George Henry Smith (756 results)

Condition: acceptable. The item is very worn but is perfectly usable. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches, dents, worn and creased covers, folded page corners and minor liquid stains. All pages and the cover are intact, but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include moderate to heavy amount of notes and highlighting, but the text is not obscured or unreadable. Page edges may have foxing age related spots and browning . May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.…

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

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

Condition: Very Good.

Digest-size Magazine. Condition: Good. Rare! Hard to Find! Tanned but unmarked, cover secured with archival tape, spine cocked. 164 pages. Contents: What Makes Them Tick · Anthony Marsh; The Hung-Up Juror · George Antonich; With Objectivity · Pauline C. Smith; Flapdragon · Edward D. Hoch; One Good Word · Alberto N. Martín; A Problem for Survivors · Frank Sisk; With Variations · Carl Henry Rathjen; Lunch on Wednesday · Inez Minerva Schwarzkopf; Croppers in Tandem · George Grover Kipp; Everybody Should Have a Hobby · Theodore Mathieson; Dog Days · Miel Tanburn; Finders Keepers · Richard Schmidt; Fire Hazard · William Jeffrey; Two Bits' Worth of Luck · Fletcher Flora.…

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. First Thus. Priory # 1056. A harrowing tale of a world gone mad and on the brink of total atomic destruction! A rogue Soviet general decides to launch an unauthorized sneak attack on the US with ICBMs he controls. He reasons that the US will be so devastated that it cannot survive or respond effectively, and after the exchange, the Soviets would be mostly intact and in control of the world. Neither the rogue Soviet general nor anyone else in the USSR; however, knows about the top secret US Doomsday Wing and its doomsday system. 124 pages. CONDITION: A solid Near Fine copy - bright, tight, square, uncreased, and evidently unread, unmarked but for a "remainder" line on the page block top, with negligible shelf-wear (just one tiny corner bump and a small rear spine-edge scuff). This handsome copy is now in a clear, protective polypropylene bag.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good Plus. First Thus. Priory # 1088. Smith's gripping 1964 novel of a runaway Mars, headed directly for Earth. Mars had been populated by Earthlings, and the gigantic explosion of a nuclear power plant there unbalanced the planetary relationships, first sending the shattered moons of Mars Earthward. 138 pages. CONDITION: A solid Very Good Plus copy of this rather scarce Priory edition - bright, tight, unmarked, uncreased, and likely unread, with minimal shelf-wear, compromised only by a slight (manufacturing) spine lean and spine ripple. This handsome copy is now in a clear, protective polypropylene bag.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Witch Queen of Lochlann by George Henry Smith, Signet P4098, 1969, first printing. Cover art by Victor Kossim. Bright, square and tight. Victor Kossim (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Rochester Club of Printing House Craftsmen, Rochester, NY. 1986. Hardcover. First Edition. Dedicated to Our Noble Craft during Printing Week, January 1986, in Rochester, NY. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for a small bookplate on the front pastedown. Book Condition: Fine. No DJ as issued. Brown cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the front board with a printer's guild emblem on the front board. 52 pp 8vo. This book not only covers the life and careers of Augustine Dauby, but it also covers the history of printing in the Rochester area in the 1800s. The book tells of the major printers (like Mr Dauby) who printed their own papers and the minor printers, those of the lesser established printing presses. The book has a foldout copy of the Rochester Gazette for 1819 and a presentation slip that was folded over the first page as a presentation announcement of this book. A clean very presentable copy.…

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Good. No. 19. Includes "Another Dimension" by George H. Scheer; "The Battery of Hate" by John W. Campbell, Jr.; "Space War" by Neil R. Jones; "The Men Without Shadows" by Stanton A. Coblentz; "The Man Who Stopped the Earth" by Henry J. Kostkos; "World Gone Mad" by Nat Schachner; "Buried in Space" by Lawrence Smith. Illustrated by 'M. S.', Morey and others. Rear cover hinge area dampstained; edge and corner nicks and wear; creasing; tanning. Book.…

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good Minus. First German Edition. Heyne-Buch Nr. 3077. Outstanding science fiction in excellent German translations by Walter Ernsting. CONTENTS: In addition to those items shown in the front cover scan --- Havarie im Weltraum (Lang), Menschenjager (Reynolds), and Die Welt der illusionen (Smith). 160 pages. CONDITION: a solid copy with moderate shelf-wear and a noticeable spine-lean, unmarked but for a store stamp inside, plus a light crease on the spine, another on the front cover. This remains an attractive copy - now in a clear, protective polypropylene bag. NOTE: A higher resolution scan of the covers will gladly be supplied on request. This small item will be shipped with a complimentary upgrade to trackable First Class on domestic (US) orders. …

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. A probing, revelatory, and sympathetic 1971 examination of this great American hero. CONTENTS: Preface; The Roots in the South; The Happy Childhood; Education - South and North; Montgomery and the Face of Hate; Aftermath of the Boycott; A Time of Trouble; Target - Birmingham; From Washington to the Nobel Prize; The Long Hot Summers; Martyrdom in Memphis. 173+ pages. CONDITION: a tight, square, unmarked, possibly unread copy with minimal shelf-wear and a couple small, faint back cover creases, its pages showing a bit of age-tanning. This attractive copy is now in a clear, protective polypropylene bag. NOTE: This small item will be shipped with a complimentary upgrade to trackable First Class on domestic (US) orders.…

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. First German Edition. Heyne # 780.The German-language edition of Smith's 1969 fantasy, Witch Queen of Lochlann, translated by Irene Holicki. "Evil reigns as two beautiful princesses battle for the throne of a midnight empire." 252+ pages. CONDITION: a bright, tight, square, unmarked, uncreased copy with light edge- and corner-wear - now in a clear, protective polypropylene bag.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Paperback Printing. 318 pp. Light edge and corner wear with minor creasing on the spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Tom Barber. This anthology contains: Scanners Live in Vain - a novelette by Cordwainer Smith; The Little Man on the Subway by Isaac Asimov and Frederik Pohl; What Goes Up by Alfred Coppel Jr.; Kleon of the Golden Sun by Ed Earl Repp; How High on the Ladder by Leo Paige; Footprints by Robert Ernest Gilbert; The Naming of Names by Ray Bradbury; The Eyes by Henry Hasse; The Scarlet Lunes by Stanton A. Coblentz; Demobilization - a novelette by George R. Cowie; Voices From the Cliff by John Martin Leahy; The Lost Chord by Sam Moskowitz; The Watchers by R. H. Deutsch; The Peaceful Martian by J. T. Oliver; and Escape to Yesterday by Arthur J. Burks. Tom Barber; (illustrator). Book.…

Paperback. ORIGINAL first edition. 4098, good, many creases science fiction, paperback.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Softcover journal in very good condition. Article topics include: dedication to Joseph Schafer; Frank C. Lockwood: historian of the southwest; Francis E. Warren and the Johnson County War; teacher to the Mojaves: the experiences of George W. Nock, 1887-1889 (Part I); and more. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Journal.…

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Stapled Wraps. Condition: Very Good Overall. First German Edition. Terra Utopische Romane Science Fiction - Band 496. An excellent German translation of Smith's gripping 1964 novel of a runaway Mars, headed directly for Earth. Mars had been populated by Earthlings, and the gigantic explosion of a nuclear power plant there unbalanced the planetary relationships, first sending the shattered moons of Mars Earthward. 68 pages. CONDITION: a bright, tight, square, unmarked, uncreased copy with light shelf-wear, compromised only by a scratched bottom page-block edge. (I suspect it was done by the previous owner's cat! See accompanying scan image.) This attractive copy is now in a clear, protective polypropylene bag with backing board. NOTE: This small item will be shipped with a complimentary upgrade to trackable First Class on domestic (US) orders.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Italian Edition. Urania # 576. Italian-language translation (by Beata Della Frattina) of Smith's 1966 novel "The Four Day Weekend". Machines have taken over the world, and humanity must find a way to prevent a mass genocide! (sentient automobiles, etc.) 168 pages, including a few pages of B.C & Il Mago Wiz cartoons. CONDITION: a solid, unmarked copy with moderate shelf-wear (light cover creasing and discoloration), its interior uncompromised - now in a clear, protective polypropylene bag. NOTE: This small item will be shipped with a complimentary upgrade to trackable First Class on domestic (US) orders. Karel Thole (cover art) (illustrator). …

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Near Very Good. First German Edition. Terra Science Fiction # T161. The German translation (by Wulf H. Bergner) of George H. Smith's 1966 science fiction classic The Four Day Weekend (AKA The Revolt of the Machines]. "Das weltweite Chaos beginnt in Jahre 2015 - Roboter greifen Menschen an" (The back cover scan includes a further description in German.) 159+ pages. CONDITION: a solid unmarked copy with significant edge- and corner-wear, creased on and adjacent to the spine, with a small scuff on the front cover (evidently from a price sticker removal), its pages lightly age-tanned. This nevertheless attractive copy is now in a clear, protective polypropylene bag. NOTE: This small item will be shipped with a complimentary upgrade to trackable First Class on domestic (US) orders. Stephan (cover art) (illustrator). …

Paperback. very good , science fiction, paperback.

Paperback. ORIGINAL first edition. B50-699, very good , creases science fiction, paperback.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. The North American Review Vol. 231 No. 3 March 1931. Various (illustrator).

Wraps. Condition: Very Good. Vol. 38, No. 4. Edited by Cele Goldsmith. Cover art by Emsh for "Prisoner in Orbit" (novelet) by Henry Slesar. Includes "The Chair" by O. H. Leslie [Henry Slesar]; "The Other Inhabitant" by Edward W. Ludwig; "A Question of Theology" by George Whitley [A. Bertram Chandler]; "Sunburst" (pt. 2 of 3) by Phyllis Gotlieb; "The Saga of 'Skylark' Smith" (SF Profile) by Sam Moskowitz. Features: "Editorial"; "Coming Next Month"; "The Spectroscope" by Robert Silverberg. Illustrated by Virgil Finlay, Lutjens, and Schelling. Tanning; small loss at lower front cover edge; minor soiling; slight waviness. Magazine.…

Wraps. Condition: Good+ to Very Good-. Vol. 38, No. 4. Edited by Cele Goldsmith. Cover art by Emsh for "Prisoner in Orbit" (novelet) by Henry Slesar. Includes "The Chair" by O. H. Leslie [Henry Slesar]; "The Other Inhabitant" by Edward W. Ludwig; "A Question of Theology" by George Whitley [A. Bertram Chandler]; "Sunburst" (pt. 2 of 3) by Phyllis Gotlieb; "The Saga of 'Skylark' Smith" (SF Profile) by Sam Moskowitz. Features: "Editorial"; "Coming Next Month"; "The Spectroscope" by Robert Silverberg. Illustrated by Virgil Finlay, Lutjens, and Schelling. Tanned; corner and both cover foredges chipping; short tears at spine ends. Magazine. …