Editor Basil Davenport (36 results)

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Paperback book is pre-owned and in great condition with minimal signs of wear on cover, corners, and/or spine. Pages are clean and unblemished. A great copy!

Paperback. Condition: Good. Paperback book in good condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. Essays about "imagination and social criticism" by four imminent science fiction authors, with a thoughtful introductory essay by Basil Davenport. Originally published in hardcover in 1959, this is trade paper version of the "SECOND EDITION: REVISED, September, 1964" per its copyright page. This book is in very good condition. Its binding is sound and square, with no spine crease. Covers are bright and unmarked, with light edge wear. Pages are unmarked and unworn. I will ship this book in a moisture proof zip-loc bag, padded in bubble cushion, inside a sturdy box to assure it reaches its new owner in the same condition as my description.

paperback. Condition: Used: Like New. Used: Like new.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good+. Reprint. Penguin Publishing Group 1977 Reprint Very Good+/ Unread. Reprinted in 1978. Slight wear to exterior of bright glossy cover. Tight tanned pages. xiv+656 pages. 14.7 ounces. Size: 7 1/8 x 4 3/8 x 1 1/8 inches.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. Edgar Cirlin (Cover Design) (illustrator). 3rd Printing February 1955. 410 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate use. Moderate foxing on page edges. Minimally brittle pages. Creased spine.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Thus. A very good copy of the Ballantine Books anthology 401K that collects 11 original tales of invisibility. This copy has very light edge wear. No spine creases. Bookseller stamp to the top edge and on inside cover. Pages heavily tones as usual. Tight and square with the usual brittle hide clue.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Richard Powers (illustrator). 1st Paperback Edition. Vintage Paperback. Ballantine #326K. Beautiful Unread First Paperback Printing of this anthology. No month, 1960. $.35 Cover Price. Stories by Bradbury, Wells, Sturgeon, and many others. Square, tight and clean throughout with mild page toning and fairly moderate surface and edge wear. Small stain on rear panel. Still fresh and bright with no chipping, creases, or tears. Another stunning cover by Richard Powers. A very pretty collectable copy and though not scarce, much more uncommon in nice condition.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition Thus. Ballantine 1953 First edition thus 159pp Very good condition with edge wear, light rubbing to covers, toning to pages. pulp5.

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

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.9.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.9.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.9.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Richard Powers; (illustrator). 1st Edition. Ballantine Book 401K. Light edge and corner wear with an uncreased spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Richard Powers. This anthology contains: The Vanishing American by Charles Beaumont; The Invisible Dove Dancer of Strathpheen Island by John Collier; the Invisible Man Murder Case by Henry Slesar; What Was It? by Fitz-James O'Brien; The Weissenbroch Spectacles by L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt; Shottle Bop by Theodore Sturgeon; The Shadow and the Flash by Jack London; The New Accelerator by H. G. Wells; Invisible Boy by Ray Bradbury; The Invisible Prisoner by Maurice Leblanc; and Love in the Dark by H. L. Gold. Book.

Mass Market PaperBack. Condition: Very Good.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First book publication of "Invisible Boy." A clean, unmarked copy.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good+. No Jacket. First Printing. New York, New York, U.S.A. : Ballantine 401K, 1960. First Printing PBO Mass Market Paperback. The book is good+ with some edge wear, some wrinkling to spine and some warping to front cover.

paperback. Condition: Acceptable. Lower-grade reading pb.

First printing. Near Fine condition. Cardinal #C-118.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. usual library markings, edgeworn boards.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st printing; dj w/rubbing, chipping, clipped price, in mylar; owner's name; grey c w/red boards, gilt titles on red; 656 clean, unmarked pges.

Second Edition, Revised. Very Good to Near Fine condition.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Powers, Richard (illustrator). First Edition. Paperback Original. Includes 'The Beast with Five Fingers' by Harvey, 'Sredni Vashtar' and 'The Open Window' by Saki, 'The Book' by Irwin and 'Two Bottles of Relish' by Dunsany among others. Light chipping to the corners. Small crease to the bottom corner of the front cover which has a light vertical crease down the centre and a heavy reading crease to the left side next to the spine. Another reading crease to the right side of the rear cover. Previous owner's name in ink to the first page. Half inch closed tear to the edge of the title page. Pages heavily browned but otherwise clean and unmarked. Cover painting by Richard Powers. First printing.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Omnibus includes Last and First Men + Star Maker + Odd John + Sirius + The Flames. Bumped at the head and heel of the spine. Jacket has many nicks and tears, piece of front cover about 1 inch by 1.5 inch missing.

Cover art by Richard Powers (illustrator). Anthology of tales about deals with the devil. Very good+, unread copy, tanned.

Paperback. Condition: Fair.

Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Representative works of Rome's greatest writers in the best English translations, selected and introduced by Basil Davenport. 1st printing, with 1951 on title page and Published in November 1951 stated on copyright page. Fine/Good. Tight, clean, unmarked. Square corners, in red boards with grey spine. Price intact red dustjacket is chipped and rubbed on edges, especially spine ends and corners. List of Portable titles on reverse. Dj in protective mylar sleeve. Item # E5425. **SAVE MORE** Additional books in the same order ship for FREE via Standard Shipping.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Light foxing on edges else near fine, unclipped dj foxed along back fold else near fine looks great in mylar protector.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Original vintage 1953 copy of "To the End of Time: The Best of Olaf Stapledon." The book is overall in very good condition with some minor signs of wear and age. It comes in its original dust jacket which is in fairly good condition with a few small to moderate sized chips and some small tears. The jacket comes in a removable protective Brodart wrapper. The actual blue covers of the book only have some light wear. The binding is good and sound. The interior is generally nice and clean, though there may be the occasional page with a light bit of foxing, grubbiness, or some kind of minor imperfection. Generally though, it's a nice copy. The book measures approximately 8 1/2 inches by 5 3/4 inches and is 775 pages long. It contains the stories: Last and First Men; Star Maker; Odd John; Sirius; and The Flames. *******This book will require additional shipping charges if being sent outside of the United States*******.

8vo, 328pp. A good hardback copy in lightly edgeworn dust jacket. Edges and back of dust jacket foxed.