Pseudonym Christopher Samuel (25 results)

Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Collier edition. Collier book number 04624. Cover price $1.95. Cover illustrator unknown. A fine and bright copy. Book.

First 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 mutating virus wipes out all of Earth's grasses, including grain crops.".

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.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. First Collier edition. Collier book number 04269. Cover price 95˘. Cover artist unknown. A near fine copy. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Collier edition. Collier book number 04240. Cover price 95˘. Cover artist unknown. A fine copy. Book.

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.

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 suggestive of Wells." Barron; Anatomy of Wonder 4, 5-29. A fine copy. Book.

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.

Small 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 as THE YEAR OF THE COMET. Reginald 02990A. A nearly fine, unread copy. (#144010).

First edition. Octavo, cloth backed boards. Near fine, previous owners bookplate to front paste down in a very good plus dust jacket, small closed tear to upper front panel, some soiling to white background of jacket. (12260).

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust jacket. Tom Dunn (illustrator). (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). Original 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.

Octavo, 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 standards, not abuse), a fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket with touch of wear at top edge of front panel. (#161714).

First edition. Octavo, cloth. Set in a future ".where earthquakes destroys much of civilization. England rebuilds following the pattern of medieval walled cities ruled over by the Spirits as they are interpreted by the seers." - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-243. Last book in the trilogy preceded by THE PRINCE IN WAITING (1970) and BEYOND THE BURNING LANDS (1971). [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-244]. A nearly fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket. (31822).

First edition. Octavo, boards. Catastrophe novel in which a new ice age descends on England. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-93]. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket with a touch of shelf wear to spine ends and corner tips. Formerly author Christopher Priest's copy with his signature to front free endpaper. (16969).

Octavo, 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 Fiction 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).

First U.S. edition. Octavo, cloth. Set in a future ".where earthquakes destroys much of civilization. England rebuilds following the pattern of medieval walled cities ruled over by the Spirits as they are interpreted by the seers." - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-243. First book in the trilogy followed by BEYOND THE BURNING LANDS (1971) and THE SWORD OF THE SPIRITS (1972). [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-244]. Inked name to front paste down, a fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (31821).

Octavo, 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. Formerly author Christopher Priest's copy with his signature to front free endpaper. (#155265).

First edition. Octavo, boards. The author's first science fiction novel. The world is split not into states but into business groups. Light offsetting to endpapers, a fine copy in a fine dust jacket with some spotting to rear panel, touch of shelf wear to head of spine panel. (13521).

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 first 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.

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 crease 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.

First U.S. edition. Octavo, pictorial cloth. Set in a dystopian future where aliens have conquered the Earth. They travel in in three legged vehicles reminiscent of the Martian war machines in H.G. Well's WAR OF THE WORLDS. The aliens control humans by inserting communication devices in their heads. The second book of a trilogy preceded by THE WHITE MOUNTAINS (1967) and followed by THE POOL OF FIRE (1968). And later a fourth book, a prequel, WHEN THE TRIPODS CAME (1988) was published. Basis for a BBC series "The Tripods." [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-244]. Inked name to front paste down, spine ends bruised, a fine copy a nearly fine dust jacket with mild wear to the spine ends and a small 15 mm closed tear to the upper front panel with a crease. Uncommon. (31754).

First edition. Octavo, boards. Signed by Christopher on the title page. "A rapidly mutating virus wipes out all of Earth's grasses, including grain crops." -Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-42. Filmed in 1970 as No Blade of Grass (which is the title of the U.S. publication of this book). [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-240. Pringle, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels 21. Survey of Science Fiction Literature IV, pp. 1541-44]. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket with two tiny tears to the upper front panel. A sharp copy, not often found signed. (33471).

First U.S. edition. Octavo, pictorial cloth. Set in a dystopian future where aliens have conquered the Earth. They travel in in three legged vehicles reminiscent of the Martian war machines in H.G. Well's WAR OF THE WORLDS. The aliens control humans by inserting communication devices in their heads. The final book of a trilogy preceded by THE WHITE MOUNTAINS (1967) and THE CITY OF GOLD AND LEAD (1967). And later a fourth book, a prequel, WHEN THE TRIPODS CAME (1988) was published. Basis for a BBC series "The Tripods." [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-244]. Inked name to front paste down, spine ends bruised, a fine copy a nearly fine dust jacket with mild wear to the spine ends and some rubbing with mild edge wear to the rear panel. Uncommon. (31755).

First U.S. edition. Octavo, pictorial cloth. Set in a dystopian future where aliens have conquered the Earth. They travel in in three legged vehicles reminiscent of the Martian war machines in H.G. Well's WAR OF THE WORLDS. The aliens control humans by inserting communication devices in their heads. The first book of a trilogy followed by THE CITY OF GOLD AND LEAD (1967) and THE POOL OF FIRE (1968). And later a fourth book, a prequel, WHEN THE TRIPODS CAME (1988) was published. Basis for a BBC series "The Tripods." [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-244]. Inked name to front paste down, spine ends bruised, a fine copy a nearly fine price clipped dust jacket with mild wear to the spine ends and rubbing to the rear panel. Uncommon. (31753).

First edition. Octavo, boards. Signed by Christopher on the title page. The author's first SF book. A collection of twenty stories. "At this stage in his career Christopher's narrative craft was nearly mature." "He told stories with pace, suspense, sanity and clarity." - Pederson (ed.): The St. James Guide to Science Fiction Writers (4th ed.), pp. 185-87. Many of these stories preview the themes of his later novels. A fine copy, some mild offsetting to endpapers some spotting to fore-edge and top edge in a near fine dust jacket with some mild rubbing to edges, small closed tear to upper right corner. (28425).