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The Best Of Fritz Leiber: Available Copies
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The Best of Fritz Leiber by Fritz Leiber
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: Nelson Doubleday (1974)
Seller: Code X Books (Potomac, MD, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Near Fine
Book Price: $12.00
Shipping: Free!
TOTAL Cost: $12.00
Twenty two stories by the master, including "Gonna Roll the Bones". This is a used book. Pages are clean and bright with no markings, notes, or highlighting. Page edges show minor foxing. DJ shows normal shelf wear and has a tiny tear on the front fold; DJ is not price clipped. No owner's marks or bookplates, not ex-library. Binding is tight and square. Corners not bumped. An excellent reading copy. SFBC code E22 or R15 on page 299. Note that oversized or heavier books may require additional postage.
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The Best Of Fritz Leiber by Leiber, Fritz
Paperback
ISBN:
Publisher: Sphere (1974)
Seller: Powdersmoke Pulps (Camillus, NY, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Good
Book Price: $7.00
Shipping: $5.00
TOTAL Cost: $12.00
British edition. "This collection of twenty-two short stories is intended to demonstrate the development of his (Leiber's) fascinating talent." This hard to find (in the U. S.) collection is solid, with moderate creasing and edge-wear.
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Seller: Goldstone Books (Llandybie, United Kingdom)
Used Book—Condition: Good
Book Price: $4.61
Shipping: $7.46
TOTAL Cost: $12.07
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The Best of Fritz Leiber by Leiber, Fritz
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: Nelson Doubleday, New York (1974)
Seller: Mojo Press Books (Austin, TX, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Near Fine
Book Price: $10.00
Shipping: $4.80
TOTAL Cost: $14.80
301pps. Unread copy, smooth spine, no reading creases, tight binding, but has usual mild age discoloration to pages. Dust jacket with some edge wear and mild chipping to spine edges.
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The Best of Fritz Leiber by Fritz Leiber
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: NELSON DOUBLEDAY ()
Seller: Wonder Book (Frederick, MD, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Good
Book Price: $14.96
Shipping: Free!
TOTAL Cost: $14.96
Good condition. Good dust jacket. Book Club edition. (science fiction, short stories, sci-fi, fiction) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
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The Best Of Fritz Leiber by Fritz Leiber
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: Nelson Doubleday (1974)
Seller: Zach the Ripper Books (Gillette, WY, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $15.00
Shipping: Free!
TOTAL Cost: $15.00
Mylar protected dust jacket. Corners are not bumped. No marks, bookplates or writing. Tight binding. The DJ has some creasing to the head and heel of the spine. There is some minor staining to the back of the DJ. Slight creasing to the front of the DJ. The book has some staining to the front of the textblock. Pages 155-164 have some faint staining to the bottom of the pages. This does not interfere with the text. The rest of the book is clean. Will ship in a box. Science Fiction Book Club
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THE BEST OF FRITZ LEIBER by Leiber, Fritz
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: Garden City, New York: Nelson Doubleday, Inc., (1974). (1974)
Seller: BOOKFELLOWS Fine Books, ABAA (Sun City, AZ, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Fine
Book Price: $10.00
Shipping: $5.00
TOTAL Cost: $15.00
First hardcover edition (unstated), second printing with code 32Q on page 297. A book club original. A selection of the Science Fiction Book Club for June 1974. A fine copy; in a nearly fine dust jacket. Jacket painting by Larry Kresek. Collection that contains "Gonna Roll the Bones"; "Sanity"; "Wanted - An Enemy"; "The Man Who Never Grew Young"; "The Ship Sails at Midnight"; "The Enchanted Forest"; "Coming Attraction"; "Poor Superman"; "A Pail of Air"; "The Foxholes of Mars"; "The Big Holiday"; "The Night He Cried"; "The Big Trek"; "Space Time for Springers;" "Try and Change the Past"; "A Deskful of Girls"; "Rump-Titty-Titty-Tum-Tah-Tee"; "Little Old Miss Macbeth"; "Mariana"; "The Man Who Made Friends With Electricity"; "The Good New Days"; and "America the Beautiful." "Gonna Roll the Bones" won the Nebula Award for best novelette in 1967 and the Hugo Award for best novelette in 1968. Fritz Leiber was presented with the Nebula Grand Masters Award for lifetime achievement in 1981.
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The Best of Fritz Leiber by Fritz Leiber
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: Doubleday (1974)
Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS (webster, NY, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $9.00
Shipping: $6.45
TOTAL Cost: $15.45
"Book is near fine. Jacket has light soiling to rear, 2 small tears at upper left front cover edge and a bit of wear at tail of spine." Jacket art by Larry Kresek. Book Club Edition is first edition. Science Fiction Hardcover 2 First Edition.
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The Best of Fritz Leiber by Leiber, Fritz
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: Nelson Doubleday (1974)
Seller: Uncle Hugo's SF/Uncle Edgar's Mystery (Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Good
Book Price: $10.00
Shipping: $6.00
TOTAL Cost: $16.00
The book has some light wear around the edges and a previous owner put a book plate on page one; the jacket is protected with a mylar sleeve.
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THE BEST OF FRITZ LEIBER by Leiber, Fritz
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: Sphere 1974 (368pp) : ( 12 other books by this author also available.) A paperback. Reduced postage on multiple orders. (1974)
Seller: Mr.G.D.Price (Mansfield, United Kingdom)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $7.37
Shipping: $9.28
TOTAL Cost: $16.65
creasing, Good
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Seller: Book Deals (Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Good
Book Price: $17.12
Shipping: Free!
TOTAL Cost: $17.12
Good condition. This is the average used book, that has all pages or leaves present, but may include writing. Book may be ex-library with stamps and stickers.
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The Best of Fritz Leiber by Fritz Leiber
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780722154748
Publisher: Sphere Books Ltd, UK (1974)
Seller: RIVERLEE BOOKS (Waltham Cross, HERTS, United Kingdom)
Used Book—Condition: Good
Book Price: $3.21
Shipping: $14.38
TOTAL Cost: $17.59
Good condition. Paperback. Edges tanned. Pages tanned but otherwise sound. Slight creasing to cover. Spine creased and lightly tanned. Minor wear/bumping to edges, corners and spine ends. 368 pages.
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The Best of Fritz Leiber by Leiber, Fritz
Paperback
ISBN:
Publisher: Nelson Doubleday, New York (1974)
Seller: Tree Frog Fine Books and Graphic Arts (Beaverton, OR, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: As New
Book Price: $15.00
Shipping: $4.50
TOTAL Cost: $19.50
Hardbound with Dustjacket. First Printing Thus. Book Club Edition. 301 pages. With illustrated dustjacket. Book AS NEW. Not Read. All corners pointed. Binding tight and square. Without tears, creases, bumps or chips. Not marked in any way and very clean and bright. Dust Jacket VERY FINE. As book but for rubbing to back cover. All books carefully wrapped and sent boxed.
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THE BEST OF FRITZ LEIBER. by Leiber, Fritz.
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: Garden City, New York: Nelson Doubleday, (1974) dj (1974)
Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams) (Ione, CA, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $16.50
Shipping: $3.95
TOTAL Cost: $20.45
Hardcover first edition - Original book club edition. A collection of 22 short stories, some of them originally published in the pulps in the 40s and 50s with an introduction by Poul Anderson and an afterword by Leiber. Code of E-22 on page 299 indicating a 1974 printing (priority A per Currey) . xv, 301 pp. Dust jacket by Larry Kresak. Good overall in a good dust jacket (some foxing to edges of textblock, lower corner of dj flap clipped)
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The Best of Fritz Leiber by Leiber, Fritz
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: ()
Seller: Uncle Hugo's SF/Uncle Edgar's Mystery (Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $15.00
Shipping: $6.00
TOTAL Cost: $21.00
Very light wear on the edges and corners of the book and the jacket.
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The Best of Fritz Leiber by Fritz Leiber (Book Club Edition) by Fritz Leiber
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: Nelson Doubleday, Inc, Garden City, New York (1974)
Seller: Heartwood Books and Art (Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Near Fine
Book Price: $15.00
Shipping: $7.00
TOTAL Cost: $22.00
The Best of Fritz Leiber by Fritz Leiber (Book Club Edition) A firm bright copy with minor wear. A bright dust jacket with very minor dust-soiling to back cover.
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THE BEST OF FRITZ LEIBER by Fritz Leiber
Paperback
ISBN:
Publisher: Del Rey / Ballantine (1979)
Seller: Astro Trader Books IOBA (Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Near Fine
Book Price: $17.95
Shipping: $4.95
TOTAL Cost: $22.90
[FRITZ LEIBER]. THE BEST OF FRITZ LEIBER. Del Rey / Ballantine, New York, 1979. Second printing. Condition: Near Fine. Appears unread, faint creases to spine, pages are clean, bright, unmarked and binding tight. A generous collection of novelettes and short stories from legendary science fiction / fantasy author Fritz Leiber with several stories first published in pulp magazines during the Golden Age such as Astounding Science Fiction up to the 1970s. Cover art by Michael Herring. Science fiction collection form a major author, rare collectible. 329 pgs. 16mo.
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