Sam Youd John Christopher (10 results)

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Seller: Abacus Bookshop, Pittsford, NY, U.S.A.Abacus Bookshop
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softcover. Condition: Fine copy. 1st. 8vo, 197 pp.

- Softcover
Seller: The Book House, Inc. - St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.The Book House, Inc. - St. Louis
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Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Very Good softcover introduction by Robert Macfarlane.
Published by New York: Avon Books # S288 1st Printing 1967 January 1967, 1967
- Softcover
Seller: The Book Garden, Bountiful, UT, U.S.A.The Book Garden
Contact seller5-star sellerPaperback. Condition: Good - Cash. General use wear, surface and edges rubbed. Corners bumped and show wear. Pages show reader wear. The spine is creased. Cover has creases. Unmarked pages. One page has a tear, still readable. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.
More imagesPublished by Fawcett Crest, 1967
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Clarkean Books, Stoney Creek, ON, CanadaClarkean Books
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First U.S. paperback edition/printing (1967 Fawcett R1029) in Near Fine (bump to upper right corner pages), unread condition. New, uncredited cover art. uncredited (illustrator).
More imagesPublished by Collier
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Seller: Clarkean Books, Stoney Creek, ON, CanadaClarkean Books
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Fine. 8th printing of the 1972 Collier first paperback edition/printing in Very Fine, unread condition from the original publishers warehouse. Hard to find really nice condition copies like this one, of any printings. Roger Hane (illustrator).
More imagesPublished by Avon, 1967
- Softcover
Seller: Clarkean Books, Stoney Creek, ON, CanadaClarkean Books
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Fine. 2nd U.S. paperback edition/printing (1967 Avon S288 Canadian printing). Fine, unread condition. Sharp copy of this paperback edition with new cover art. Great story - made into a film. Hector Garrido (illustrator).

Science-Fantasy # 6 1953 Vol. 2 # 6 Spring
Carnell, John (editor): J.T. M'Intosh (J.T. McIntosh) / John Christopher (Sam Youd) / E.C. Tubb / Francis G. Rayer / Richard Lawrence / Lan Wright (Lionel Percy Wright) / J.F. Burke
Published by London: Nova Publications Ltd. 1st Edition, 1953
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: John McCormick, Mississauga, ON, CanadaJohn McCormick
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Add to basketSoft Cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. ----------science fiction fantasy pulp magazine, tall digest size. Bump to front cover top edge, appears unread, a near fine copy. Gerard Quinn (front cover) (illustrator).

Published by New York: Avon Books # S288 1st Printing 1967, 1967
Seller: ThriftBooksVintage, Tukwila, WA, U.S.A.ThriftBooksVintage
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More imagesPublished by London: Michael Joseph, 1956, 1956
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United KingdomAdrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB
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Add to basketdj. First Edition. [Post-apocalyptic adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.230 [2]. Publisher's black cloth, white titles to spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket priced at 10s 6d to front flap. Lightly toned throughout but otherwise clean. Previous owner's signature in blue ink to front flyleaf, small Foyles label to… pastedown. Top edge toned, lower edge lightly bumped. Toning to jacket, especially spine. Moderate shelfwear with some loss to jacket extremities. Very good. A gritty, realistic vision of how the world could end - to a virus that wipes out rice crops. Christopher doesn't terrify his reader with extraterrestrial threats or nuclear war but a slow famine that rapidly turns neighbours against each other.
More imagesPublished by Michael Joseph, London, 1956
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United KingdomRooke Books PBFA
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Condition: Used - Fine
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. An exceptional first edition of John Christopher's post-apocalyptic science fiction novel in which the world is plunged into chaos as grass species die off. The first edition, first impression. In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. A post-apoc…alyptic science fiction about a virus that kills off grass species, including rice and wheat. In the US, it was published under the title 'No Blade of Grass'. The work of Sam Youd, publishe under the pseudonym John Christopher. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, fine. Dust wrapper exceptionally bright, with a touch of edgewear to back strip head and tail. Small closed tear to back strip head. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Fine. None (illustrator). book.