Pierce John C Editor (12 results)

Trade Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. ----------trade paperback. A 244-page science fiction anthology, collecting lesser-known but excellent stories of the mid-late 1940s from Astounding Science Fiction. Back cover corner crease, modest shelfwear, a near fine copy. Alex Schomburg (illustrator).

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Galaxy Science Fiction, March 1978. Digest magazine. Stories include: "Moonless Night" (short story) by Rob Chilson "Bugs" (short story) by Paul Walker "The Exchange" (novelette) by Brian Fristensky "The Norns' Loom" (short story) by William Walling "Killing Vector" (short story; McAndrew Chronicles #1) by Charles Sheffield "The Faded Sun: Kesrith" (serial, part 2 of 4 (Mri Wars #1) by C. J. Cherryh Features include: "Galaxy Bookshelf" (essay) by Paul Walker "The Alien Viewpoint" (essay) by Richard E. Geis "Who's Minding the Store?" (editor's page) by John J. Pierce "Directions" (essay) by John J. Pierce This is a fine copy. Anji Valenza (illustrator). …

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. New York: UPD Publishing Corporation. 1979. First edition. Magazine. Digest-sized pictorial wrappers, 160 pages, illustrated. Very good with edge wear and toning to pages.whb11.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 160 pp. Digest format. Volume 39, number 9. Light wear. Cover art by Bob Schaffer; interiors by: Bob Schaffer; Freff; Chip Fabian; Ron Harris; Bressler; and John Rodak. This issue contains: Parasite - a novella by Dann Flesher; Duet - a novelette by Christopher Sefton; The World of God - a novelette by J. T. McIntosh; A Scientific Fact - a short story by Jack C. Haldeman; Someone to Talk To - a short story by Dona Vaughn; and Jem - part two of four by Frederik Pohl; along with all the usual features, including a letter from Joe Haldeman in Directions. Size: 12mo. Bob Schaffer; Freff; Chip Fabian; Ron Harris; Bressler; John Rodak; (illustrator). Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Editions. 160, 160, 160 pp. Volume 38, 39 - numbers 9, 1, 2. All three issues have light wear with uncreased spines; no interior markings. Covers by: Wendy Pini; Joan Woods; and Amy Harlib. Interiors by: Amy Harlib; Jim Mueller; Joan Hanke-Woods; and Valenza. These three issues feature the complete first printing of Zelazny's Courts of Chaos. NOVEMBER 1977 contains: The Courts of Chaos - Part One of Three by Roger Zelazny; The Holy Temple - a novella by Herbert Gerjuoy; The Long Chance - a novelette by Charles Sheffield; The Timeless Spy - a novelette by Glenn T. Wilson; Jogging Up Main Street by Thomas Wylde; and My Friend's Last Show by Rex Anderson; along with all the usual features including science by J. E. Pournelle. DECEMBER/JANUARY 1977/1978 contains: The Courts of Chaos - Part Two of Three by Roger Zelazny; Memo to the Leader - a novella by William Walling; The Road to God by Timothy P. Lewis; Come Again by Tim Joseph; John Henry and the Ultra-media Experience Machine by Lee Whipple; and With Clean Hands by Jesse Peel; along with the usual features, including science by Pournelle. FEBRUARY1978 contains: The Courts of Chaos - Part Three of Three by Roger Zelazny; The Faded Sun: Kesrith - Part One of Four by C. J. Cherryh; Writer's Block by Simon Hawke writing as Nicholas Yermakov; The Nothing Spot by Dian Girard; and Death's Dimensions by Victor Koman; along with the usual features, including science by Pournelle. Size: 12mo. Wendy Pini; Joan Woods; Amy Harlib; (illustrator). Book. …

Hardcover. Condition: New.

First printing (as stated upon copyright page). xii, 253 pages plus unpaged b/w and color plates. Hardcover: H 28.75cm x L 22.25cm. Dust jacket rubbed, light soiling to white spine and rear panel, a few nicks and short tears at edges. Dark blue boards with vibrant gilt stamping to front board and spine; some bumping and sight scuffing at spine ends and bottom board corners. Black ink stamp "Antique Monthly" at front pastedown's top right (book acquired from the personal collection of the magazine's publisher); interior pages are otherwise bright and clean. Binding retains some crispness. Else a very good+ copy in a very good dust jacket. Please note that this large book has an approximate shipping weight of 4.5 pounds (2 kg) and will require additional postage for any postal class other than domestic Media Mail.…

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 286 pages. 9.00x6.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Xx, 597 Pp. Red Cloth. First Printing, 1950. Light Usage. Signed By Kleinholz, Lochhead, Pierce, And Waterman. Ownership Signature Of A Pasadena Area Physician, A Specialist. Original Photographs Of A Removed Echinococcus Cyst, A Group Of Removed Systs, And Of A Young Boy With A Grotesquely Enlarge Testicle, Probably Also A Parasitic Cyst.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 101 Blue Cloth, Spine Gilt. First Edition. Wear; Front And Rear Pastedowns Each With Three Small Paper Adhesions And Two Tiny Paper Adhesions; Front Hinge Cracked Before Title Page ( Missing Front Endpaper And/Or Half Title, If These Should Be There). No Marks.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 132 Pp. Bright Red Cloth, Elaborately Gilt On Front Cover, Elaborately Stamped In Blind On Rear Cover; Floral Endpapers. Pacific Press Imprint On Copyright Page, And Their Pacific Press Book Bindery" Paper Label On Front Pastedown. Possibly The Earliest Book To Include "Pasadena" In Its Title. Presentation Inscription To A Member Of A Prominent Pasadena Family From Winifred Farnsworth Hall, Daughter Of The Editor, Dated In 1945, And With The Recipient's Ownership Signature And A Few Pencil Notes Around The Printed Text Referring To His Family.…