Conscience Place by Thompson Joyce (18 results)

Condition: Very Good. paperback 100% of proceeds go to charity! May have signs of use, wear and minor cosmetic defects.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. James Marsh (illustrator). 1st Edition. First UK edition. Book and jacket each in Fine condition. "Conscience Place (1984) describes with quiet gravity an apparent Utopia hidden in the American West which is in fact populated by Mutant nuclear-Disaster victims. These people are threatened by the "need" of the Scientists who maintain the refuge to perform Genetic-Engineering experiments on them. " [JC] Encyclopedia of SF, Internet.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First UK edition, first printing of the fifth novel by Thompson. Light rubbing to the dustjacket. In near fine / near fine condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover first edition with intact dust jack. Speckled discoloration along the top edge of the book pages near the spine.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Dustjacket by Fred Marcellino. Review Slip and promo letter and promo card stock cover reprint all laid in.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Near fine hardcover with near fine unclipped dust jacket. Straight secure spine with tight hinges and clean interior.

Paperback. First Edition. A near fine copy.; Small octavo.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Advance Uncorrected Proof. Very Good in wrappers. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings.

Hardcover. first edition hardcover. 1984, fine in near fine dust jacket.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 224 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.51 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Near Fine dust jacket. Marcellino, Fred (jacket art) (illustrator). First Printing of the First Edition. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1984. Fine condition in a Very Near Fine dust jacket. Not price clipped ($13.95). No chips. No tears. Bright, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Sharp corners. Not a book club edition. No owner's name or bookplate. Not a remainder. Science fiction/utopian fable centered on the aftermath of nuclear holocaust. Dust Jacket praise from Jean Auel. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p.426. Bound in the original gray boards and brown cloth spine. From the Dust Jacket: "The Place is a secret settlement somewhere in the American West, a shelter for victims of the children of nuclear accident victims. despite their deformities and dependence, the dimensions of their emotions are fully human. Until now, they have been unaware of the outside world. and unknown to it. Joyce Thompson here describes how the People discover their history and begin to grapple with their fate as the tranquility of the Place is invaded by an unknowing, uncaring, and dangerous enemy.". First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Very Near Fine dust jacket. Illus. by Marcellino, Fred (jacket art). 8vo. 225pp.

softcover octavo (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

Octavo Paperback ;all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

Octavo, pictorial wrappers. Advance copy (uncorrected proof) of the first edition. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 426. A fine copy. (#61254).

Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First edition. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 426. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#168858).

Illustrierte Klappenbroschur. Condition: Gut. Deutsche Erstausgabe. 235 (5) Seiten. 20,6 cm. Schutzumschlag und Einbandgestaltung: Bernd Höppner. Sehr guter Zustand. The Place, a colony of the deformed offspring of nuclear accident victims, flourishes peacefully--unknown to the outside world which is unknown to it--until the outside world threatens to invade this tranquility. . Bartholomew, the limbless one, who records the life of his brethren . . . Lucas, the bodiless, who gives his brethren names . . . Brother Alice, who delivers the words of the Fathers to the children of Conscience Place. To the outside world they are monsters. To themselves they are simply the People. America has cast them out of sight, out of mind. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 317.

First edition. Octavo, cloth-backed boards. In a contemporary America a residence "camp" has been secretly set-up for the deformed children of nuclear plant workers. [Reference: Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 426]. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#168858) (29642).