Higher Things by Michael Harrison (15 results)

Condition: Good. DJ may have small chips, toning and tears. Book will have been read but remains clean. Cover may have light wear or slight soiling. Pages may be slightly tanned. May contain inscriptions but text pages will be free from markings.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Undated edition, 1940s War Economy Standard. Firmly bound, blue cloth boards. Fading and small dust spotting on the spine. No jacket, W.H. Smith Library label on the front paste down. .

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good ++. 1st English Edition. The fantasy adventures of a bank clerk. Near Fine, in very slightly chipped and age-darkened, but Un-Clipped D. J. Size: 8vo.

Octavo, cloth. First edition. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 3-166. Clarke, Tale of the Future (1978), p. 79. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 106. Bleiler (1978), p. 94. Reginald 06862. A fine copy in very good dust jacket with light shelf wear at edges, some dust soiling to rear panel, and clipped price. (#90507).…

Octavo, cloth. First edition. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 3-166. Clarke, Tale of the Future (1978), p. 79. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 106. Bleiler (1978), p. 94. Reginald 06862. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#2492).

1st ed. War economy standard. Owners' names on front end paper; dust jacket worn at edges, with orange stain on verso. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in Good dustjacket Used - Very Good. VG hardback in Good dustjacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No dust jacket. Wear/marking to boards. Foxing/tanning to end papers and page edges.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. Hardback published by Macdonald No Date War Economy standard, VG in VG Dustwrapper slightly torn/ worn.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression, undated but 1945 from other bibliographic sources. Some edge wear, chipping and small loss to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners rubbed and bruised, some darkening to spine, some dust staining to back jacket, not price clipped (8/6), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg copy for its age and poor wartime paper. 187pp. This strange novel takes for its theme the fulfilment of a wish. To James Faraday, embittered young bank clerk, came, one evening, the splendid realisation of a fantastic dream. He finds he can levitate out of the muddle of the UK, and tell Hitler (disguised as the 'Dictator') a few home truths. By Sherlock Holmes addict and fantasy novelist Maurice Desmond Rohan aka Michael Harrison (1907-91). Quite a scarce book.…

Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First Edition. First UK Edition in dustwrapper priced 8/6 net to the inside flap. Publisher's blue boards with black spine lettering. Boards bright and clean. A former owner's neat name to the front paste-down, the merest hint of spine fade and foxing to the top-edge. Clean contents. Overall a near fine copy. The near fine dustwrapper is creased to the head of the spine with a tiny nick and has a tiny, closed tear to the front panel (with an associated crease. Really clean back panel. An attractive copy. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 106. Further photographs available upon request.…

Hard. Condition: Good Minus. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. Pages bright but slightly wrinkled from damp, light spotting on closed edges, boards firm, chipping and rubbing to dust jacket with some closed tears, including 4cm closed tear on foot of rear d-j. Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1947 Macdonald Hardback 1st edition 1st impression very good+ clean tight binding in very good+ dustjacket.

First Edition. Pp. 188(last blank); spine cloth faintly faded, corners a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed, the back panel slightly soiled; Macdonald, London, n.d.[194-]. First edition.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. A signed first edition of this fantastical science fiction novel about a cleric who learns to fly. The first edition, first impression, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.Inscribed to the half title 'for George Locke, with very good wishes from the author', dated 1974.This unusual scientific romance, reminiscent of the work of H. G. Wells, follows a bored young man who discovers he can levitate. He flies himself to a terrifying dictator reminiscent of Hitler, and with the dictator discusses the fate of the world.Michael Harrison was the pseudonym of author Maurice Desmond Rohan.With the further former owner's inscription of J. Raysons to the front free endpaper.Undated; dated 1945 via Jisc. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart, with fading to the cloth at the back strip head and tail. Inscription to front free endpaper. Minor loss to dust wrapper back strip tail, with chipping and a significant closed tear to the back strip head. Handling marks to rear wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages lightly age toned due to paper type, otherwise clean and bright. Very Good Indeed. None (illustrator). signed by author. book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Ex-library book, Usual stamps and markings. Hardback/Hardcover, rebind. Clean copy in good condition. Quick dispatch from UK seller.