Avenging ray (21 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. 1952. Reprint. 191 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Later. Foxing, cocked binding, soiled cloth, sunned spine, good or better.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. Reprint. Yellow Jacket. Very tidy, foxing in the edges. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Hard Cover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Fantasy thriller revolving around a 'disintegrating ray'. Early edition, undated but 1930s. 314pp plus adverts. Yellow cloth with black titles. VG.

Reprint. Red cloth faded with small stains and marks. Spine slightly browned as well, with slight creases. Corners bumped. Endpapers and page edges slightly browned, but generally bright and tidy internally. Binding tight. Used - Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket).

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. First edition. Gutters starting, page 198 loose and laid in, spine cocked, cloth soiled and lightly dampstained, corners bumped, a good only copy lacking the dustwrapper. Mystery.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. First edition. Very light foxing to the endpapers and foredge, else a fine copy lacking the dustwrapper. *Bleiler Checklist* title.

Hardcover. 8vo. pp 314. Original publisher's blue cloth, lettered black on spine and front cover. No date, [1930]. Neat name on rear pastedown with slight foxing to endpapers, otherwise sound, very good.

Zustand: Good. Dust Jacket Only. 12mo. DJ Good with marginal tears, some toning, price clipped. First US Edition. Protective sleeve.

Zustand: Very Good. Very Good condition. No Dust Jacket (Detectives, Mystery, Crime).

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'The Avenging Ray' is a high-octane thriller that merges elements of mystery and early science fiction. Centered on the creation of a devastating scientific invention, the story explores the chaos that ensues when a powerful new weapon falls into the wrong hands. The narrative follows a sequence of startling events as the titular 'ray' becomes a tool for vengeance, leaving a trail of destruction that baffles the authorities and heightens the sense of impending doom.Written by Seamark, a master of the early 20th-century pulp style, the work delivers a masterful display of suspense, capturing the anxieties and excitement of the era regarding technological advancement. The plot moves with relentless speed, drawing readers into a world of secret laboratories, hidden motives, and desperate pursuits. 'The Avenging Ray' stands as a classic example of vintage adventure fiction, highlighting a unique blend of scientific wonder and dark intrigue. This work is essential for enthusiasts of classic crime fiction and those fascinated by the origins of the techno-thriller genre.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you may see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant. …

Zustand: Good. Dust Jacket Only. 12mo. DJ Good with marginal tears, some toning. First US Edition. Protective sleeve.

Couverture souple. Zustand: bon. RO60001931: sans date. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 128 pages. 1920s-1930s. Cover in colour. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'The Avenging Ray' is a high-octane thriller that merges elements of mystery and early science fiction. Centered on the creation of a devastating scientific invention, the story explores the chaos that ensues when a powerful new weapon falls into the wrong hands. The narrative follows a sequence of startling events as the titular 'ray' becomes a tool for vengeance, leaving a trail of destruction that baffles the authorities and heightens the sense of impending doom.Written by Seamark, a master of the early 20th-century pulp style, the work delivers a masterful display of suspense, capturing the anxieties and excitement of the era regarding technological advancement. The plot moves with relentless speed, drawing readers into a world of secret laboratories, hidden motives, and desperate pursuits. 'The Avenging Ray' stands as a classic example of vintage adventure fiction, highlighting a unique blend of scientific wonder and dark intrigue. This work is essential for enthusiasts of classic crime fiction and those fascinated by the origins of the techno-thriller genre.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you may see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Crime Club/Doubleday, Garden City, New York. 1930. 287 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (DJ is price-clipped and shelfworn to the edges of the DJ). Bound in black cloth boards with red titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. From the front flap: "One morining a glittering lake. The next- a festering pit. Some new and terrible force was threatening England. The Avenging Ray is the story of Gerry Windermaine, and a peril that threatened all England, of a girl in a Devon lane, and a genius whose mind was bent on making over the world. It all started when Windermaine found a brown streak running across the moor, a streak of death a yard wide and straight as a die, as if a rigidly level line of fire had passed that way." EB.…

dj. First American Edition, preceded by the First UK Edition published by Hodder and Stoughton the same year. Published posthumously, after the author's death by suicide in 1929. A couple corners lightly bumped, front hinge slightly tender, overall Very Good plus in a Very Good plus, price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket spine and rear panel moderately toned, with some rubbing to the extremities. Lacking the rare wraparound band.…