John K Wells (26 results)

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SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good. Vol. 18, No. 7. Edited by Frederik Pohl. Cover art by Morrow for "The Sleeper with Still Hands" (novelette) by Harlan Ellison. Includes "Rogue Star" (pt. 2 of 3) by Frederik Pohl & Jack Williamson; "We Fused Ones" (novelette) by Perry A. Chapdelaine; "The Muschine" (novelette) by Burt K. Filer; "Gone to the Graveyards, Everyone" by Paul M. Moffett; "The Soft Shells" by Basil Wells; "The Hides of Marrech" by C. C. MacApp; "In the Oligocene" by John Thomas; "The Cure-All" by Win Marks. Features: "Editorial: All But 98%"; "If - And When" by Lester del Rey; "SF Calendar"; 'Hue and Cry". Illustrated by Gaughan, Vaughan Bode, Wehrle, Roger Brand, and Brock. Front hinge scuffs; minor creasing and edge tears; mild tanning; minor soiling. Book.…

xii, 212 pages. Paperback: H 22.75cm x L 15.25cm. Paper covers lightly rubbed with minor soiling. Slender abrasion and soiling to text block's bottom edge. Shallow crease at top corner of pages 165-166; interior leaves are otherwise clean. Binding retains some crispness. With Preface, Acknowledgements, b/w illustrations (including frontispiece), Contributors. and Index. Features thirteen chapters among three sections - PART I. SETTING THE STAGE: THE ORIGINAL MISSISSIPPIANS. "Introduction" by John H. Peterson, Jr.; "Prehistoric Mississippi" by Jay K. Johnson; "The Emergence of Historic Indian Tribes in the Southeast" by Patricia Galloway; "Trail of Treaties: The Choctaws from the American Revolution to Removal" by Samuel J. Wells; "The Mississippi Choctaws in the Nineteenth Century" by Clara Sue Kidwell. PART II. ENCOUNTERS: NATIVE AMERICANS, EUROPEANS AFRICANS. "Introduction" by Charles D. Lowery; "The European Background in the Late Fifteenth Century" by Paul E. Hoffman; "European Interest in the Gulf Coast, 1500- 1699" by Robert S. Weddle; "European Colonization of Mississippi" by William Cash; "Africans in Colonial and Territorial Mississippi" by Robert L. Jenkins. PART III. THE CONTEMPORARY ETHNIC SCENE: A PHOTO ESSAY. "Ethnic Mississippi 1992" by D.C. Young and Stephen Young. {MS-Shelf#2|CMS-00700} ISBN 0878055789. …

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good. Vol. 18, No. 7. Edited by Frederik Pohl. Cover art by Morrow for "The Sleeper with Still Hands" (novelette) by Harlan Ellison. Includes "Rogue Star" (pt. 2 of 3) by Frederik Pohl & Jack Williamson; "We Fused Ones" (novelette) by Perry A. Chapdelaine; "The Muschine" (novelette) by Burt K. Filer; "Gone to the Graveyards, Everyone" by Paul M. Moffett; "The Soft Shells" by Basil Wells; "The Hides of Marrech" by C. C. MacApp; "In the Oligocene" by John Thomas; "The Cure-All" by Win Marks. Features: "Editorial: All But 98%"; "If - And When" by Lester del Rey; "SF Calendar"; 'Hue and Cry". Illustrated by Gaughan, Vaughan Bode, Wehrle, Roger Brand, and Brock. Heavy bump to lower mid spine; tanning. Book.…

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good+ to Near Fine. Vol. 18, No. 7. Edited by Frederik Pohl. Cover art by Morrow for "The Sleeper with Still Hands" (novelette) by Harlan Ellison. Includes "Rogue Star" (pt. 2 of 3) by Frederik Pohl & Jack Williamson; "We Fused Ones" (novelette) by Perry A. Chapdelaine; "The Muschine" (novelette) by Burt K. Filer; "Gone to the Graveyards, Everyone" by Paul M. Moffett; "The Soft Shells" by Basil Wells; "The Hides of Marrech" by C. C. MacApp; "In the Oligocene" by John Thomas; "The Cure-All" by Win Marks. Features: "Editorial: All But 98%"; "If - And When" by Lester del Rey; "SF Calendar"; 'Hue and Cry". Illustrated by Gaughan, Vaughan Bode, Wehrle, Roger Brand, and Brock. Tanning; edgewear. Book. …

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 112 pages. 10.00x7.00x0.26 inches. In Stock.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Good to Very Good-. Vol. XIII, No. 1. Pulp magazine. [Edited by Mortimer Weisinger.] Cover is uncredited (Howard V. Brown?) for "Flight of the Starshell" by Gordon A. Giles [Otto Binder]. Includes "The Human Equation" by Max Sheridan; "The Telepathic Bomb" by Frederic Arnold Kummer; "World Without Chance" by Polton Cross [John Russell Fearn]; "Moon of Mad Atavism" by Hal K. Wells; "The War of the Weeds" by Carl Jacobi; "Invasion's End" by Myer Krulfeld; "The Discarded Veil" by Arthur J. Burks. Features: "Science Quiz"; "If-" (picture story) by Jack Binder; "Scientifacts" by J. B. Walter; "Forecast for the Next Issue"; "Science Fiction League"; "Science Questions and Answers"; "The Story Behind the Story"; "The Reader Speaks" (letters from Sam Moskowitz and others); "The Swap Column"; "Scientibook Review." Rear hinge tear has been glue-mended; standard wear and tear at edges; a little roll; creasing; minor internal corner loss; tanning. Book.…

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Good to Very Good-. Vol. XIII, No. 1. Pulp magazine. [Edited by Mortimer Weisinger.] Cover is uncredited (Howard V. Brown?) for "Flight of the Starshell" by Gordon A. Giles [Otto Binder]. Includes "The Human Equation" by Max Sheridan; "The Telepathic Bomb" by Frederic Arnold Kummer; "World Without Chance" by Polton Cross [John Russell Fearn]; "Moon of Mad Atavism" by Hal K. Wells; "The War of the Weeds" by Carl Jacobi; "Invasion's End" by Myer Krulfeld; "The Discarded Veil" by Arthur J. Burks. Features: "Science Quiz"; "If-" (picture story) by Jack Binder; "Scientifacts" by J. B. Walter; "Forecast for the Next Issue"; "Science Fiction League"; "Science Questions and Answers"; "The Story Behind the Story"; "The Reader Speaks" (letters from Sam Moskowitz and others); "The Swap Column"; "Scientibook Review." Tape at spine ends; glued inside hinges; accidental glue swipe on rear which has yellowed with age; 2 store stamps on cover. Book.…

Condition: New. Idioma/Language: Español. Estos cuentos que imaginan los peores futuros posibles fueron escritos entre 1928 y 1969 por Kit Reed, Kathe Wilhelm, Clare Winger Harris, Alice Glaser, James Tiptree Jr. , Marion Zimmer Bradley, John Jay Wells, Alice Eleanor Jones y Ursula K. Le Guin, juntos completan la tercera entrega de la antología ¡El futuro es mujer! editada por Lisa Yaszek, un viaje por las ficciones creadas por las mujeres que se atrevieron a mirar el futuro, experimentar con las formas narrativas y confrontar las ideas políticas de su época, participando así en la construcción de la Ciencia Ficción, un lenguaje que atraviesa culturas, continentes y géneros. *** Nota: Los envíos a España peninsular, Baleares y Canarias se realizan a través de mensajería urgente. No aceptamos pedidos con destino a Ceuta y Melilla. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover in very good condition. Green leather covers with gilt and white titles. English text to stories, introductions in Russian. 416 pages. Slight age tanning.

Condition: New.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Near fine in original wrappers with general wear.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good+. Vol. XIII, No. 1. Pulp magazine. [Edited by Mortimer Weisinger.] Cover is uncredited (Howard V. Brown?) for "Flight of the Starshell" by Gordon A. Giles [Otto Binder]. Includes "The Human Equation" by Max Sheridan; "The Telepathic Bomb" by Frederic Arnold Kummer; "World Without Chance" by Polton Cross [John Russell Fearn]; "Moon of Mad Atavism" by Hal K. Wells; "The War of the Weeds" by Carl Jacobi; "Invasion's End" by Myer Krulfeld; "The Discarded Veil" by Arthur J. Burks. Features: "Science Quiz"; "If-" (picture story) by Jack Binder; "Scientifacts" by J. B. Walter; "Forecast for the Next Issue"; "Science Fiction League"; "Science Questions and Answers"; "The Story Behind the Story"; "The Reader Speaks" (letters from Sam Moskowitz and others); "The Swap Column"; "Scientibook Review." Shallow losses at lower front cover edge; dealer's marks. Book.…

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good. Vol. 8. no. 2. Edited by Robert W. Lowndes. Cover art is uncredited for "Death Goes Downstairs" by T. W. Ford. Includes "Murder on My Keyboard" by Jack Bradley; "Killer of Fire" by Marcus Lyons; "Dark Holiday" by John Lockhart; "The Cat in the Canary's Cage" by Rex Whitechurch; "Oh Gargie" by Ray Cummings; "One Buck to Heaven" by Leo Hoban; "Death's Guitars Are Singing" by Hal K. Wells; "Big Killing" (novelet) by Seymour Irving Richin; "According to the Book" (department) by Georgie. Illustrated by Luros, Carter, Hardison, and others. Tanning; tape mend at front foredge (inside); standard wear and tear at edges, but small predation loss to rear cover and minorly so at lower end, spine corner. Book.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. 1st edition thus, 1926. A Very Good book. 8vo., 231 pp., bound in publishers burgundy cloth. Spine is faded; tips, edges and spine rubbed. Longmans review copy card laid in. Minor toning to paper, text appears unmarked.

Tapa blanda. Condition: New. Futuros distópicos es el tercer tomo temático agrupado por el colectivo de traductoras Falsos Amigos, a partir de la colección ¡El futuro es mujer!, antología editada por la académica Lisa Yaszek, publicada en 2018 y ahora traducida por primera vez al castellano. La colección reúne relatos escritos por mujeres estadounidenses, publicados entre los años veinte y los setenta del siglo XX, imprescindibles para cimentar las bases de la ciencia ficción y su desarrollo.En este volumen aparecen cuentos de Kit Reed, Kathe Wilhelm, Clare Winger Harris, Alice Glaser, James Tiptree Jr., Marion Zimmer Bradley, John Jay Wells, Alice Eleanor Jones y Ursula K. Le Guin, quienes, a partir de imaginar los peores futuros posibles, se preguntaron cómo serían las interacciones de los seres humanos consigo mismos y con los otros, en medio de las guerras, la devastación del planeta Tierra y los viajes espaciales.…

Paperback. Condition: New. No. 3 (Print on Demand reprint). Large trade-paperback. Edited byTom English. A themed science fiction magazine anthology. Cover art by Maurice Whitman. Includes "Please Stand By" by Tom English; "Who Goes there?" (novella) by John W. Campbell; "By Her Hand, She Draws You Down" by Douglas Smith; "Nikola Tesla and the Resonating Frequency Transmitter" by Kurt Newton; "The Masked World" by Jack Williamson; "Dead Ringer" by Lester Del Rey; "Human Is" by Philip K. Dick; "Hibernation" by Gregory L. Norris; "Space Zombies" by Marc Vun Kannon; "The Cavern of the Shining Ones" by Hal K. Wells; "The Repairman" by Harry Harrison; "Incident in the Woman's Bathroom" by Rebekah Memel; "Metamorphosis" by Charles V. De Vet; "The Fourth Invasion" by Robert W. Lowndes; "The Creature Inside" by Jack Sharkey; "The Brain-Stealers of Mars" by John W. Campbell, Jr. Departments: "Threat Watch" by Matt Cowan; "How Weird Is That?" by Todd Treichel. Comics: "The Changeling" by Jim Mooney & Bernard Sachs. Illustrated by Allen Koszowski, Virgil Finlay, Kurt Roschl, H. W. Wesso, Dick Francis, Ed Emshwiller, and others. Book.…

First Edition. THE ASCENT OF WONDER, Tor, 1994, first edition, (scarce first issue), fine in wraps. Uncorrected proof. Contributions by Ursula Leguin, Arthur C. Clarke, Hal Clement, Robert Heinlein, Gene Wolfe, C. L. Moore, Henry Kuttner, Isaac Asimov, Robert Forward, Edgar Allan Poe, Greg Benford, Kate Wilhelm, J. G. Ballard, Anne McCaffrey, H. G. Wells, Larry Niven, John Campbell, John Sladek, Ted Sturgeon, Clifford Simak, James Tiptree, Frederik Pohl, Jules Verne, James Blish, Cordust-wrapper ainer Smith, Rudyard Kipling, Alfred Bester, Greg Benford, P. K. Dick, William Gibson, David Brin, et.al. A massive 1004 pages. Signed by both editors. Very scarce thus. …

Quarto red cloth boards, silver lettering to spine, 192pp, illus., VG+ (light tanning within) in d/w VG+ (light scuffing and creasing, unobtrusive).

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Pages clean and bright, no markings. Rubbing to front covers and spine, light wear to edges. Light age tanning. Chips around edges and spine. NEW EU 3 EURO CHARGE FOR IMPORTS IS INCLUDED IN OUR SHIPPING PRICE. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK, ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.…

Super octavo, illus light card covers, 192pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing to cover).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good -. PBO (Paperback Original) True First Ed. (1966; An IDLE HOUR Book CORINTH Publications IH 497; San Diego, California, USA; PBO Paperback Original 1st Ed; 190 Pages; Blackmail and Violence / Shame Gunner . Depravity Doctor; Adult Sleeze Erotica Suspense Mystery; VERY RARE TITLE; GGA Good Girl Art Painted cover; >> Moderate Creasing and Wrinkles to covers, spine slant; ** Blonde Girl and Two Men, 2 with TATTOOS GGA Good Girl Art Painted cover; Adult Sleeze Erotica Suspense Mystery; VERY RARE TITLE; >>> Staining and Creasing & scuffing to Covers, Burn mark to interior front cover; Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. GGA Good Girl Art Painted cover; (illustrator). Book. …

Soft cover. Condition: GOOD+. PBO (Paperback Original) True First Ed. (1967; Ember Library Greenleaf Classics Pub EL371; San Diego, California, USA; PBO Paperback Original 1st Ed; 160 Pages; The Sexual meaning of AC-DC is alternating between homosexuality and heterosexuality; GAY BLACKMAIL - A Lover, His Lady, and his Laddie! ** Blonde Girl and Two Men, 2 with TATTOOS GGA Good Girl Art Painted cover; Adult Sleeze Erotica Suspense Mystery; VERY RARE TITLE; >>> Staining and Creasing & scuffing to Covers, Burn mark to interior front cover; Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Blonde Girl and Two Men, 2 with TATTOOS GGA Good Girl Art Painted Cover (illustrator). Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good/ Fine. PBO (Paperback Original) True First Ed. [1967; Companion Book PHENIX Publications Inc CB544; San Diego, California, USA; PBO Paperback Original 1st Ed; 159 Pages; Adult Sleeze Erotica Suspense Mystery; VERY RARE TITLE; DEPRAVITY and Dire Doings Down Under; Claudine a CALL GIRL in Higher-Class Rings in AUSTRALIA; Tomas Cannizarro HEADLIGHTS (Big Breasts) GGA Good Girl Art Painted cover; >>> Minor creasing to front cover edges; Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Tomas Cannizarro HEADLIGHTS (Big Breasts) GGA Good Girl Art Painted cover; (illustrator). Book. …

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1950 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 508 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 508 Volume 468 (1950) - 490 (1952).…