Black Easter, First Edition (31 results)

Pages are slightly yellowed but clean, unmarked, and otherwise undamaged. Cover is clean and sharp.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. First Edition. "A novel about black magic." Black Easter by James Blish is a dark, intellectually driven novel that blends theology, occultism, and speculative fiction. The story follows a wealthy industrialist, Baines, who hires a black magician, Theron Ware, to perform a terrifying experiment: to release all the demons of Hell for one night-Walpurgisnacht-just to see what will happen. Ware, a professional and cautious practitioner of ritual magic grounded in historical grimoires, reluctantly agrees. As the ritual unfolds, demons are summoned under strict magical control. However, things go disastrously wrong when the forces unleashed cannot be contained as expected. The novel builds toward a chilling revelation: the supernatural order governing good and evil may not function as humanity assumes. In a shocking theological twist, the consequences suggest that Hell may no longer be constrained at all. Rather than focusing on horror action, the book explores: The logic and structure of ritual magic; The moral responsibility of knowledge and power; Deep questions about faith, free will, and divine absence. It's a cerebral, unsettling work-more philosophical than sensational-often compared to religious or metaphysical thought experiments. THIS scarce volume has some heavy cover damage (chipping) from humidity (covers of two different books stuck to it) and a small chunk missing out of top of cover and first few pages. Pages are nearly new otherwise. Binding is clean and tight. No writing. Paperback edition. 160 pages. Dimensions: 4.25" by 7". Published by Dell Publishing Co., Inc., New York Copyright 1968, 2nd printing, 1969. Multi-Color binding. Cover defect(s): Some tears. Some scratches/scuffing. Some chipping. 0.5 Pound Media Shipping Rate with Multiple Product Orders. (Min Shipping Rate 1 Pound per Order). Order More and SAVE! Genre(s): Black Magic / Witchcraft / Supernatural / English. (B079).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Judith Ann Lawrence (illustrator). 1st Edition. DUST JACKET ONLY - NOT THE BOOK - Good condition ex-library first edition dust jacket to the 1968 Doubleday hardcover first edition.

Paperback. first edition. 653 good, creases paperback,

12Mo Softcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Ptg. 172pp. Text is clean on unmarked, uncreased pages. Hinges are intact, binding has slight cant. Textblock is square with pointed corners. Moderate++ overall shelf/timewear, coverwear, cover edge and cornerwear, creasing; heavy foxing on inside covers and textblock edges, page patina throughout.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Fair. First Dell printing, Jule 1969. Copyright 1968. Mass market paperback edition. Worn but complete with all pages and illustrations. Heavy wear along all of the edges and corners, small bits of the edges missing. All four corners on the front cover are worn/have small torn areas. Slight crease on the far left side of the cover. Page edges are sprayed blue. All pages are completely intact with no markings.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Fair. First Edition. First Dell printing, July 1969. Pages look free of notations. Stain on the bottom corner of the text, but does not hinder the legibility of the text. Wear to the exterior. Covers have some rubbing and creasing. Please see pictures for condition.

Condition: Fine. First edition first printing hardcover Fine in fine dust jacket with very slight sunning to spine SIGNED BY BILL WITTLIFF THE PUBLISHER AND DESIGNER ON THE COLOPHON PAGE.

Paperback. first edition. 653 very good, creases paperback,

Arrow pb 1981 - slight wear to edges, otherwise tight binding and clean text.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Pelham, David (illustrator). First Paperback Edition. First UK paperback edition. First published in the UK by Faber in 1968. Originally published in the US by Doubleday in 1968. The spine has some rubbing to the edges. Light edge rubbing and surface wear to the covers. Browning to the page edges. There is some page browning but the pages are otherwise clean and unmarked. Cover illustration by David Pelham.

Boston: Gregg Press:, 1980. First printing, Hardcover, Good sans dust jacket as issued, 166 pp. Yellow cover material dusty and front board/cloth scratched at upper extremity. First printing, Hardcover, Good sans dust jacket as issued,

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good ++. First Edition. Bound in black cloth in matching black and white dust jacket. Presumable the first edition (with the $3.95 price) and "J21" gutter code at rear of book. This is an ex-lib copy. The book has the usual flaws (tape ghosts on panels of books, missing rear end sheet, a few stamps. The dust jacket is in close to near fine condition. 165 pp. Priced accordingly.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. A very uncommon book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Equinox printing. The novel was originally published in 1968 in the UK by Faber and the U.S. by Doubleday. A VERY GOOD, bright copy in printed wrappers with tanning to text block and light bumping to corners. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Minor corner bumping. Otherwise a clean, unmarked copy. No dust jacket as issued. Introduction by David G. Hartwell.

Black Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Binding sound and tight, name in biro on flyleaf and repeated on inside pastedown, no other markings and text clean and free of spotting, folds or such. Black cloth unfaded, corners crisp, no wear, bright gilt spine titling. The dust jacket is tight and tear-free, unclipped. The front panel and spine are covered in some kind of speckled glaze which has tinted the paper cream yellow on the front panel and darker on the spine panel. Its hard to tell if this is added by the publisher or later, anyway, quite unusual, and it's applied to the edge of the inner front flap but not the rear flap or flap top and bottom edges, so not something that happened while the dust jacket was on the book. Other than that, the speckling is uniform on the front panel and the rear panel is normal paper with a few marks near the spine hinge and some age darkening. 165pp + double blank rear flyleaf. Size: 12mo.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Please contact O'Connell's Bookshop Adelaide (est. 1954) to check availability etc. We have many thousands more books in our shop than appear on line. First Edition Penguin. Very good inside and out. Fabulous cover art! No creases on spine, no discolouration, light corner crease, name inside cover.

First Equinox Printing 1977. Paperback. Very good condition. The covers are sun faded. Free from any internal markings or inscriptions. Scarce edition. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. First Dell Printing, stated. A copy that's been read with wear and creases to the cover. Pages are tanned. Binding is firm.

Original decorated wrappers. Condition: Very Good. First Edition Thus; First Impression. Former owner's name in ink on front free endpaper. Slight wear to spine, covers & corners. ; 11 x 18 x 1 cms; 126 pages.

Dust-jacket only. Condition: Dust-jacket only. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First UK edition. 8vo. Dust-jacket only. Rubbed, and creased. Not price-clipped £1.95.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. Limited Edition. New, shrink wrapped, unsigned edition. Ships from Hawaii with free Priority Mail upgrade within US. Limited to 300 copies. Bound in full black cloth, with two color foil stamping. New dustjacket art by Samuel Araya. Archival artwork by Chris Moore and Wayne Douglas Barlowe. Gorgeous dustjacket. Top-edge stain. Head and tail bands, ribbon marker. Published December 2021. Book size 5½ × 8¾ inches. Number of pages: 184. This is the third book in Blish's quasi-religious quartet After Such Knowledge. Black Easter is more of a horror novel, with demons unleashed from Hell to have sway over the earth. This is the third book of the quartet of books called After Such Knowledge. Book four of the series, The Day After Judgment, will be available later in 2022. This new edition of Black Easter has a new introduction by J.A. Lawrence, new cover and interior artwork by Samuel Araya, new interior art by Allen Koszowski, and archival artwork by Chris Moore and Wayne Douglas Barlowe. The specifications for this set are: one book, printed in four colors and one color throughout, bound in European cloth with two hits of foil stamping, top-edge stain, ribbon marker, patterned endpapers, and a handsome dustjacket. (Centipede Press).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st edition. 1st edition, 1968. A Good copy in a Good dust jacket. 8vo., 165 pp., bound in brown cloth with illustrated dust jacket, $3.95. Ex-library with all faults. Dust jacket now protected in mylar sleeve. Black Easter is a fantasy novel by American writer James Blish, in which an arms dealer hires a black magician to unleash all the demons of Hell on Earth for a single day. The novel initially depicts the assassination of a Governor of California (a fictionalized version of Ronald Reagan) by a black magician working as a contract killer. The same magician is then hired to release every demon in Hell for a brief time period. However, the demons can not actually return to Hell by the end of the novel. Their traditional opponent, God, has already died and nobody else can compell them to return to Hell. - Wiki.

fester Einband. . Schwarzer Leinen-kaschierter Einband mit Rückenbeschriftung, illustrierter Schutzumschlag, 19 x 13 cm, 165 Seiten. * Schutzumschlag angebräunt, fingerfleckig, Vosatzblätter leicht fleckig, ansonsten guter Zustand (K0e). 270 gr.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Gutter Code J21. Near Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($3.95), generally toned. Black cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Firmly bound with a forward lean, clean internally. Blish's dark fantasy about demons summoned to earth to wreak havoc. Together with The Day After Judgment, this work forms the second part of Blish's After Such Knowledge trilogy.

Octavo, cloth. First edition, first printing with code "J21" on page 165. Chronologically, the first volume of the second part of the "After Such Knowledge" trilogy, following DOCTOR MIRABILIS (1964) and preceding A CASE OF CONSCIENCE (1958). Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 4A-38. Cawthorn and Moorcock, Fantasy: The 100 Best Books 83. Pringle, Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels 41. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature I, pp. 122-28. Survey of Science Fiction Literature I, pp. 233-37. Tymn (ed), Fantasy Literature, pp. 52-3. See Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-42. A fine copy in fine dust jacket with just a hint of tanning to spine panel. A scarce book. A very sharp copy. (#165617).

Hardcover. First editions thus. All four volumes in the After Such Knowledge sf series: A Case Of Conscience, Doctor Mirabilis, and Black Easter (1968) and The Day After Judgment; the author regarded the last two books as one novel - hence his use of the term ''trilogy''. LIMITED EDITIONS: 300 numbered sets signed by the the various artists/introducers to each volume, plus the facsimile signature of James Blish. Matching numbers for all four volumes. fine copies in fine dustjackets (as new).

first edition. fine book no jacket as printed.

1st Edition. 208 pages. Very good plus pictorial soft covers. No creases or marks. Internally very good. Scarce.