

Condition: New. Print on Demand.

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: 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.

Condition: New. PRINT ON DEMAND.

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.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Previously part of an officers' mess library. Blue cloth with black titling, with light edgewear, sunned spine, heavy soil. Slight forward tilt to spine. Binding sound. Dust jacket scuffed, toned, and edgeworn, with tape repairs to the back of spine ends. Light soil to textblock edges. Prior ownership statement penned to front paste down with small notation at FFEP. Interior else clean, text unmarked.

Couverture souple. Condition: bon. RO60001931: sans date. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 128 pages. 1920s-1930s. Cover in colour. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 4th Edition. 314 pages with dustwrapper, wrapper complete and in protective loose archival clear cover, 4th edition with 2/- price on spine, adverts on the wrapper flaps, two holes in wrapper on back, but spine and cover only minor rubbing top and bottom edges, pages clean and hardly handled, boards near fine. Very Good+. *A World destroyer, mad scientist and love, a pitiless ray and trails and secrets. My goodness, it's an all round spiffing tale of intrigues and sci-fi machinery. Rare too.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First American Edition, preceded by the First UK Edition published by Hodder and Stoughton the same year. Published posthumously, after the author's death by suicide in 1929. A couple corners lightly bumped, front hinge slightly tender, overall Very Good plus in a Very Good plus, price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket spine and rear panel moderately toned, with some rubbing to the extremities. Lacking the rare wraparound band.

Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. "The Avenging Ray" is a high-octane thriller that merges elements of mystery and early science fiction. Centered on the creation of a devastating scientific invention, the story explores the chaos that ensues when a powerful new weapon falls into the wrong hands. The narrative follows a sequence of startling events as the titular "ray" becomes a tool for vengeance, leaving a trail of destruction that baffles the authorities and heightens the sense of impending doom.Written by Seamark, a master of the early 20th-century pulp style, the work delivers a masterful display of suspense, capturing the anxieties and excitement of the era regarding technological advancement. The plot moves with relentless speed, drawing readers into a world of secret laboratories, hidden motives, and desperate pursuits. "The Avenging Ray" stands as a classic example of vintage adventure fiction, highlighting a unique blend of scientific wonder and dark intrigue. This work is essential for enthusiasts of classic crime fiction and those fascinated by the origins of the techno-thriller genre.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you may see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.