Dickson John Charles (55 results)

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

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

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. [1st printing] Apr. 1979. Cover art is uncredited (looks like Lehr). Includes "Introduction"; "A Crowd of Shadows" by Charles L. Grant; "Breath's a Ware The Will Not Keep" by Thomas F. Monteleone; "Tricentennial" by Joe Haldeman; "In the Bowl" by John Varley; "Science Fiction in the Marketplace" by Algirdas Jonas Budrys; "The Academic Viewpoint" by James Gunn; "The Bicentennial Man" by Isaac Asimov; Houston, Houston, Do You Read?" by James Tiptree, Jr.; "Nebula Awards 1975, 1976: Win, Place, and Show". Creasing; tanning; a litrle surface wear. Book.…

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of 8 short stories. Featured are Collision by Stephen Wasylyk, A Little More Research by Joan Hess, Human Man Gone by Jas R Petrin, A Bar Called Charley's by Charles Ardai, True Romance by BK Stevens, Blood Write by Martin Limon, The Last Crime Story by Robert Loy and The House in Goblin Wood by John Dickson Carr. Slight reading creases to spine. In Very Good Condition. …

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Wraps. Condition: Good to Very Good-. Vol. 8, No. 5. Edited by Anthony Boucher. Cover art by Stanley Meltzoff ("Flight from the Prison Planet"). Includes "Time Patrol" (novelet) by Poul Anderson; "Nobody Hunts Witches (verse) by P. M. Hubbard; "With Malice to Come" (3 vingettes) by James Blish; "Free Dirt" by Charles Beaumont; "James" by Gordon R. Dickson; "Mary Celestial" by Miriam Allen DeFord & Anthony Boucher; "Pattern for Survival" by Richard Matheson; "Eleventh Commandment" (novelet) by J. T. McIntosh; "Who's Counting?" by Rodger Lowe; "The Tin Halo" by John Novotny; "Imagine" by Fredric Brown. Cover erasure; small horsehead stamp on first page; foredge/lower quarter has been wet and is a little discolored and wavy; tanning. Magazine. …

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Paperback Printing. (viii) 251 pp. Light edge and corner wear with an uncreased spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Paul Lehr. This anthology contains: Breath's a Ware That Will Not Keep by Thomas F. Monteleone; In the Bowl by John Varley; The Bicentennial Man by Isaac Asimov; Houston Houston Do You Read by James Tiptree Jr.; A Crowd of Shadows by Charles L. Grant; Tricentennial by Joe Haldeman; Science Fiction in the Marketplace by Algis Budrys; and The Academic Viewpoint by James Gunn. Paul Lehr; (illustrator). Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Paperback Printing. (viii) 251 pp. Edge and corner wear with some creasing on the spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Paul Lehr. This anthology contains: A Crowd of Shadows by Charles L. Grant; Breath's a Ware That Will Not Keep by Thomas F. Monteleone; Tricentennial by Joe Haldeman; In the Bowl - a novelette by John Varley; Science Fiction in the Marketplace - an essay by Algis Budrys; The Academic Viewpoint - an essay by James Gunn; The Bicentennial Man - a novelette by Isaac Asimov; and Houston Houston Do You Read? - a novella by James Tiptree Jr. Paul Lehr; (illustrator). Book. …

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. The October 1970. issue of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Vol 56 # 4 whole # 323. Contains stories by Edward D Hoch (The Spy Who Traveled with a Coffin), Celia Fremlin (Don't be Frightened), Gerald Kersh (Dr Ox Will Die at Midnight), Avram Davidson (Manhattan Nights' Entertainment), Charles Einstein (My Brother's Keeper), J N Williamson (Gerald "Jerry" Neal Williamson - They Never Even See Me), P D James (Murder, 1986 - a blending of mystery & sci-fi genres), and others. Also includes an article by John Dickson Carr (The Jury Box). Light wear at the edges. Light browning to the spin . A very good or better copy. …

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. The October 1970. issue of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Vol 56 # 4 whole # 323. Contains stories by Edward D Hoch (The Spy Who Traveled with a Coffin), Celia Fremlin (Don't be Frightened), Gerald Kersh (Dr Ox Will Die at Midnight), Avram Davidson (Manhattan Nights' Entertainment), Charles Einstein (My Brother's Keeper), J N Williamson (Gerald "Jerry" Neal Williamson - They Never Even See Me), P D James (Murder, 1986 - a blending of mystery & sci-fi genres), and others. Also includes an article by John Dickson Carr (The Jury Box). Light wear at the edges. Light browning to the spine. The internals are clean and tight. A very good or better copy. …

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Trade paperback in stiff wrappers. Appears like new with no creases or shelfwear. Clean, has a good binding, no marks or notations. CS.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Book Club Edition. A BCE of an early 1950s Sir Henry Merrivale mystery. John Dickson Carr writing as Carter Dickson. Rubbing, creases and celo tape repairs of closed tears to the front panel of the DJ. 1" x .5" triangular chip at the top left of the front panel. PON, date (Sept. 5, 1950) & city/state (New Creek, W. Va.) on the FFEP. The internals are clean and tight. A very good book with a passable DJ. Charles Lofgren (DJ) (illustrator).…

Wraps. Condition: Very Good. Vol. 8, No. 5. Edited by Anthony Boucher. Cover art by Stanley Meltzoff ("Flight from the Prison Planet"). Includes "Time Patrol" (novelet) by Poul Anderson; "Nobody Hunts Witches (verse) by P. M. Hubbard; "With Malice to Come" (3 vingettes) by James Blish; "Free Dirt" by Charles Beaumont; "James" by Gordon R. Dickson; "Mary Celestial" by Miriam Allen DeFord & Anthony Boucher; "Pattern for Survival" by Richard Matheson; "Eleventh Commandment" (novelet) by J. T. McIntosh; "Who's Counting?" by Rodger Lowe; "The Tin Halo" by John Novotny; "Imagine" by Fredric Brown. Lower front edge of spine corner has been bumped with short tears and wrinkles, cover and following couple of pages; creasing; tanning. Magazine. …

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. In near good condition; signs of wear; b=no arkings, short stories by these writers and others, Looseness starting to bottom front hinge (repaired).

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good. Vol. 35, No. 11. Edited by Cathleen Jordan. Cover art by Neal Hughes. Includes "Collision" by Stephen Wasylyk; "A Little More Research" by Joan Hess; "Human Man Gone" by Jas. R. Petrin; "A Bar Called Charley's" by Charles Ardai; "True Romance" by B. K. Stevens; "Blood Write" by Martin Limon; "The Last Crime Story" by Robert Loy; "The House in Goblin Wood" (Mystery Classic) by John Dickson Carr. Standard departments. Illustrated by Ralph Westbom, Timothy Foley, Hank Blaustein, Jeff Marinelli, Neal Hughes, Timothy Standish, Mark Fresh, and Jim Adams. Creasing; edge and corner wear; spine a little faded; light label residue; tanning. Book. …

Condition: New. In English.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 128 pages. A Bertram Chandler "To Run The Rim" / Poul Anderson "Robin Hood's Barn" / Stanley Mullen "Guppy" / Gordon R Dickson "By New Hearth Fires" / Charles V. de Vet "Seedling" / Eric Frank Russell ",Study in Still Life" (SL#117).

Wraps. Condition: Very Good-. Vol. 7, No. 6. Edited by Anthony Boucher. Cover art by Chesley Bonestell. Includes "The Fishers" (novelet) by Robert Abernathy; "Special Talent" by Charles Webb; "The Seventh Pullet" by Saki; "Kalato" by Edward Lee; "A Case History" by Gordon R. Dickson; "The Cat, the Brahmin & the Penitent" by Francois Augustin Paradis De Moncrif, translated by R. Bretnor; "The Ardent Soul" by William Morrison; "Time and Place" by Robert Sherman Townes; "Recommended Reading" (a department); "Wish for the Moon" by Glen Henexson; "Totem and Taboo" by Philip Jose Farmer; "The Father-Thing" by Philip K. Dick; "The Bourbon Lake" by John Novotny; "Index to Volume Seven". Tanning; creasing; edge and corner nicks, wear and minor tears and losses; tear at spine heel. Magazine.…

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. UK edition. Contains all the stories in the September 1959 US edition and has the same cover art by Pederson. Contains Summer Guests by Schmitz (illustrated by Wood), Homecoming by Dickson (illustrator uncredited), Escape into Silence by Whiteford (illustrator uncredited), Fair Game by Dick, The Scarlet Hexapod by St. Clair, Bargain Basement by Fontenay (illustrator uncredited), An Honest Credit by Kerr, Hornet's Nest by Biggle (illustrator uncredited) and a feature by Pohl. The spine has a little chipping at the top and bottom with a one inch tear at the bottom next to the front cover. Page browning but the pages are otherwise unmarked. Postage charge will be reduced by £1.50 when the order is processed. Pederson, John Jr.; Wood, Wallace, (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: Fair-Good. No Jacket. None Stated. The April 1953 issue of Mackill's Mystery Magazine. Contents include Before I Die by Rex Stout, The Case of the Discontented Soldier by Agatha Christie, The Green Goods Man by Leslie Charteris (Leslie Charles Bowyer-Yin), The Other Hangman by John Dickson Carr, Imperious Caesar by Michael Innes, The Case of the Honorary Mother-in-Law by Roy Vickers, Shadow of the Noose by John Creasey, and others. the front cover is only attached by a 1" piece at the center of the spine. Loss at various spots up and down the spine. An acceptable copy of a hard to find early digest.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fair-Good. No Jacket. None Stated. The October 1952 issue of Mackill's Mystery Magazine. Contents include Murder on Tuesday (Instead of Evidence) by Rex Stout, The Arrow of God by Leslie Charteris (Leslie Charles Bowyer-Yin), The House in Goblin Wood by Carter Dickson (John Dickson Carr), The Case of the Perpetual Sneer by Roy Vickers, One Morning They'll Hang Him by Margery Allingham, Miss Pinhorn by Michael Innes, Girl Overboard by Q Patrick (Hugh Callingham Wheeler), Within the Gate by Edmund Crispin (Robert Bruce Montgomery), and others. Soiling with some rub spots to the covers. Damp stain to the lower fore edge of the back cover that carries through to page 101 with some associated roughness. the titles in the ToC are underlined with some check marks. Dog ears to the bottom corners of some pages toward the back. An acceptable copy of a hard to find early digest.…

Book club reprint. [6], 249 pages. Hardcover: H 21.75cm x L 14.25cm. Dust jacket with front panel and spine having color illustration by Charles Lofgren; chipping at edges with some short tears and creasing; strong moisture staining at bottom of front flap and front panel; staining at both spine ends; strongest staining to toned rear panel and to rear flap mostly along fold; dj now presented in a mylar Brodart protector. Red boards, spine head worn fairly even with text block's top edge, spine heel bumped and scuffed. Red top edge; some toning to fore-edge and bottom edge. Toning to endpapers; past owner's name in ink at top of front free endpaper along with patch of surface peeling from removal of owner's name sticker; slender and fairly mild moisture staining at bottom margins of front endpapers; staining at fore-edge margins; interior text pages otherwise remain clean. Binding is firm. A good+ copy in only a good dust jacket.…

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PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Corner clipped, wear to edges and corners of dustjacket, edges and corners creased, some wear to covers and spine, top corners of front and back cover bumped, tip of board cracked beneath surface, top and bottom of spine a little bumped, internally in good condition, pages crisp and clear, internally in good condition, pages crisp and clear.…

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.