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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Fine. Karl Kofoed (illustrator). First printing. Signed by the author, who's sketched in four bars of music above his signature, with personal inscription. Small print run of only 1,800 copies on this edition, according to Mr. Sucharitkul. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. th5. Seller Inventory # 30790
Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Karl Kofoed (illustrator). The book has some all around wear on the edges and corners and some light staining around the page block. Seller Inventory # 124054
Book Description Paperback. Condition: Near Fine condition. Kofoed, Karl (illustrator). Norfolk / Virginia Beach, Virginia: Donning / Starblaze Editions, 1981. 5.5" wide by 8.5" tall. [1981]. Bright, clean, tight, square, unmarked copy. Flat spine. Said to printed in an edition of 1800 copies. Original pictorial wraps. Not price clipped (4.95). No remainder mark. No store stamp, owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Science Fiction. A collection of 7 Mallworld tales by a Campbell Award-winning author, who has multiple citations in Neil Barron's Anatomy of Wonder, including this title (4-548): "An alien race fascinated by the mysteries of anthropology studies human behavior in the context of a sprawling future shopping center where human eccentricity is extravagantly and satirically displayed. Funny, but with a deft touch of sentimentality." Includes The Jaws of Mallworld which "appears here for the first time anywhere." From the first page: "The Selespridar had walled off the solar system at the orbit of Saturn - mankind was quarantined lest it spread out and contaminate the stars. And so, inevitably, its outward yearning frustrated, the human race turned inward to mental and physical pleasures. And all pleasures, like all sky-lanes, met at Mallworld, mankind's ultimate fantasy of decadence and luxury." . First Edition - Paperback Original (PBO). Softcover. Near Fine condition. Illus. by Kofoed, Karl. 195pp. First Edition - Paperback Original (PBO). Seller Inventory # 012185
Book Description Karl Kofoed (illustrator). 1st edition. TP original in pictorial wrappers. 1st Printing. Seven linked stories, including on published here for the first time, "The Jaws of Mallworld". Illustrated by Karl Kofoed. This copy inscribed by Sucharitkul. A near fine copy in wraps. Seller Inventory # 35489
Book Description Paperback. Condition: Like New. Karl Kofoed (illustrator). SIGNED by author (No inscription). Shows minor shelf wear, otherwise an unblemished copy! Protected in mylar sleeve.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!. Seller Inventory # 41503110003
Book Description Trade Paperback. Condition: Fine. Kofoed, Karl (illustrator) (illustrator). First Edition. Starblaze Edition. Cover art by Karl Kofoed. As new, never read. Inscribed with drawn musical score and saying "Stuart, It's a Mallworld after all, Somtow Sucharitkul". Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 003665
Book Description Karl Kofoed (illustrator). Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Starblaze Editions SB18. A collection of linked stories set on a "world which has been turned into one gigantic shopping mall [that] is investigated by aliens who are aghast (with good reason) at what human beings get up to -- but they also find that there is a good side to human nature. A bizarre comedy which has its sentimental moments." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), pp. 222-3. Trade paperback format. Sucharitkul won the John W Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 1981. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, Additions. Reginald 35202. Top edge foxed, else a fine copy. (#168774). Seller Inventory # 168774