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Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair.

Zustand: Good. 1962. Second Impression. 294 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over brown cloth. Black and white photographs. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket has heavy edge wear with tears, chipping and creasing. All surfaces heavily tanned, particularly spine.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Zustand: Fair. 1961. First Edition. 294 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over black cloth. Contains black and white illustrations. Moderate tanning, with light foxing and marking to pages. Some rub-marking and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Boards are slightly bowed. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears and chipping. Moderate tanning and creasing, with rubbing and marking.

Zustand: Good. 1961. No Edition Remarks. 294 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over black cloth. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Clipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Light tanning and water staining to spine and edges.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First American edition. 294pp. Illustrated with black and white plates. Slight page toning else near fine in a very good dust jacket with creasing and toning.

Zustand: Very Good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDVery good in Very good nicked dust jacket. First Edition.

Hardback. 1st UK Edition. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Good Dustjacket. DJ has some light wear & is now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 294 pages. Travels and adventures in Western Australia and Central Australia. A journey north across the WA coastline, east across the Kimberleys to Darwin then South to ' Dead Heart'.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. 1st Edition. pp.xviii+294.21cm. 28 black and white photographic illustrations. 3 maps. End paper maps. Hard cover. The book good and clean, the dust jacket worn with tape repair. (Travel and adventure in the 'Virgin West of Australia', and the North, by car 7000 miles, by train 2000 miles and by air 2000 miles, by the author of 'A World of Our Own').

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Fair condition. Wear to book corners and edges, particularly at spine top. Price sticker on front endpage. Previous owner has inscribed title page. Significant foxing to foredges and some pages. No dust jacket. Binding is still good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. 1st Edition. pp.xviii+294. c.21cm. 28 black and white photographic illustrations. 3 full page maps. End paper maps. Hard cover in worn and repaired dust jacket. Author's inscription to a named friend with 5 line dated message (signed 'Gerry G'). Extensive journeys by road and air in North and Western Australia. From Perth to Darwin, up the West coast, by car; then to The Alice and Mt. Olga. 7000 miles by car; 2000 by train; 2000 by air. A good clean copy. Inscribed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Zustand: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st ed., 1st printing ; 637 p. ; 23 cm. ; LCCN 2006000487 ; ISBN 9781890650186, 1890650188 OCLC 62888967 ; LC PR1309.S5 P37 2006 Dewey 823/.0108 ; color illustrated stiff paper wrappers ; Contents: Introduction / Rikki Ducornet --Lionflower hedge / Ira Sher -- Son of Chimera / Leena Krohn -- Cabinet of Edgar Allan Poe / Angela Carter -- Ever and anon / Kate Kasten -- Lithia Park / William Luvaas -- Third Jungle Book : A Mowgli story / Michael Moorcock -- White girl / Maureen N. McLane -- Lucky strike / Kim Stanley Robinson -- Third initiation: A gift from the land of dreams / Mary Mackey -- Side effects / Janice Law -- Concert pianist's flight / Carole Rosenthal -- Making faces / Stephen Shugart -- Town news / Justin Courter -- Midnight lover / Carol Schwalberg -- Night reconnaissance / Tom La Farge -- Short-term Memorial Park / Shelley Jackson -- Magnificent carp of Hichi Street / Paul Pekin -- Tears of Niobe / L. Timmel Duchamp -- Lettuce / Rikki Ducornet -- Night of love's last dance / Randall Silvis -- Five letters from an Eastern Empire / Alasdair Gray -- Beginnings, endings, and middles ball / Anna Tambour -- Jack Kerouac disembodied school of poetics / Rudy Rucker -- Nobody's home / Ira Sher -- Ice cream vendor / Leena Krohn -- Jubilee dreams / Karen Heuler -- An accounting / Brian Evenson -- Armegedn, or The end of the word / K. Bannerman -- Gardener of heart / Bradford Morrow -- Maryolatry / Laura Moriarty -- Cloud room / Kevin W. Reardon -- Tree / Noelle Sickels -- Nobody walks in London / Terry Gates-Grimwood -- Tiger's eye / Gladys Swan -- Skunk / Justin Courter -- Old flames in new bottles / Michael Andre-Driussi -- Power couple, or love never sleeps / Charlie Anders -- Who's there? / Rikki Ducornet -- Secret paths of Rajan Khanna / Jeff VanderMeer -- Dream catcher / Mercedes Sanchez -- B, Longing / Robin Caton -- Three tales / Laird Hunt -- About the Henbane City / Leena Krohn -- Losing the war / Stepan Chapman -- Flowers / Mark Wallace -- White man / Jeffrey Ford -- Finding the words / Michael Constance -- English/History / Laura Mullen -- Birthday of the world / Ursula K. Le Guin -- Cake / Michael Moorcock. ; Exploring the porous boundary between mainstream literary fiction and the genres of fantasy, horror, and sci-fi, this collection of short stories juxtaposes the conventional and the fabulist--with dazzling results. In Rikki Ducornet's "Lettuce," a petitioner in a futuristic totalitarian state pays with his life when he requests permission to grow lettuce; "Birthday of the World," by Ursula K. Le Guin, is narrated by a woman whose brother destroys their culture when he decides he wants to.; FINE. Book.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A cursed plantation. A haunted legacy. A girl who must carry the weight of generations.Before the Tracks Were Laid is the prequel to the Shadows of the South series, a chilling Southern Gothic historical thriller that plunges readers into the heart of Georgia's red clay countryside, where the land itself seems alive, and angry.Lucy, a young orphan brought into the Cheney household, quickly learns that Peachtree Plantation holds more than just family secrets. The trees watch. The ground remembers. The past refuses to stay buried. As storms gather and cruel forces rise, Lucy must protect those she loves from both the living and the dead.Blending historical fiction, women's resilience, and gothic suspense, this novella lays the foundation for the saga to come. With echoes of cursed land, generational trauma, and survival against unthinkable odds, this is a story that lingers long after the last page.If you love atmospheric historical fiction with strong female leads, haunting settings, and a touch of supernatural dread, this book is for you.

Kartoniert / Broschiert. Zustand: New.

Couverture rigide. Zustand: bon. RO60112089: 1961. In-8. Relié. Etat d'usage, Tâchée, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur acceptable. 294 pages. Illustré de nombreuses photos en noir et blanc hors texte, et de cartes en noir et rouge au dos des plats. Tranche légèrement passée (quelques rousseurs). Jaquette manquante. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.