Shellbreak by Groves (29 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. First paperback printing. Edge wear. Tanning along fore edges. Some rubbing to covers.

Shellbreak by J W Groves, Paperback Library 63-293, 1970, paperback original. Bright, square and tight; like new.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First US edition, first printing # 63-193 of this stand-alone science fiction novel. Published in the UK as a hardcover but in the US as a paperback original. In near fine condition.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Some edgewear and creasing of spine and covers,as well some age toning, otherwise still a good reading copy. Set in the year 2505, the story takes place in "The City," which exists within something called F-shell, an apparently impenetrable barrier that has stood for over 400 years. The central premise involves a man who awakens in 2505 CE armed with knowledge that helps him to topple a corrupt dictatorship. Society has decayed considerably, and two different political factions are trying to convince the despotic government to take down the shell. The government, meanwhile, travels back in time to retrieve the shell's inventor ? a man named Lenoir ? to ensure the shell can never be dismantled. Lenoir arrives confused and disoriented, and finds himself caught between the competing groups as he slowly pieces together what is happening, building toward a major twist at the end.J.W. Groves (1910-1970) was a UK author who worked in various occupations over his life. He began publishing science fiction with a story called "The Sphere of Death" in Amazing magazine in October 1931, but his career consisted mainly of sporadic magazine publications for decades until Shellbreak appeared as his first novel in 1968. SFE He followed Shellbreak with a second novel, The Heels of Achilles (1969), which presents a world in which the dead have mysteriously come back to life. Groves died in 1970, the same year the US paperback edition of Shellbreak was published, leaving behind a small but distinctive body of work spanning nearly four decades.

paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. first edition, creasing along the spine, some creasing on and along the edges of the cover of the book.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First American Edition. 1st printing, Feb. 1970; #63-293. Cover art by Jack Gaughan. Paperback original. Tiny sticker pull; creasing; tanning; min0r soiling. Book.

g+ paperback, lgt cover chip/spot on back/mark on pg edges. 1st (stated). Binding is paper covers.

Paperback. 63-293 very good , creases PBO. Cover art by Jack Gaughan. paperback,

Mass Market Paper Back. Condition: Good. Good mass market paperback, small sticker on back.

Paperback. 63-293 very good- fine, reading crease PBO. Cover art by Jack Gaughan. paperback,

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. First Pr8.00. letter X on first page. Book.

Condition: Good. 1ST PB PRINTING FEBRARY 1970. COVER HAS SOME CREASING AND SURFACE WEAR. 159 PAGE TEXT HAS LIGHT AGING. SCIENCE FICTION. 4.25'' X 7''. WE USE BUBBLE MAILERS.

Condition: Good. 1ST FEBRUARY 1970. COVER HAS SOME CREASING AND SHELF WEAR WITH SMALL TEAR ON BASE OF SPINE. STORE STAMP ON INSIDE OF COVER. 159 PAGE TEXT HAS LIGHT WEAR.SCIENCE FICTION. 4.25'' X 7''. WE USE BUBBLE MAILERS.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. Jack Gaughan (front cover) (illustrator). ----------paperback, Canadian printing. Tiny corner bump, an unread near fine copy.

Paperback. first edition. 63-293 near fine, unread PBO. Cover art by Jack Gaughan. paperback,

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. First Paperback Edition. Publisher's Code 63-293. Cover art by Jack Gaughan.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Paperback Library 63-293.

Paperback. Condition: Good- Very Good. 1st Printing. Solid with a light spine roll and some thin dents on the back cover. The top corner of the first inside page has been clipped out.

mass_market. Condition: Good. First Edition. First Edition / First Printing as identified with "1" in the full number line.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Gd. condition - A Paperback Library Sci-Fi . (sf94SF1). Book.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Stated First Edition; First Printing. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 329 pages; Mass market paperback rubbed, scuffed and lightly nicked at edges and spine ends. Text pages clean and tight but yellowing. Bagged for protection.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition/First Printing. VG/WRAPS. MINOR COVER SOIL,CREASE ON BACK COVER,RIGHT FRONT CORNER OF FRONT COVER CLIPPED. PBO. PBACK. FIRST edition. Binding is 63293. Book.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good +. First Edition/ Second Printing. G+/WRAPS. PUNCH HOLE THROUGH FRT TOP RT HAND CORNER,SLT LEAN,SOME COVER EDGEWEAR,LTCOVER SOIL. PBO. Issue 63-293. Book.

mass_market. Condition: Good.

First Printing. Very Good condition.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Moderate wear, tanning. Slightly rolled. Stain on cover & first few pages. Tight copy.

Hardcover. First edition (& 1st printing). SF novel, one of two the author wrote for Robert Hale (though he had earlier - from 1931 - had stories published in the sf magazines). Robert Hale produced books primarily for the library market (still flourishing in the 1970s): the US 1970 Paperback Library edition is easily available but this UK hardcover from 1968 is very uncommon. Top page edges show light spotting, else a fine copy in a near fine dustjacket with light dust-soiling to rear (white) panel.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. PUBLISHER: ROBERT HALE Ltd. * YEAR: 1968 * ISBN/SBN: N/A * No OF PAGES: 190 * CONDITION: USED - GOOD * OTHER: EX-LIB BOOK SO USUAL STAMPS, STICKERS ETC. D/W PROTECTED BY PLASTIC COVER SO NOT TOO RUBBED AND WORN TO THE EDGES AND CORNERS. SLIGHT YELLOWING/FOXING APPARENT TO THE PAGE EDGES. THE SPINE IS VERY SLIGHTLY COCKED AND THE BINDING'S STILL OKAY. IT'S A CLEAN EXAMPLE OF THIS HARD TO FIND EDITION.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. Jack Gaughan (illustrator). Paperback First Edition. 159pp. Cover art by Jack Gaughan. Unused unread book, as new, with slight shelfwear only, no owner's marks, faintly toned pages. A time-travel kidnapping brings the inventor of the city-enclosing Shell with the intention of forcing him to break it. (Science Fiction, Fantasy, Time-Travel, Vintage Pb).