Ringpull press (18 Ergebnisse)

hardcover. Zustand: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.…

hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

First Edition. 1st edition (Ringpull Press), 1993. A bright, tidy copy in tight binding. Dust jacket not price-clipped. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dust jacket.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. First edition hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, in very good condition. Jacket is slightly scuffed and marked. Three of the pages are a little torn at the upper edge, and page block head is lightly blemished. Pages are clear and unmarked throughout. LW. Used. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very good. First edition. VGC.Ringpull Press,1995.First edition.Yellow hardback(gilt lettering to the spine)with Dj(two small creases,nick and scratch on the Dj cover),both in VGC.Ex-library book with stamp,pocket,but in VGC.Nice and clean pages with a ink mark and slightly tainted on the outer edges,small crease on the edge of the pages.Nice and clean book with light shelf wear.327pp.Price un-clipped. This is another paragraph Review: Pollen is the sequel to Vurt (winner of the 1994 Arthur C. Clarke award), and both are concerned with a world in which dreams, drug-induced hallucination and reality become completely intermingled. In this volume, the dream world unleashes a pollen that threatens to cause people in the real world to sneeze to death. n nBut no review can do Noon's writing justice: it's a phantasmagoric combination of the more imaginative science fiction masters, such as Phillip K. Dick, genres such as cyberpunk and pulp fiction, and drug culture.…

Hardback. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st. First edition hardback, 1995, with unclipped jacket. In overall fine condition (dust jacket now protected). Internally clean. Binding tight and appears almost unread; no annotation or inscriptions; text bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book.…

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. First Edition. First impression of the true first edition. Jeff Noon's second novel, published in a small print run of 1200 copies by a Manchester 'small press' publisher in hardback. Part of the 'Vurt sequence' comprising VURT (1993 paperback original), POLLEN(1995),AUTOMATED ALICE (1996) and NYMPHOMATION (1997), all set in various versions of a Near-Future Manchester. ***Near fine in pale-orange cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. The boards are clean and unmarked. Head and tail of spine very slightly creased. Corner tips mainly sharp, just slightly creased to the back board. No reading lean to the binding. Flat spine tight. Page block edges very lightly foxed and lightly tanned. Internally also near fine, with no previous ownership inscriptions. Endpapers clean with no browning, just very light foxing at the edges. No internal foxing. No creases and tears. ***In a near fine colour-illustrated dustwrapper, priced at £14.99 by the published on the back panel. The dustwrapper is complete with no loss - just lightly rubbed at the edges. No creases or tears. None of the usual fading even to the spine colours. Dustwrapper bright. ***327 pages. 242mm x 158mm. ***'Jeff Noon (born 1957 in Droylsden, Lancashire, England) is a British novelist, short story writer and playwright whose works make use of word play and fantasy. Noon's speculative fiction books have ties to the works of writers such as Lewis Carroll and Jorge Luis Borges. Prior to his relocation in 2000 to Brighton, Noon set most of his stories in some version of his native city of Manchester. ***"Pollen" is the sequel to "Vurt" and concerns the ongoing struggle between the real world and the vurtual world. When concerning the "vurtual" world, some references to Greek mythology are noticeable, including Persephone and Demeter, the river Styx and Charon, and Hades (portrayed by the character John Barleycorn).' (Wiki) ***'In a strange re-mixed future Manchester a cloud of pollen descends - a new strain, each tiny grain a murderer. Within days the streets of the city are overgrown with vicious blooms as the fiercest hay fever epidemic of all time takes hold. People are sneezing themselves to death and the pollen count is racing towards 2000. A small percentage of the population are immune to the fever. Two of them - shadow-cop Sibyl Jones and her wayward daughter Boda - are on separate paths into the dark place from where the pollen originates. What they find there will change their lives forever. ***The fate of Manchester depends upon them. (Quote taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper) ***First impression of the true first edition, in its original dustwrapper, in near fine collectable condition - just the above-mentioned very minor faults. With such a small print run, the book is quite hard to come by now, especially in such nice condition. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. First Edition. First impression of the true first edition. Jeff Noon's second novel, published in a small print run of 1200 copies by a Manchester 'small press' publisher in hardback. Part of the 'Vurt sequence' comprising VURT (1993 paperback original), POLLEN(1995),AUTOMATED ALICE (1996) and NYMPHOMATION (1997), all set in various versions of a Near-Future Manchester. ***Near fine in pale-orange cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. The boards are clean with just a small mark on the back board. Head and tail of spine very slightly creased. Corner tips sharp. No reading lean to the binding. Flat spine tight. Page block edges clean, just lightly tanned. Internally also near fine, with no previous ownership inscriptions. Endpapers clean with no browning. No internal foxing. Very small crease to the top edge of the front free endpaper (please see scans). No other creases and no tears. ***In a near fine colour-illustrated dustwrapper, priced at £14.99 by the published on the back panel. The dustwrapper is complete with no loss - just lightly rubbed at the edges. No creases or tears. None of the usual fading even to the spine colours. Dustwrapper bright. ***327 pages. 242mm x 158mm. ***'Jeff Noon (born 1957 in Droylsden, Lancashire, England) is a British novelist, short story writer and playwright whose works make use of word play and fantasy. Noon's speculative fiction books have ties to the works of writers such as Lewis Carroll and Jorge Luis Borges. Prior to his relocation in 2000 to Brighton, Noon set most of his stories in some version of his native city of Manchester. ***"Pollen" is the sequel to "Vurt" and concerns the ongoing struggle between the real world and the vurtual world. When concerning the "vurtual" world, some references to Greek mythology are noticeable, including Persephone and Demeter, the river Styx and Charon, and Hades (portrayed by the character John Barleycorn).' (Wiki) ***'In a strange re-mixed future Manchester a cloud of pollen descends - a new strain, each tiny grain a murderer. Within days the streets of the city are overgrown with vicious blooms as the fiercest hay fever epidemic of all time takes hold. People are sneezing themselves to death and the pollen count is racing towards 2000. A small percentage of the population are immune to the fever. Two of them - shadow-cop Sibyl Jones and her wayward daughter Boda - are on separate paths into the dark place from where the pollen originates. What they find there will change their lives forever. ***The fate of Manchester depends upon them. (Quote taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper) ***First impression of the true first edition, in its original dustwrapper, in near fine collectable condition. With such a small print run, the book is quite hard to come by now, especially in such nice condition. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.…

viii + 204pp. A very good hardback copy with dustcover and B/w plates.

Hardcover. First Edition. 327pp. Boards. Toning to pages. A fine copy in near fine dustjacket with light wear to edges. ; Octavo.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. First Edition. All three books are first edition - first impressions - "Pollen" (1995), "Pixel Juice" (1998) and "Falling Out of Cars" (2002). ***All three books in near fine condition in near fine dustwrappers. No previous ownership marks. No serious bumps or creases. No reading leans. Dustwrappers complete with no chips or tears. ***For detailed descriptions of each book, please see the individual listings which are still on ABE. ***327 pages / 306 pages / 345 pages respectively. ***'***'Jeff Noon (born 1957 in Droylsden, Lancashire, England) is a British novelist, short story writer and playwright whose works make use of word play and fantasy. Noon's speculative fiction books have ties to the works of writers such as Lewis Carroll and Jorge Luis Borges. Prior to his relocation in 2000 to Brighton, Noon set most of his stories in some version of his native city of Manchester.' (Wiki) ***A small collection of first impressions of three of avant-garde science fiction writer Jeff Noon's unusual works in near fine collectable condition. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.…

Boards. Dustwrapper. 136,(2)pp. 8vo. Good. ISBN 1898051062.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First Edition. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Although not marked in any way, this copy is from the distinguished modern first edition collection of Bruce Kahn.