Science Fiction from Friday's Child Books

Avon, 1976. Paperback. VG-. First thus. David Bowie cover as a tie-in to the Nicolas Roeg film. Rubbed; some edge wear; reading crease on front cover; bumped corners; spine crease and rubbed patches on the edges of the spine. Really a quite nice copy - if you don't mind the fact that the previous owner added a… Read more about this item

ibooks, 2006. Hardcover. Good/Good. Ex-library copy.  A quite clean ex-library copy, but I won't rate them any higher than good. the DJ is in a cover, the cover is taped to the book. Library stamps are on the top edge of the book, but the interior of the book is clean, but tanning slightly.

Canaveral Press, 1975. Hardcover. Fine/NF. Mahlon Blaine. Later printing. Book fine in green cloth with NF DJ and wonderful Mahlon Blaine artwork.

Ballantine, 1984. Paperback. VG+. First paperback edition. Michael Whelan cover art. Glossy covers; spine creased; thumb crease back cover; minor edge wear. Interior clean.

Avon, 1984. Paperback. VG. Bumped corners; partial crease upper corner front cover; thumb crease back cover; half cm closed tear top edge of back cover; light fading at spine. Interior clean.

Berkley, 1986. Paperback. VG. Clean copy of a classic. Spine has a crease and some curving, also some chipping along the edge; light reading creases front and back covers; thumb crease on back cover; bumped corners and minor edge wear. Please see photos.

Putnam, 1962. Hardcover. VG/Poor. Book Club Edition VG book - bumped and worn corners, visible crease at spine. Clean interior. DJ is poor. Torn, chunks missing, stained, reinforced with tape. Please see photos.

Ballantine, 1983. Paperback. VG. First Ballantine edition. Lovely copy, square and glossy with a single thumb crease...and at some point it got too close with other books and now it has spots where the color has lifted. See photos! Aside from spots, it feels like new.

Ballantine, 1980. Paperback. VG. Edge wear; two creased corners; spine has a single crease and some chipping. Interior has a few dogeared pages but is otherwise clean.

Pinnacle, 1979. Paperback. VG+. Fourth printing. Doctor Who novelization #4, with introduction by Harlan Ellison. VG, glossy copy. Minor edge wear; partial crease top corner of front cover; reading crease and thumb crease back cover. Clean interior.

Target, 1983. Paperback. VG. Second printing. This guide, with foreword by Barry Letts, covers the series through the end of Tom Baker's run as the doctor (1981). Moderate wear. Spine shows light fading; corners bumped; upper front corner creased; back cover has a heavy crease mid-way up the outer edge and some color has rubbed off. Please… Read more about this item

Ballantine, 1977. Paperback. VG. Later printing. Foster adapts three episodes of the animated series. Reading crease and thumb creases on both front and back cover with 1/4 inch closed tear on the front.; bumped corners; edge wear. Interior has a few dogeared pages    

Signet, post-1959. Paperback. VG. Collection of stories first printed in 1959, this is the 11th printing -probably from the 1980s? Solid spine; rubbed; minor creasing and edge wear; clean interior. Please see photos.

Bantam, 1980. Paperback. VG. Later printing. James Blish adapts the episodes "Whom Gods Destroy", "The Tholian Web", Let That Be Your Last Battlefield", "This Side of Paradise", "Turnabout Intruder", "Requiem for Methuselah" and "The Way to Eden". Minor edge wear; chipping at spine edge; thumb crease on back cover. Please see photos.

Baen, 2000. Hardcover. VG+/VG. First of the Ring of Fire/Assiti Shards series. Book Club Edition.  Very clean book with a slightly rubbed dust jacket, bumped at upper front corners.

Doubleday, 1984. Hardcover. Good/Good. Ex-library copy. Text clean; jacket glued down; pocket and date stamp on rear endpaper; stamps on edge of text block.

Ballantine, 1982. Hardcover. VG+/VG. VG+ book (with nifty embossed space ship on the blue boards) in VG dust jacket. Book has slight edge wear but clean interior. DJ has some rubbing and small wrinkles.

Ballantine, 1988. Hardcover. NF/NF. First edition. NF/NF Dust jacket has slight shelf wear, book has been opened.

Berkley, 1983. Paperback. VG-. Lebbeus Woods. Ten b&w illustrations by Lebbeus Woods. Collection of stories by Clarke including "The Sentinel", the origin of the film and book 2001: A Space Odyssey. Solid, clean, glossy copy with small tear at top of front cover and two small creases at the bottom of the front cover. Please see photos.

Simon and Schuster, 1985. Hardcover. VG+/VG. Lovely first printing. Not price clipped, not ex-library. DJ shows shelf wear and has some browning along the top edge but does not appear to be fading. Minor smudges on the edge of the text block in one spot. Clean interior.