Flames by Stapledon Olaf (25 results)
Published by LONDON SECKER & WARBURG PUB 1947., 1947
- Hardcover
Seller: JOHN LUTSCHAK BOOKS, BURLINGTON, WI, U.S.A.JOHN LUTSCHAK BOOKS
Contact seller5-star sellerVERY GOOD WITHOUT D.J. QUARTER BOUND WITH RED AND BLACK PATTERNED PAPER COVER BOARDS WITH BLACK CLOTH SPINE, AND GILT SPINE TITLES. BOOKS SPINE TITLES VERY FAINT BUT VISIBLE WITH CORNERS AND EDGES MODESTLY RUBBED, AND PREVIOUS OWNER'S BOOKPLATE TO FRONT PASTE-DOWN ENDPAPER. AN EXCELLENT CLEAN AND TIGHT COPY. 1ST THUS edition. Bi…nding is HARDCOVER.
Language: English
Published by Secker and Warburg, 1947
- Hardcover
Seller: Eatons Books and Crafts, Owatonna, MN, U.S.A.Eatons Books and Crafts
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£ 48.47
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Hardcover, with dust jacket, in Very Good / Good condition, previous owners initials inside the cover, there are no other marks or writing, jacket has some edge wear and a small sticker removal spot, book itself looks nice, straight spine, good binding, clean unmarked… pages.
Published by Secker and Warburg - London, 1947
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Nicholas J. Certo, Newburgh, NY, U.S.A.Nicholas J. Certo
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
£ 30.80
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Publishers patterned paper covered boards with black cloth spine. Small ink name to free endpaper, no other marking. VG in hurt jacket lacking 1/2 of the rear panel, faded, chips, tears.

Published by Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc/FPCI, Los Angeles, 1949
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Robert Gavora, Fine & Rare Books, ABAA, Talent, OR, U.S.A.Robert Gavora, Fine & Rare Books, ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Fine. Near Fine. First edition thus, first printing. Limited to 500 hardcover copies. Chalker & Owings: The Science-Fantasy Publishers, pg 171. Bound in original gray pebbled cloth with lettering on spine in black. Fine in near fine dust jacket with short snag on the front panel professionally repaired with… Japanese tissue. Book.
Published by Secker and Warburg,, London:, 1947
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Zephyr Used & Rare Books, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.Zephyr Used & Rare Books
Contact seller5-star seller8vo. 84 pp. Quarter-black cloth over red marbled boards, w/ d.j. NF/NF copy. First edition of this work set against the backdrop of a psychologist writing of telepathic conversations with a "Salamander," or gaseous entity in existence since the first formation of the universe. -.

Published by London: Secker and Warburg, 1947
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Philip Smith, Bookseller, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Philip Smith, Bookseller
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. VG in Near VG (clipped) dw. 8vo, 84pp, red and black boards with spine lettering stamped in gold, printed dustwrapper. First edition of this later fictional work by Utopian science fiction writer and mystic Olaf Stapledon. Book is unmarked with light… wear to top edge; jacket is price clipped and has light sunning at spine. Not Signed.
Published by secker warburg
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS, webster, NY, U.S.A.GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. first edition hardcover. couple closed tears, fine in very good + dust jacket.
Published by secker & warburg
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS, webster, NY, U.S.A.GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. first edition hardcover. couple closed tears, fine in very good + dust jacket.
Published by secker & warburg
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS, webster, NY, U.S.A.GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. first edition hardcover. fine in near fine dust jacket , faded spine, tiny corner chips.
Published by London Secker & Warburg, 1947, 1947
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Tall Tales, Renton, WA, U.S.A.Tall Tales
Contact seller4-star sellerFirst edition. Boards shelfworn at bottom, slight spine slant, several small closed tears and folds along top edges of jacket, light soiling, faded spine panel. At least very good in very good dust jacket.
Published by Secker & Warburg, 1947
- Hardcover
Seller: Midtown Scholar Bookstore, Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.Midtown Scholar Bookstore
Contact seller5-star sellerhardcover. Condition: Good. Torn/worn dj. Good hardcover with some shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Standard-sized.

Published by Secker and Warburg, London, 1947
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Tiny chip from one page else about fine in very good dustwrapper with several small chips and tears. A middling copy of this slim fantasy volume. *Bleiler Checklist* title.
Published by Secker and Warburg, London, 1947
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Robert Gavora, Fine & Rare Books, ABAA, Talent, OR, U.S.A.Robert Gavora, Fine & Rare Books, ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Near fine
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Referenced in Bleiler: The Guide to Supernatural Fiction, 1517. Bound in original quarter black cloth over paper covered board. Lettering on spine in gilt. Near fine in very good dust jacket with faded spine panel and several short tears. Book.
Published by Secker & Warburg, London, 1947
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Ziern-Hanon Galleries, Frontenac, MO, U.S.A.Ziern-Hanon Galleries
Contact seller2-star sellerCondition: Used - Near fine
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Add to basketQuarter Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. FIRST EDITION, first printing. Quarter black cloth with red marbled decorative boards with gilt lettering. Slight edge wear. Interior of the book is in great shape! Pages are neat, clean, and crisp. Dust Jacket is not price-clipped but has a fe…w small nicks and some slight corner wear. Small crease and tear on back side. 83 pages. Overall a EXCELLENT book in a VERY GOOD dust jacket. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover.

Published by Secker and Warburg, London, 1947
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. About fine in very good or better dust jacket with a closed tear and tiny nicks. Slim volume of fantasy. *Bleiler Checklist* title.
More imagesPublished by Secker and Warburg, uk, 1947
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Happy Heroes, Monroe, NJ, U.S.A.Happy Heroes
Contact seller4-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
£ 73.14
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: vg. Dust Jacket Condition: nf.

Published by Secker and Warburg, 1947
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: High Barn Books, Lancaster, United KingdomHigh Barn Books
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£ 48.50
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Add to basketFirst Edition. Very Good hardback (light edgewear, esp. to shelf edge, pages gently age-toned) in Good dustwrapper (edgewear, spine sunned, price-clipped). 84 pp Red boards with black cloth spine in dustwrapper. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale.

Published by Secker & Warburg, London, 1947
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB
Contact seller5-star sellerAssociation member: ILAB
Octavo, pp. [1-7] 8-84, original red and black marbled boards with black cloth shelf back, spine panel stamped in gold. First edition. The narrator, after tossing a piece of igneous rock into his fireplace one night, finds he has liberated a fire elemental (a salamander), who proceeds to engage him in conversation on matters of…great import. Presented as a long letter from a friend in an insane asylum. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1517. Bleiler (1978), p. 185. Reginald 13552. Satty and Smith A18.1.1. A fine copy in very good dust jacket priced 6s. net on front flap with small chip at upper edge of front panel and sunned spine panel. (#173852).

Published by Independently Published, 2021
- Softcover
Seller: Buchpark, Trebbin, GermanyBuchpark
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Condition: Sehr gut. Zustand: Sehr gut | Produktart: Bücher | Keine Beschreibung verfügbar.

Published by Independently Published, 2020
- Softcover
Seller: Buchpark, Trebbin, GermanyBuchpark
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Condition: Hervorragend. Zustand: Hervorragend | Seiten: 114 | Produktart: Bücher | Keine Beschreibung verfügbar.

Published by Secker and Warburg, London, 1947
- First Edition
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerdj. First Edition. 12mo (19cm). Publisher's red and black paper over boards, backed in black cloth, titled in gilt, with orange dust jacket; plain endpapers; 84pp. A clean, straight copy, lightly rubbed: Very Good or better. Jacket unclipped (priced 6s.), lightly rubbed and sunned at spine, with wear to corners, discoloration to… verso from binding: Very Good. Epistolary science fiction novella. CURREY p.467. REGINALD 13552. BLEILER p.185.
Published by Metheun, 1944
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979
Contact seller4-star sellerFirst Edition. SIRIUS, OLD MAN IN A NEW WORLD, DEATH INTO LIFE & THE FLAMES, Various, 1944 thru 1947, the first two titles are second printings, while the last two are fist printings, a fine copy from the library of writer/publisher Lloyd Eshbach rebound in his Fantasy Press motif. A unique copy. Signed by Eshbach on the front e…nd-paper.
Published by Secker & Warburg, 1947
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979
Contact seller4-star sellerFirst Edition. ** ARTHUR C. CLARKE'S COPY **THE FLAMES, Secker & Warburg, 1947, first edition, just about vg+ in vg dust-wrapper with some light wear. Signed by the previous owner, Arthur C. Clarke. An obviously most desirable item.

Published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
- Softcover
- Print on Demand
Seller: THE SAINT BOOKSTORE, Southport, United KingdomTHE SAINT BOOKSTORE
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£ 22.15
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Paperback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.

Published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform, 2018
- Softcover
- Print on Demand
Seller: CitiRetail, Stevenage, United KingdomCitiRetail
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£ 24.49
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The Flames by William Olaf Stapledon We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publish…ing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.