Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
Paperback. Condition: very good. Michael Herring (illustrator). Very Good Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed.
Unknown. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Michael Herring (illustrator). May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
Unknown. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Michael Herring (illustrator). Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
Unknown. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Michael Herring (illustrator). Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
Language: English
Published by Panther Books / Panther Science Fiction, 1970
ISBN 10: 0586033025 ISBN 13: 9780586033029
Seller: bbs, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
First Edition
Paperback: 7" x 4½". Condition: Fair: Heavier signs of wear. Cover Art: Paul Brierley (illustrator). 1st Edition. İ 1970: A collection of 7 short stories that are a part of the 'Instrumentality Of Mankind' series of books. 1st edition, 1st printing. Edited & with an introduction by Anthony Cheetham:- Contents: The Game Of Rat And Dragon / On The Sand Planet / Under Old Earth / Alpha Ralpha Boulevard / The Ballad Of Lost C'mell / The Crime And The Glory Of Commander Suzdal / A Planet Named Shayol:- Synopsis: A cosmos of beauty and terror on the far side of time. The universe you will explore in these stories by a famous science fiction author is surely one of the most colourful and weird ever conceived. Untold millennia in the future, a thousand planets throughout the galaxy acknowledge one ruler - the Instrumentality of Mankind. Giant planoforming ships travel the hazardous spaceways. Men and women genetically 'built' from animals do civilizations labour - and plot in secret, planning revolution. But the hell-planet of Shayol with its bizarre torments awaits those who rebel against the dictatorial yoke of the Instrumentality:- Review(s): "Cordwainer Smith's vision and talent represent something unique in the field of imaginative SF" / "His style is rich and sharp, his moods and images are exciting, and the physical things he describes often seem to take on metaphysical perspective. His people are lonely figures, archetypal, who inhabit haunting spacescapes that mingle horror and beauty =- Romantic, in the best sense. He has everything that is admired in Ray Bradbury and much more depth, scope and intellectual direction" - New Worlds- (original cost 5' (£0.25)).
Language: English
Published by Orion Publishing Group, Limited, 1988
ISBN 10: 0575041676 ISBN 13: 9780575041677
Seller: Better World Books Ltd, Dunfermline, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.
Language: English
Published by Victor Gollancz: London, 1989
ISBN 10: 0575044594 ISBN 13: 9780575044593
Seller: COLD TONNAGE BOOKS, Colyton, DEVON, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Collects fourteen stories plus a nine page introduction by J. J. Pierce: originally published as a Ballantine paperback in 1979. Fine copy in a fine dustjacket (as new). First trade hardcover edition (& 1st printing).
Language: English
Published by Readers Union / Science Fiction Book Club / SFBC: by arrangement with Sidgwick & Jackson, 1970
Seller: bbs, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
Hardback: 7½" x 5". Condition: Very Good: Light signs of wear. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Cover Art: Terry James (illustrator). UK SFBC Edition. İ 1965: A collection of 5 short stories that are a part of the 'Instrumentality Of Mankind' series of books. 1st printing of 1970 edition. UK SFBC #165:- Contents: Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons / The Dead Lady of Clown Town / Drunkboat / The Ballad of Lost C'mell / A Planet Named Shayol:- (original cost £0.50).
Language: English
Published by Ballantine, New York, 1979
Seller: Jimmy's Vintage and Vinyl, Aransas Pass, TX, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Rare Vintange 1St Edition 1979/ The Instrumentality Of Mankind/ Cordwainer Smith/ Introduction By Frederik Pohl/ Book Is In Great Condition / Clear Tape On The Corners Of The Front Cover/ Bookstore Stamp On Inside Of Front Cover/ Black Marker Line On Bottom Edges Of Pages/ See Pictures Of The Actual Book By Selecting The Details Hyperlink.
Published by Sphere, 1970
ISBN 10: 0722179383 ISBN 13: 9780722179383
Seller: bbs, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
Paperback: 7" x 4ĵ". Condition: Good: Moderate signs of wear. Cover Art: Uncredited (illustrator). 1970 Edition. İ 1965: A collection of 4 short stories that are a part of the 'Instrumentality Of Mankind' series of books. 1st printing of 1970 edition. Feint penned price to front cover:- Contents: Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons / The Dead Lady of Clown Town / Drunkboat / The Ballad of Lost C'mell:- Synopsis: Take a trip 40,000 years into the future to the weird and wonderful universe of Cordwainer Smith. A universe where giant planoforming ships ply the spacelanes. Where men 'built' from animals labour for mankind - and plot in secret. Where living weapons guard the most important secret in existence - the secret of immortality, A universe ruled by an omnipotent elite known to men as the Lords of the Instrumentality:- (original cost 5' (£0.25)).
Paperback. Condition: Good. Michael Herring (illustrator). THERE ARE NO TARIFFS OR CUSTOMS DUTIES ON BOOKS. Clean tight copy, no marks or inscriptions. Covers in good condition.
Language: English
Published by London, Victor Gollancz (= VGSF Classics 28) 1988, 1988
ISBN 10: 0575041676 ISBN 13: 9780575041677
Seller: Antiquariat Orban & Streu GbR, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
erste Auflage dieser Ausgabe, 8°, 238 S., Text: englisch, farbig illustr. original Kartonage (Paperback), sehr schönes, sauberes Exemplar Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger (Pseudonym: Cordwainer Smith) (1913 - 1966) Die Erzählungen im einzelnen: "No, No, Not Rogovl" / "War No. 81-Q" / "Mark Elf" / "the Queen of the Afternoon" / "When The People Fell" / "Think Blue, Count Two" / "The Colonel Came Back From Nothing-at-All" / "From Gustible's Planet" / "Drunkboat" / "Western Science Is So Wonderful" / "Nancy" / "The Fife Of Bodidharma" / "Angerhelm" / "The Good Friends" Abholung im Ladengeschäft in Frankfurt am Main (Nordend ggü. Musterschule) möglich. Das spart die Portokosten. Pickup at the store in Frankfurt am Main (Nordend, close to Musterschule) is possible. It saves the shipping costs.
Language: English
Published by New York, Ballantine (= Del Rey) 1979, 1979
Seller: Antiquariat Orban & Streu GbR, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
First Edition
Buch-Erstausgabe, 8°, 153 S., Text: englisch, farbig illustr. original Kartonage (Paperback), Buchrücken leicht nachgedunkelt, altes Preisschild oben links auf dem Rückdeckel, sonst schönes, sauberes Exemplar. Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger (Pseudonym: Cordwainer Smith) (1913 - 1966) Die Erzählungen im einzelnen: "No, No, Not Rogovl" / "War No. 81-Q" / "Mark Elf" / "the Queen of the Afternoon" / "When The People Fell" / "Think Blue, Count Two" / "The Colonel Came Back From Nothing-at-All" / "From Gustible's Planet" / "Drunkboat" / "Western Science Is So Wonderful" / "Nancy" / "The Fife Of Bodidharma" / "Angerhelm" / "The Good Friends" Abholung im Ladengeschäft in Frankfurt am Main (Nordend ggü. Musterschule) möglich. Das spart die Portokosten. Pickup at the store in Frankfurt am Main (Nordend, close to Musterschule) is possible. It saves the shipping costs.
Language: Spanish
Published by Ediciones B, Barcelona, 1991
ISBN 10: 8440622511 ISBN 13: 9788440622518
Seller: La Librería, Iberoamerikan. Buchhandlung, Bonn, NRW, Germany
Softcover. 15x22cm, 1991, 1a.ed., Nova Ciencia Ficción 38. 357p., Sprache: Spanisch, Rústica con solapas; hojas amarillentas, algunas esquinas con leves_doblajes en canto superior, buen estado general. Los señores de la instrumentalidad es una monumental, soprendente e irrepetible historia del futuro que maravilla por su poesía, sus personajes y su riqueza temática. (Extracto texto cubierta). [Ciencia ficción/Science fiction]. ** 10% DESCUENTO/RABATT/DISCOUNT PRIMAVERA * excl. New German Books * * * * 25,20 (original price 28,00) **.
Unknown. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
Unknown. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
Condition: very_good. Michael Herring (illustrator). This books is in Very good condition. There may be a few flaws like shelf wear and some light wear.
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd, London, 1988
Seller: Nicholas J. Certo, Newburgh, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. 4 volumes, Nostrilia is the first English edition, the other 3 are first hardcover editions; all are as new copies with dust wrappers. Offered as a set.
Condition: good. A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships via media mail.
Published by OmniScriptum, 2026
ISBN 10: 6136079151 ISBN 13: 9786136079158
Seller: preigu, Osnabrück, Germany
Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Uplift (Science Fiction) | Science Fiction,David Brin ,H. G. Wells ,Cordwainer Smith ,Uplift Universe ,The Island of Doctor Moreau ,Instrumentality of Mankind | Lambert M. Surhone (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2026 | OmniScriptum | EAN 9786136079158 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: preigu GmbH & Co. KG, Lengericher Landstr. 19, 49078 Osnabrück, mail[at]preigu[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.
Published by Omniscriptum
ISBN 10: 6136079151 ISBN 13: 9786136079158
Seller: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Germany
Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering.