Best James Schmitz (21 results)

Condition: good. Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Condition: As New. Like New condition. Like New dust jacket. (Science Fiction, Short Stories).

hardcover, Condition: Very Good, NESFA Press, Cambridge, 1991, 1st., 8vo., 243pp., owner's name, VG/VG $.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Frank Kelly Freas (illustrator). Fine book in like dust jacket. Blue cloth covered boards with silver print on spine. Pages are clean and unmarked. NESFA Press hardcover with dust jacket, 2nd printing. ISBN: 9780915368464, 243 pages, cover art by Frank Kelly Freas. 8vo (5.5" x 8.5") Edited by Mark L. Olson. Contents: Mischief in the Spaceways (intro by Janet Kagan); Grandpa; Lion Loose.; Just Curious; The Second Night of Summer; Novice; Balanced Ecology; The Custodians; Sour Note on Palayata; Goblin Night; Bibliography.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by Frank Kelly Freas (illustrator). 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Cover Art; SIGNED EDITION. This copy has been signed by the illustrator, Kelly Freas, on the title page. The book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends of the book covers have some beginning bumping. There is a small bump to the middle of the rear book cover. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is mostly clean and bright with the exception of a wrinkled bump to the rear panel. There is also some beginning sunning to the spine and spine joints of the dust jacket. "Schmitz wrote mostly short stories, which sold chiefly to Galaxy Science Fiction and Astounding Science-Fiction (which later became Analog Science Fiction and Fact). Gale Biography in Context called him "a craftsmanlike writer who was a steady contributor to science fiction magazines for over 20 years." Schmitz is best known as a writer of "space opera", and for his strong female characters (such as Telzey Amberdon and Trigger Argee) who did not conform to the "damsel in distress" stereotype typical of science fiction of the time. " (from Wikipedia) ; Signed by Illustrator.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Third printing, hardcover, has a shallow skew to the binding, a slight bump to the tail of the spine, and a tiny smudge to the head of the text block. Otherwise, this is a solid, tight, sharp Very Good+ copy in a like unclipped dust jacket, which has a minor touch of shelfwear to the corners and edges, faint sunning to the spine, and a hint of rubbing to the covers. The jacket is wrapped in a Mylar cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Hardcover. First Edition. 243pp. Very good hardback in a very good dustjacket.

Hardcover. 3rd Printing. 243p. A new, unread hardcover book in dustjacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, SECOND printing. Introduction by Janet Kagan. Dust jacket art by Frank Kelly Freas. Internal illustrations by Merle Insinga. A collection of nine science fiction tales including six novelettes, one novella, and two short stories. Two of the pieces are published in book form for the first time here. Fine and tight in blue linen with silver embossed titles to the spine, white headband and tail-band; in a very nearly fine dust jacket with hint of soiling to the rear panel; original printed $18.95 price still intact to the front inner flap; jacket is trimmed slightly shorter than the book, as issued. Octavo; 244 pages; bibliography.

A clean, tidy copy in tight binding. Dust jacket not price-clipped; protected in removable clear film. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dust jacket Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dust jacket.

Hardcover in dust jacket. Second printing. Fine in fine, lightly rubbed dust jacket, in mylar cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. Second printing. Fine, fresh, unread copy in equally fine dust jacket. Hardcover. xi+ 243 pp. with bibliography. Introduction by Janet Kagan. Second printing stated. Collection of stories, including two never before available in book form, by famed science fiction writer James H. Schmitz (1911-1981). He wrote mostly short stories, amny of which appeared in Galaxy Science Fiction and Astrounding Stories (later retitled Analog Science Fiction and fact). He was most known for his "space operas" as well for creating string female characters. Included here are tales such as " Grandpa", "lion Loose", "The Custodians", "Goblin Night" and others as well as a complete Schmitz bibliography.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First NESFA Edition. A collection of short stories. NESFA Press First Edition, First Printing. Book is in Fine condition. Boards are clean, not bumped. Not remaindered. Dust Jacket is in Fine condition. Not chipped or crinkled. Not price clipped. Book is covered by Mylar Brodart. All-ways well boxed, All-ways fast service. Thanks. Book.

Octavo, cloth. First edition. Collects nine stories, two here for the first time in a book, plus an introduction by Janet Kagan and a bibliographical checklist of Schmitz's fiction. A fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket with some fade to background in on spine panel and mild dust soiling to rear panel along flap fold. (#153667).

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 243 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Frank Kelly Freas (dj art); Merle Insinga (interior) (illustrator). 2nd Printing of this collection. Book and jacket are essentially As New condition though the jacket has some sunning so Fine in this case. Unread. Edited by Mark L. Olson. Introduction by Janet Kagan. Includes a Schmitz bibliography. Note: dj is shorter than book, as issued.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Frank Kelly Freas (jacket art); Merle Insinga (interior) (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition/printing. Book and jacket (in a protector and a bit undersized to the book as issued from the publisher) each in As New, unread condition! A nice collection of short stories by a competent writer of Space Opera.

Condition: Near Fine. Near fine 1st edition.

hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!