Pseudonym Christopher Samuel (15 results)
Language: English
Published by Collier Books, New York 1976
Series: Sword of the Spirits, Book 3 of 3. Book 3 of 3 - Sword of the Spirits
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Robert Gavora, Fine & Rare Books, ABAA, Talent, OR, U.S.A.Robert Gavora, Fine & Rare Books, ABAA
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Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Collier edition. Collier book number 04624. Cover price $1.95. Cover illustrator unknown. A fine and bright copy. Book.
Published by Simon & Shuster, NY 1956
Seller: Second Life Books, Inc., Lanesborough, MA, U.S.A.Second Life Books, Inc.
Contact seller4-star sellerFirst U.S. bookclub edition. 8vo, pp. 183. A very good copy in chipped and some worn dj. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-42. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-240. Pringle, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels 21. Survey of Science Fiction Literature IV, pp. 1541-44. Published in Britain as THE DEATH OF GRASS. Filmed in 1970. "A rapidly mu…tating virus wipes out all of Earth's grasses, including grain crops.".
Published by Collier Books, New York 1974
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Robert Gavora, Fine & Rare Books, ABAA, Talent, OR, U.S.A.Robert Gavora, Fine & Rare Books, ABAA
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Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Collier edition. Collier book number 04238. Cover price $1.25. Cover illustration by Emanuel Schongut. A book in "The Swords of the Spirits Trilogy." A fine copy. Book.
Published by Collier Books, New York 1976
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Robert Gavora, Fine & Rare Books, ABAA, Talent, OR, U.S.A.Robert Gavora, Fine & Rare Books, ABAA
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Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. First Collier edition. Collier book number 04269. Cover price 95¢. Cover artist unknown. A near fine copy. Book.
Published by Collier Books, New York 1974
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Robert Gavora, Fine & Rare Books, ABAA, Talent, OR, U.S.A.Robert Gavora, Fine & Rare Books, ABAA
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Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Collier edition. Collier book number 04240. Cover price 95¢. Cover artist unknown. A fine copy. Book.
Published by Collier Books, New York 1974
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Robert Gavora, Fine & Rare Books, ABAA, Talent, OR, U.S.A.Robert Gavora, Fine & Rare Books, ABAA
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Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Collier edition. Collier book number 04268. Cover illustration by Roger Hane. Cover price 95¢. Pages lightly toned, else a fine copy. Book.
Published by Collier Books, New York 1970
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Robert Gavora, Fine & Rare Books, ABAA, Talent, OR, U.S.A.Robert Gavora, Fine & Rare Books, ABAA
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Paperback. Condition: Fine. First paperback edition. Collier book number 04271. Cover price 95¢. Cover illustrated by Roger Hane. The first book in the Tripod trilogy. "The picture of future life in England after an alien invasion is convincing and troubling; the journey of the boys is exciting and suspenseful; the tripods are s…uggestive of Wells." Barron; Anatomy of Wonder 4, 5-29. A fine copy. Book.
Published by Avon Books, New York 1959
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Robert Gavora, Fine & Rare Books, ABAA, Talent, OR, U.S.A.Robert Gavora, Fine & Rare Books, ABAA
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Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. First US edition, first printing. Avon book number T371. Cover illustrated by Ed Emshwiller. Cover price 35¢. Issued in the UK with the title The Year of the Comet. A near fine copy. Book.
Published by Avon Book Division, New York 1959
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB
Contact seller4-star sellerSmall octavo, pictorial wrappers. First U.S. edition. Avon Books T371. A tale of a high tech twenty-first Earth controlled by business groups. One group foresees a coming age of revolt, chaos and destruction and takes preemptive action to prevent it. Part of Christopher's "Managerial" series. Published in Great Britain in 1955 a…s THE YEAR OF THE COMET. Reginald 02990A. A nearly fine, unread copy. (#144010).
Published by Pocket, New York, NY 1958
- Softcover
Seller: Hang Fire Books, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.Hang Fire Books
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Dust jacket. (Pocket 1183). (Original UK title: The Death of Grass). Eco-disaster novel. First thus. Solid vintage paperback. Cover bright but showing several faint creases. Binding square and solid but showing some rubbing to spine. Thumbprint size chip from the first page (no text loss). Ori…ginal time magazine ad card intact in center. Text unmarked. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Slight shelf-wear and bumping to corners. Illustrator: Tom Dunn. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 12 oz. Category: Vintage Paperbacks::Fantasy & Science Fiction; Inventory No: 015373. Tom Dunn (illustrator).
Published by Simon and Schuster, New York 1968
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB
Contact seller4-star sellerOctavo, cloth. First edition. A near future revolt against a British authoritarian government results in a different authoritarian government. Berger, Science Fiction and the New Dark Age, pp. 133-5. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, Additions. Very slight spine lean (due to cheap manufacturing standar…ds, not abuse), a fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket with touch of wear at top edge of front panel. (#161714).
Published by Simon and Schuster, New York 1956
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB
Contact seller4-star sellerOctavo, cloth-backed boards. First U.S. edition. "A rapidly mutating virus wipes out all of Earth's grasses, including grain crops." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-42. Published in Britain as THE DEATH OF GRASS. Filmed in 1970. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-240. Pringle, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels 21. Survey of Science Fic…tion Literature IV, pp. 1541-44. Pulpy text paper tanned, else a fine copy in very good price-clipped dust jacket with rubbing to black background ink at upper spine end, mild crease at lower fore-edge corner of the front panel and 15 mm closed tear at upper edge of rear panel. $2.95 price sticker affixed to front panel. A better copy than usually found. (#178782).
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode, London 1962
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB
Contact seller4-star sellerOctavo, boards. First edition. Catastrophe novel in which a new ice age descends on Europe and survivors flee south to Africa. Published in the U.S. as THE LONG WINTER. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-93. Clarke, Tale of the Future (1978), p. 125. A fine copy in fine dust jacket with a touch of wear to spine ends and corner tips. For…merly author Christopher Priest's copy with his signature to front free endpaper. (#155265).
More imagesPublished by London: Michael Joseph. 1956
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United KingdomLUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA)
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First edition, first printing. Publisher's original black cloth with white titles to the spine, in the Trevor Denning illustrated dustwrapper. A better than very good copy, the binding square and firm with some light marks to the cloth on the upper board. The contents, with mild foxing to the endpapers and sporadically to the fi…rst and last pages and top edge of the closed text block, are otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly rubbed and creased, price-clipped dustwrapper, the spine a little toned, with mild foxing to the verso which is lightly visible on the recto and is otherwise without loss or tears. The first of several post-apocalyptic science fiction novels under the John Christopher pseudonym. Later published in America in book form and serialised in The Saturday Evening Post, under the title 'No Blade of Grass'. The title was retained for the 1970 Cornel Wilde film adaptation starring Nigel Davenport, Jean Wallace, and John Hamill. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
More imagesPublished by London: Michael Joseph. 1956
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United KingdomLUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA)
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First edition, first printing. Publisher's original black cloth with white titles to the spine, in the Trevor Denning illustrated dustwrapper. A better than very good or better copy, the binding square and firm with a little bumping at the spine tips, the cloth bright and fresh. The contents, with a short closed tear and small c…rease to the bottom edge of the front endpaper and the odd infrequent spot to the page margins, are otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete the lightly rubbed, nicked and creased dustwrapper that has a few short closed tears at the edges and is without loss. Not price-clipped (10s 6d on the front flap). The first of several post-apocalyptic science fiction novels under the John Christopher pseudonym. Later published in America in book form and serialised in The Saturday Evening Post, under the title 'No Blade of Grass'. The title was retained for the 1970 Cornel Wilde film adaptation starring Nigel Davenport, Jean Wallace, and John Hamill. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
