Charles Purdom (85 results)

Condition: Good. New ed of 1956 ed. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.…

Paperback. Condition: New.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of 11 pieces of writing including novelettes, short stories and poetry. Featured are Sepoy by Tom Purdom (novelette), The Man in the Red Suit by Diane Maples (novelette), Second Chance by Mary Rosenblum (novelette), The Nutcracker Coup by Janet Kagan (novelette), Alfred by Lisa Goldstein (short story), The Walk by Greg Egan (short story), Thanatrope by Mark W Tiedemann (short story), The Sound of the River by M Shayne Bell (short story), Looking Glass by Robert Frazier and James Patrick Kelly (poetry), Terraforming Byzantium by Bonita Kale (poetry) and Christmas Day, Give or Take a Week by Lawrence Schimel (poetry). In Fine Condition.…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of 8 pieces of writing including a novella, novelettes, short stories and poetry. Featured are The Caravan from Troon by Kage Baker (novella), Civilians by Tom Purdom (novelette), Passkey by Charles L Harness (novelette), The Cold Sink by Stephen Baxter (short story), In Infodict by James Van Pelt (short story), The Great Goodbye by Robert Charles Wilson (short story), The Need of Her Flesh by Mary A Turzillo (poetry) and Cable Fridge by Mary A Turzillo (poetry). Light reading crease to the spine. Address label front cover. In Near Fine Condition.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. The book appears unread with no reading lines to the spine. The wraps have light shelf rubbing with a small bend to the upper corner. There is scuffing to the front wrap from address label removal. Any questions, please email. If you would like more images of this book, I can send via email.…

Condition: GOOD. Paperback original - first printing. An anthology of original stories - including Dull Drums by Anne McCaffrey; Second Nature by Chad Oliver; Tapping Out by Barry N. Malzberg; How to be Ethnic in One Easy Lesson by Poul Anderson; Weep No More Old Lady by Charles L. Grant; City's End by Mack Reynolds; Moonchild by Tom Purdom; and Pet by Raymond F. Jones - each of which is told from the viewpoint of young heroes of the future. Avon #16808. 192 pp. Good+ overall - some minor creasing and wear to the covers, spine straight.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Shows minor wear, mailing label.

Condition: NEAR FINE. Paperback original - first printing. An anthology of original stories - including Dull Drums by Anne McCaffrey; Second Nature by Chad Oliver; Tapping Out by Barry N. Malzberg; How to be Ethnic in One Easy Lesson by Poul Anderson; Weep No More Old Lady by Charles L. Grant; City's End by Mack Reynolds; Moonchild by Tom Purdom; and Pet by Raymond F. Jones - each of which is told from the viewpoint of young heroes of the future. Avon #16808. 192 pp. Near fine (a tight copy, no creasing, but some rubbing to the covers.). …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 191 pp. Black boards lettered in gilt on the front cover and spine. Light edge and corner wear on the dustjacket; price clipped; no interior markings. The Contents are: Introduction: Getting Your Feet Wet by Charles L. Grant; Science Fiction Markets: Where and to Whom? by Thomas F. Monteleone; On Characters by Kate Wilhelm; Dialogue by Gene Snyder; Where Do You Get Those Crazy Ideas? by James Gunn; Nomenclature in Science Fiction by Poul Anderson; Building Future Worlds by Jerry Pournelle; Living the Future by Gardner Dozois; Who's Going to Run Things in Twenty Three Hundred? And How Are They Going to Do It? by Tom Purdom; First, Sew on a Tentacle by George R. R. Martin; and Money Is Valuable: Save It by Andrew J. Offutt Size: 8vo. Dale Diesel; (illustrator). Book. …

Soft cover. Condition: Good. A bit scuffed but all pages intact and legible. Good reading copy. Clean. No store stamps. --- Jul, 1985 issue. --- Science Fiction stories including authors: --- Timothy Zahn --- Charles S. Harness --- P. M. Fergusson --- Eric G. Iverson --- Tom Purdom --- Sam Nicholson.…

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Reading Copy. Vol. 33, No. 2. Edited by Edward L. Ferman. Cover art by Ronald Walotsky for "Reduction In Arms" (novelet) by Tom Purdom. Includes "The Bubble" (novelet) by J. W. Schutz; "The Conflict" by Ilya Varshavsky; "The Baron's Dog" by L. J. T. Biese; "Soft Come The Dragons" (1st story) by Dean R. Koontz; "Earthwoman" by R. Bretnor; "Bugs" by Charles Harness; "Moondust, The Smell of Hay, and Dialectical Materialism" by Thomas M. Disch; "Argent Blood" by Joe L. Hensley; "Quick With His Hands" by Avram Davidson. Features: "Cartoon" by Gahan Wilson; "Books" by Judith Merril; "Mosquito" by Ted Thomas; "Science: Kaleidoscope In The Sky" by Isaac Asimov: "F&SF Marketplace". Front cover losses (see scan); minor corner loss to rear cover; tanning; creasing; piece of tape inside front cover. Reading copy. Book.…

Stapled wraps. Condition: Good. Soiled and staind covers. Some foxing to the inside pages. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 120 pages.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Good. Vol. 38, No. 3. Edited by James Baen. Cover art by Bonnie Dalzell for "The Dosadi Experiment" (pt. 1 of 4) by Frank Herbert. Includes "The Way of the Sword" (novelette) by Dennis Schmidt; "Chrash Site" by Peter Ambrose; "Marconi, Mattin, Maxwell" by Charles Sheffield; "The Chains of Freedom" by Tom Purdom; "The Consentiency - And How it Got That Way" (special feature) by Frank Herbert. Features: "Forun" by Philip A. Schreffler; "A Set Further Out" by J. E. Pournelle; "The Alien Viewpoint" by Richard Geis; "ookshelf" by Spider Robinson; "Directions" (letters). Illustrated by Dalzell, Fabian, Kohn and Sternbach. Lots of cohesion pulls to rear; mikld tanning; edgewear. Book.…

Condition: New.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. The Garden City; a Study in the Development of a Modern Town. Book.

Condition: Good. *Price HAS BEEN REDUCED by 10% until Monday, Nov. 9 (weekend SALE item)* first edition, 12 pp., softcover, good. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.…

1st edition. Selection of the best stories of fantasy and science fiction, new and old. Bright clean tight copy 5-1/2 x 7-3/4, 130 pp, b/w cartoon (Gahan Wilson). Near Fine w faint datestamp on cover, foxing to inside of wraps. Pulp magazine in color illus wraps (Ronald Walotsky).

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Good+ to Very Good-. Vol. 33, No. 2. Edited by Edward L. Ferman. Cover art by Ronald Walotsky for "Reduction In Arms" (novelet) by Tom Purdom. Includes "The Bubble" (novelet) by J. W. Schutz; "The Conflict" by Ilya Varshavsky; "The Baron's Dog" by L. J. T. Biese; "Soft Come The Dragons" (1st story) by Dean R. Koontz; "Earthwoman" by R. Bretnor; "Bugs" by Charles Harness; "Moondust, The Smell of Hay, and Dialectical Materialism" by Thomas M. Disch; "Argent Blood" by Joe L. Hensley; "Quick With His Hands" by Avram Davidson. Features: "Cartoon" by Gahan Wilson; "Books" by Judith Merril; "Mosquito" by Ted Thomas; "Science: Kaleidoscope In The Sky" by Isaac Asimov: "F&SF Marketplace". Small scar and short tear at upper front cover foredge corner; spine head bumped and stressed; corner creasing; tanning; minor rear cover stains. Book. …

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Softcover. Condition: Good. Light diagonal crease throughout. Spine has a long tear to the lower end. Covers have slight foxing. ; Approx. 6" wide by 8 1/2". "Not how to repair watches, but how to rate watches in all required positions." Original paper covers. ; 12 pages.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good condition. No dust jacket. Denver, Colorado: The Roberts Publishing Company (printed by), 1947. Very Good condition. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a library discard. NOT a remainder. With a tribute to, and portrait of master watchmaker Charles E Purdom. Well illustrated with diagrams (escapement functions, etc). Bound in the original tan cloth, stamped in reddish-brown. From the author's Prelude: "This written effort has to do with rating and adjusting watches - not how to repair watches. My statements have to do with watches which have been repaired and are in good mechanical condition and how to understand the WatchMaster record of a watch in good mechanical condition. No statement will be made that you cannot prove and us. 1st ed? (No additional printings listed). Hardcover. Very Good condition/No dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. 144pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. 1st ed? (No additional printings listed). NOT a library discard (illustrator).…

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good. Vol. 33, No. 2. Edited by Edward L. Ferman. Cover art by Ronald Walotsky for "Reduction In Arms" (novelet) by Tom Purdom. Includes "The Bubble" (novelet) by J. W. Schutz; "The Conflict" by Ilya Varshavsky; "The Baron's Dog" by L. J. T. Biese; "Soft Come The Dragons" (1st story) by Dean R. Koontz; "Earthwoman" by R. Bretnor; "Bugs" by Charles Harness; "Moondust, The Smell of Hay, and Dialectical Materialism" by Thomas M. Disch; "Argent Blood" by Joe L. Hensley; "Quick With His Hands" by Avram Davidson. Features: "Cartoon" by Gahan Wilson; "books" by Judith Merril; "Mosquito" by Ted Thomas; "Science: Kaleidoscope In The Sky" by Isaac Asimov: "F&SF Marketplace". Very small loss at upper front edge; creasing; lean; tanning. Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good to Fine. Volume-33 #2 / Whole #195; *** SOFT COME THE DRAGONS = the FIRST EVER Published Professional Short Story by DEAN R. KOONTZ; Also Includes; Reduction In Arms cover/story by Tom Purdom; The Bubble by J. W. Schutz; The Conflict by Ilya Varshavsky; The Baron's Dog by L. J. T. Biese; Earthwoman by R. Bretnor; Bugs by Charles Harness; Moondust, The Smell of Hay, and Dialectical Materialism by Thomas M. Disch; Argent Blood by Joe L. Hensley; Quick With His Hands by Avram Davidson; Cartoons by Gahan Wilson; Books by Judith Merril; Mosquito by Ted Thomas; Science: Kaleidoscope In The Sky by Isaac Asimov: Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. TRUE FIRST Edition MAGAZINE Format Thus. Painted Cover Art! (illustrator). Book.…

Revised Edition. Near fine paperback copy; wrapper edges very slightly dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: 441 pages; 20 cm. Subjects: World War, 1914-1918; Personal narratives. Military history. 1 Kg.

Revised Edition. Near fine paperback copy; wrapper edges very slightly dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: 441 pages; 20 cm. Subjects: World War, 1914-1918; Personal narratives. Military history. 1 Kg.

Condition: New. pp. 448.

Condition: New. pp. 448.

Wraps. Condition: Very Good+ to Near Fine. Vol. 33, No. 2. Edited by Edward L. Ferman. Cover art by Ronald Walotsky for "Reduction In Arms" (novelet) by Tom Purdom. Includes "The Bubble" (novelet) by J. W. Schutz; "The Conflict" by Ilya Varshavsky; "The Baron's Dog" by L. J. T. Biese; "Soft Come The Dragons" (1st story) by Dean R. Koontz; "Earthwoman" by R. Bretnor; "Bugs" by Charles Harness; "Moondust, The Smell of Hay, and Dialectical Materialism" by Thomas M. Disch; "Argent Blood" by Joe L. Hensley; "Quick With His Hands" by Avram Davidson. Features: "Cartoon" by Gahan Wilson; "books" by Judith Merril; "Mosquito" by Ted Thomas; "Science: Kaleidoscope In The Sky" by Isaac Asimov: "F&SF Marketplace". Tanned; minor front hinge crease and dents to rear. Magazine.…

Wraps. Condition: Very Good+ to Near Fine. Vol. 33, No. 2. Cover by Ronald Walotsky for "Reduction In Arms" (novelet) by Tom Purdom. Includes "The Bubble" (novelet) by J. W. Schutz; "The Conflict" by Ilya Varshavsky; "The Baron's Dog" by L. J. T. Biese; "Soft Come The Dragons" (1st story) by Dean R. Koontz; "Earthwoman" by R. Bretnor; "Bugs" by Charles Harness; "Moondust, The Smell of Hay, and Dialectical Materialism" by Thomas M. Disch; "Argent Blood" by Joe L. Hensley; "Quick With His Hands" by Avram Davidson. Features: "Cartoon" by Gahan Wilson; "books" by Judith Merril; "Mosquito" by Ted Thomas; "Science: Kaleidoscope In The Sky" by Isaac Asimov: "F&SF Marketplace". 3 pages are corner creased. Magazine. …