Language: English
Published by Ballantine Books (edition ), 1979
ISBN 10: 0345280814 ISBN 13: 9780345280817
Seller: BooksRun, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.
Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Fair. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.
Soft cover. Condition: Good. Please see any and all photos connected with this listing. A bit scuffed but all pages intact and legible. Good reading copy. Clean. Store Stamped. --- --- Monday is Doomsday - Reports from the orbiting observatory show that on Monday, August 25, 1980, the asteroid Hermes will strike the United States with an impact more deadly than that of any bomb ever conceived. The Hermes disaster is a menace to every living being on Earth. Some hope it is a hoax or a mistake - some try to ignore it - some work desperately to avert it - and some secretly welcome it. . .The Hermes Fall is a breathtaking adventure and chillingly close to truth. . .For Hermes is real and even now moving through the depths of space toward Earth. . .See photos for additional content. . .
Condition: Very Good.
mass_market. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!
Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. Spine slant. Creasing along spine.
Paperback. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Foxing is present on one or more pages. Solid binding. Boards are moderate to severely edgeworn. Shows more than the usual amount of shelf wear. Large crease(s) in the cover. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.
Language: English
Published by Ballantine Books, New York, New York, 1979
ISBN 10: 0345280814 ISBN 13: 9780345280817
Seller: Adventures Underground, Richland, WA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Thus. Standard used condition. Reading copy or better. Used Book.
Language: English
Published by Ballantine Books, New York, NY, 1979
ISBN 10: 0345280814 ISBN 13: 9780345280817
Seller: Ye Old Bookworm, Odessa, TX, U.S.A.
Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Printing. 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 243 pages; Mass market paperback rubbed and scuffed at edges, spine ends and corner tips. Creased at front hinge. Book solid and tight. Text block clean pages tight with minor yellowing. Bagged for protection.
Language: English
Published by Simon & Schuster, New York, 1978
ISBN 10: 0671240552 ISBN 13: 9780671240554
Seller: S. Howlett-West Books (Member ABAA), Modesto, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. Illustrated by Paul Bacon (illustrator). First Edition; First Printing. This is a hardback book. The book is in Very Good condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book is in generally clean condition. There is some light bumping to the spine ends and corners of the book cover. There is some light fading / toning to the front spine joint. There is a slight slant to the spine of the book. The text pages are generally clean and bright. All three edges of the text block have some ground-in dirt and noticeable foxing. The bottom edge of the text block includes a Simon & Schuster remainder mark. The dust jacket is in generally clean condition, but has several edge nicks, tears and a couple of tiny chips missing, The rear dust jacket cover has a few spots of ground-in dirt and foxing. "John Baxter (born 14 December 1939 in Randwick, New South Wales) is an Australian writer, journalist, and film-maker. Baxter has lived in Britain and the United States as well as in his native Sydney. He has lived in Paris since 1989, where he is married to film-maker Marie-Dominique Montel. They have one daughter. He began writing science fiction in the early 1960s for New Worlds, Science Fantasy and other British magazines. His first novel, though serialised in New Worlds as The God Killers, was published as a book in the US by Ace as The Off-Worlders. He was Visiting Professor at Hollins College in Virginia in 1975-1976. He has written a number of short stories and novels in that genre and a book about science fiction in the movies, as well as editing collections of Australian science fiction." (from Wikipedia); Remainder; Cover Art; 252p. pages; Pictured 6/9/26.
Very good in lightly edgeworn, lightly soiled dust jacket First Printing hardbound Remainder mark on bottom edge. A few sm jacket tears.
Language: English
Published by Granada Publishing Ltd, U. K., 1978
ISBN 10: 0586046100 ISBN 13: 9780586046104
Seller: Riley Books, Oswaldtwistle, United Kingdom
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Good. First Paperback. Reading creases to the spine and some edge wear. Corner crease to the top front corner. 271 pages, browning to the edges. A good reading copy. - an asteroid last spotted in 1937 whose orbit brings it closer to Earth than any other minor planet - now on collision course with earth ---- Lighter item- reduced rates. Book.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st printing. A very lightly worn very good+ copy with unmarked pages in a clipped DJ which shows some wear at the head of the spine and across the top edge. Review copy slip taped to front end paper but the tape is so old, it would come loose with a light puff of wind.
Language: English
Published by Panther/Granada: London, 1978
ISBN 10: 0586046100 ISBN 13: 9780586046104
Seller: COLD TONNAGE BOOKS, Colyton, DEVON, United Kingdom
Paperback original. First British edition (& 1st printing). SF novel, first published in hardcover in the US earlier the same year. Fine (unread) copy.
Language: English
Published by New York : Simon And Schuster, 1978
ISBN 10: 0671240552 ISBN 13: 9780671240554
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. Exceptional cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. ; 271 pages; Physical desc. : 271 p. ; 18 cm. Subject: Fiction in English, 1900 Texts. Publisher's review copy with their promotional material loosely inserted. 3 Kg.
paperback / softback. Condition: good. good Panther Book 1978 edition paperback book In stock shipped from our UK warehouse.
paperback / softback. Condition: vg+. vg+ 1st edition 1979 Ballintine Books paperback book In stock shipped from our UK warehouse.
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. VG paperback.40001.
Condition: vg++. vg++ Granada 1978 edition paperback In stock shipped from our UK warehouse.
Language: English
Published by New York : Simon And Schuster, 1978
ISBN 10: 0671240552 ISBN 13: 9780671240554
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
First Edition
First Edition. Exceptional cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. ; 271 pages; Physical desc. : 271 p. ; 18 cm. Subject: Fiction in English, 1900 Texts. Publisher's review copy with their promotional material loosely inserted. 1 Kg.
Condition: Poor. Some outer edges have minor scuffs. Cover has scratches/marks. Textblock has foxing/tanning. Pages have tanning but still in readable condition.
Language: English
Published by Simon & Schuster, New York, NY, U.S.A., 1978
ISBN 10: 0671240552 ISBN 13: 9780671240554
Seller: Stuart W. Wells III, Norwalk, CT, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. As new, never read.
Published by Panther Granada Publishing, London, 1978
Seller: antoine, Wavre, Belgium
broché Couverture Illustrée. Condition: Bon État. 271 pages en format -12.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1978 1st Edition 1st Printing Near Fine Hardcover in a Very Good+ Dust Jacket wrapped in a mylar cover. Book has gray cloth boards with a blue spine and silver lettering. Review Copy Slip laid in. No Markings.
First Edition Signed
US$ 49.12
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketPaperback. Condition: Very Good. First Paperback Edition. 8vo. Paperback. Signed presentation from the author on the title page, to the writer, Iain Sinclair, "who has the complete U.S. version 20,000 words shorter, best wishes, John Baxter." ISBN: 0586046100 Pages: 271 Slight rubbing and wear to covers, otherwise very good. Signedes.
Mass Market Paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!
US$ 184.20
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketCloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. None (illustrator). First edition. A signed first edition of John Baxter's novel about the collision of the asteroid Hermes with the earth. The first edition, first impression, with the publisher's price unclipped dust wrapper.Flat signed by Baxter to the title page.Australian born author and biographer John Baxter offers a thrilling science fiction novel in which reports from an orbiting observatory show that on Monday, August 25, 1980, the asteroid Hermes will strike the United States with an impact more deadly than the atom bomb. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart, with fading to back strip and bumping to spine head and tail. Publisher's stamp to text block tail. Closed tear and edgewear to tail of front wrap, with edgewear to back strip head and tail. Marks to rear wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Flat signed to title page. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed. signed by author. book.