Kem Bennett (54 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First paperback edition, first printing #F-267 of this collection of short stories by various authors. Light edge wear. Slight reading creases to the spine. Earlier owner wrote number 25 on the back of the front cover. In very good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. First edition first printing of the first full length novel by this author. There is a two inch closed tear that has been tape repaired on the rear dustjacket's panel top edge. A one inch semi closed tear to the bottom edge front corner of the spine. Not price clipped, but there is no price on the front inside flap indicating that this copy was printed in the UK and sold in Canada. In very good / fair condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. first edition book is like new tightness with no markings, some tanning to page edges, deckle forefront, dj is not price clipped, some soiling and rubbing, edges have curling/creasing, some chipping to fold overs, moisture stain to dj, head and tail have some chipping.

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Acceptable. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Boards have shelf wear. Dust jacket has shelf wear. Dust jacket has been price clipped. Dust jacket is protected by mylar. Name of previous owner inside cover.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good to Very Good-. Vol. 343, No. 6. Bedsheet-sized. Edited by Harry Steeger. Cover art by Jack Dumas. Includes "A Little Bit of Dying" by Kem Bennett; "The Night of Plenty Muchacha" by Don Waters; "The Blood-Red Banner" by John D. Craig & Joe Marx. Other articles, picture stories, features, and departments. lllustrated by Jack Dumas, McDermott, Ken Wing, Frank Golden, Tom Hill, Frank McCarthy, and others; many photos. Creasing; tears at spine ends with loss at head; tanning; label on front; staple wear; edge tears.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Very Good-. Vol. 3, No. 4. Edited by Anthony Boucher & J. Francis McComas. Cover art by George Gibbons ("Lunar Landscape"). Includes "Hobson's Choice" by Alfred Bester; "The Ancestral Amethyst" by L. Sprague de Camp & Fletcher Pratt; "W.S." by L. P. Hartley; "The Tooth" by G. Gordon Dewey; "Nine-Finger Jack" by Anthony Boucher; "The Sling" by Richard Ashby; "The Soothsayer" by Kem Bennett; "Who Shall I Say Is Calling?" by August Derleth; "Listen" by Gordon R. Dickson; "Nor Iron Bars" by Dan Kelly & Cleve Cartmill; "Extra-Curricular" by Garen Drussai; "Stair Trick" by Mildred Clingerman; "Proof Positive" by Graham Greene; "The Gualcophone" by Alan Nelson; "The Hour of Letdown" by E. B. White. Light roll; creasing; rear cover rubbed at foredge with a few short tears; mild tanning; internal corner creasing with minor etars.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Very Good-. Vol. 3, No. 4. Edited by Anthony Boucher & J. Francis McComas. Cover art by George Gibbons ("Lunar Landscape"). Includes "Hobson's Choice" by Alfred Bester; "The Ancestral Amethyst" by L. Sprague de Camp & Fletcher Pratt; "W.S." by L. P. Hartley; "The Tooth" by G. Gordon Dewey; "Nine-Finger Jack" by Anthony Boucher; "The Sling" by Richard Ashby; "The Soothsayer" by Kem Bennett; "Who Shall I Say Is Calling?" by August Derleth; "Listen" by Gordon R. Dickson; "Nor Iron Bars" by Dan Kelly & Cleve Cartmill; "Extra-Curricular" by Garen Drussai; "Stair Trick" by Mildred Clingerman; "Proof Positive" by Graham Greene; "The Gualcophone" by Alan Nelson; "The Hour of Letdown" by E. B. White. Tanning; creasing, edge and corner wear with tiny corner losses and minor tears.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket. Erick Ingraham (illustrator). First Edition. Morrow Eagle Library Edition binding variant Collects 10 stories. Fine copy in price clipped else Fine Dust Wrapper. .clphE.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Near VG. First Printing. First printing, softcover, few reading creases, light bump with small scuff to base of spine, light bump to top corner, oldprice stamp inside cover, slight lean, otherwise solid, a Near VG copy.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Very Good+. Vol. 15, No. 5. Edited by Robert P. Mills. Cover art by Pederson. Includes "A Different Purpose" by Kem Bennett; "Air Space Violated" (poem) by P. M. Hubbard; "Bewitched" by Michael Fessier; "Science: Dust of Ages" by Isaac Asimov; "Critical Angle" by A. Bertram Chandler; "Or the Grasses Grow" by Avram Davidson; "Wildcat" (novelet) by Poul Anderson; "Books: Recommended Reading" by Anthony Boucher; "Beans" by Jack Williamson; "Mr. Milton's Gift" by Robert Arthur; "Pelt" by Carol Emshwiller; "For Analysis" by P. Schuyler Miller; "Nine Yards of Other Cloth" by Manly Wade Wellman. Tanning; spine sunned; a little corner wear.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Very Good+ to Near Fine. Vol. 3, No. 4. Edited by Anthony Boucher & J. Francis McComas. Cover art by George Gibbons ("Lunar Landscape"). Includes "Hobson's Choice" by Alfred Bester; "The Ancestral Amethyst" by L. Sprague de Camp & Fletcher Pratt; "W.S." by L. P. Hartley; "The Tooth" by G. Gordon Dewey; "Nine-Finger Jack" by Anthony Boucher; "The Sling" by Richard Ashby; "The Soothsayer" by Kem Bennett; "Who Shall I Say Is Calling?" by August Derleth; "Listen" by Gordon R. Dickson; "Nor Iron Bars" by Dan Kelly & Cleve Cartmill; "Extra-Curricular" by Garen Drussai; "Stair Trick" by Mildred Clingerman; "Proof Positive" by Graham Greene; "The Gualcophone" by Alan Nelson; "The Hour of Letdown" by E. B. White. Wear at spine ends and corners which have small creases; tanning.

Hardcover. A VG+ tight copy in a VG bright price clipped dj , 1st Edition.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. An employee of a firm designing naval weapons is pressured by the bad guys to commit treason. First U.S. edition, published in England as "Dangerous Knowledge." Spine ends bumped with a small spot on the upper edge of the text block. Jacket rubbed with small chips and tears, rear flap creased, in Brodart.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Tan cloth cover shows a little soiling. Very clean interior Pictures on request.

Condition: Good. Light wear to boards, content clean and sharp - solidly bound. Good+ DJ in a protective plastic cover. Ex Library Book with stamps to title page and rear paste down.

hardcover. VG/VG+ in VG+ dj, 1st Edition.

Condition: Good. 1953. No Edition Remarks. 252 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Book Club Edition. Dust jacket a little rubbed and soiled, but still in Very Good condition. Slight spine lean. Stamp on front end page. Book very clean, and in Very Good condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Scuffing, creases and dust spotting on cover and spine.

Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. A good condition vintage paperback with general edgewear to covers and some tearing to the spine. Some tan to the contents but overall a great nostalgic copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Ex School Library, with label to free front endpaper. Blue/brown illustrated dustjacket, sunned to spine and in heavy plastic wrap.

Soft cover. Condition: Good to Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. Front Cover Painting: Jack Dumas Interior Artists: Jack Dumas; John McDermott; Ken Wing; Ed Valigursky; Frank Golden; Tom Hill; Frank McCarthy; (illustrator). ARGOSY Men Adventure Magazine Volume 343, #6 (December /1956; Popular Publications;) Front Cover Painting: Jack Dumas; 99 pages including covers; Writers: Gilbert Costa; George Alexander; Charles Lanius; Merwin Dembling; Frank O. Hough; Maurice B. Long; Lindsay Claiborne / Chuck Meyer; J. Edward Schipper; Arnold (Red) Auerbach; Henry Jordan; Kem Bennett; Don Waters; John D. Craig and Joe Marx; Harry Steeger; Walt Wiggins; Pete Kuhlhoff; Cecil Lubell; Interior Artists: Jack Dumas; John McDermott; Ken Wing; Ed Valigursky; Frank Golden; Tom Hill; Frank McCarthy; *** Book Order # ADV9154; Condition= G/VG = (3.0) GOOD to VERY GOOD; (Decent Reading Copy); Dusty Shadow at back cover edges; Price=US$16.00) Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall TRUE FIRST Edition MAGAZINE Format Thus. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Very good or better in very good dust jacket. Book has minor fading to covers, minor wear to dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. Original light blue cloth, lettered in black to the spine. A very clean, bright and solid copy. Jacket art designed by Vera Bock. A Cold War espionage novel set in England and France. Fine / Fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Reprint. Jacket has a couple of tiny scuffs on the spine, else fine over a fine book. Contains three mysteries in one volume.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. Damage to bottom of cover and first few pages, binding sound. Contains: Combat Unit (Laumer) Wish Upon a Star (Merril), A Different Purpose (Bennett), Poet in Residence (March), No Earthman I (Hamilton), The Nevada Virus (Wallace), Satan Mekatrig (Zangzwill). Book.

Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1951 1st edition. 227pp. Good/Good. Green cloth boards with minor rubbing to edges, some patchy fading. Contents generally clean and tight but for a little spotting/browning mainly to endpapers and page edges. Nice DW by Osbert Lancaster, with minor rubbing/chipping to edges/spine, some browning/tanning, minor soiling/spotting. Humorous novel about a winking statue, a suspected demonic possession, an exorcism, a robbery and a treasure hunt.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Worn But Complete. Review copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Good tight copy, slight lean, owners ink signature, wear & small tears to wrapper edges.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Monthly collection of short stories. Light internal wear. Yellowed paper. Worn cover and spine.