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Or All The Seas With Oysters: Available Copies

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OR ALL THE SEAS WITH OYSTERS (SF Stories)
    by DAVIDSON, AVRAM

    Paperback
    ISBN:
    Publisher: berkley book, (1962)


    Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS (webster, NY, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $5.00
    Shipping: $6.45
    TOTAL Cost: $11.45

639, very good, creases (COLLECTION OF 16 STORIES), paperback,

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Or All the Seas with Oysters : Or All the Seas with Oysters; Now Let Us Sleep; The Grantha Sighting; Help! I am Dr. Morris Goldpepper; The Sixth Season; Negra Sum; My Boy Friend's Name Is Jello; The Golem; Summerland; King's Evil (Berkley Books #F639)
    by Davidson, Avram

    Paperback
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Berkley Medallion Book., USA (1962)


    Seller: Comic World (Steinbach, MB, Canada)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $4.99
    Shipping: $6.95
    TOTAL Cost: $11.94

176 pages. (COLLECTION OF 16 STORIES),>> Heavy Cover creasing.; spine slant; tape to lower covers & spine. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

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Or All the Seas With Oysters
    by Avram Davidson

    Paperback
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Berkley Medallion (1962)


    Seller: World of Rare Books (Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $6.01
    Shipping: $6.08
    TOTAL Cost: $12.09

1962. No Edition Remarks. 176 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

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OR ALL THE SEAS WITH OYSTERS (SF Stories)
    by DAVIDSON, AVRAM

    Paperback
    ISBN:
    Publisher: berkley book, (1962)


    Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS (webster, NY, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $6.00
    Shipping: $6.45
    TOTAL Cost: $12.45

639, very good -fine, , reading crease (COLLECTION OF 16 STORIES), paperback,

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OR ALL THE SEAS WITH OYSTERS (SF Stories)
    by DAVIDSON, AVRAM

    Paperback
    ISBN:
    Publisher: berkley book, (1962)


    Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS (webster, NY, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $7.00
    Shipping: $6.45
    TOTAL Cost: $13.45

639, almost near fine, (COLLECTION OF 16 STORIES), paperback,

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Or All the Seas with Oysters
    by Davidson, Avram

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780671808068
    Publisher: New York: Pocket Books # 80806 1st Printing (1976)


    Seller: John McCormick (Mississauga, ON, Canada)
    Used Book—Condition: Fine
    Book Price: $10.00
    Shipping: $4.99
    TOTAL Cost: $14.99

----------paperback. Very modest shelfwear, an unread fine copy.

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OR ALL THE SEAS WITH OYSTERS (SF Stories)
    by DAVIDSON, AVRAM

    Paperback
    ISBN:
    Publisher: berkley book, (1962)


    Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS (webster, NY, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $9.00
    Shipping: $6.45
    TOTAL Cost: $15.45

639, near fine, unread (COLLECTION OF 16 STORIES), paperback,

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Or All the Seas with Oysters
    by Avram Davidson

    Paperback
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Berkley Publishing Corp, New York, NY (1962)


    Seller: Lazy S Books (Austin, TX, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $9.00
    Shipping: $6.50
    TOTAL Cost: $15.50

A PBO (Berkley Original stated on the front cover - Berkley Medallion F-639) of a collection of sci-fi stories from the mid 1950s through the early 1960s. "Mad and unpredictable tales of past, present and future by a truly "different" science-fiction writer." Light edge wear to the covers. Very small loss at the top of the spine. A very good copy.

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AVRAM DAVIDSON" FIRST EDITION COLLECTIONS: Or All the Seas with Oysters / What Strange Stars and Skies
    by Davidson, Avram

    Paperback
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    Publisher: New York: Berkley Books # F639 1st Edition 1962 / Ace Books # F-330 1st Edition 1965 (1965)


    Seller: John McCormick (Mississauga, ON, Canada)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $11.00
    Shipping: $4.99
    TOTAL Cost: $15.99

----------2 paperbacks. Paperback original first edition science fiction collections by Davidson. Oysters, from Berkley, his first collection, has reading and corner creases, a small split to the spine bottom, and is VG. Strange, from Ace, his second collection, has a reading crease, edgewear, and is VG+ to near fine.

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Galaxy May 1958, The Iron Chancellor, Bridle Shower, Or all the Seas with Oysters, Pick a Crime, The Voice of the Diaphragm, Never Come Midnight, +
    by Bova, Ben (ed) -Robert Silverberg, Avram Davidson, Richard R. Smith, Richard Wilson, Lloyd Biggle Jr., Christopher Grimm, +

    Paperback
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    Publisher: Galaxy Pub., New York (1958)


    Seller: Nessa Books (Hamilton, ON, Canada)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $7.50
    Shipping: $14.75
    TOTAL Cost: $22.25

-----144 pages, tight clean and square, minor edge wear. Contents include: Or All the Seas With Oysters by Avram Davidson / Pick a Crime by Richard R. Smith / The Voice of the Diaphragm by Richard Wilson / Never Come Midnight by Christopher Grimm / Bridle Shower by Lloyd Biggle, Jr. / The Iron Chancellor by Robert Silverberg. Any image directly beside this listing is the actual mag and not a stock photo

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The Hugo Winners Vol. 1 (one) - Or All the Seas with Oysters,The Hell-Bound Train, The Big Front Yard, Flowers for Algernon, The Longest Voyage, The Star, Exploration Team, The Darfsteller, Allamagoosa
    by Asimov, Isaac (ed) - Robert Bloch, Daniel Keyes, Walter M. Miller Jr., Eric Frank Russell, Murray Leinster, Clifford D. Simak, Avram Davidson, Arthur C. Clarke, Poul Anderson

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780449231906
    Publisher: Fawcett Crest Books, Greenwich, Conn. (1973)


    Seller: Nessa Books (Hamilton, ON, Canada)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $8.50
    Shipping: $14.75
    TOTAL Cost: $23.25

-----The scan you see is the book you get. Square tight and clean, flat spine, 320 pages, no names, minor edge wear, Very Good condition. Contents include: Intro by Isaac Asimov / The Darfsteller by Walter M. Miller jr. / Allamagoosa by Eric Frank Russell / Exploration Team by Murray Leinster / The Star by Arthur C. Clarke / Or All the Seas With Oysters by Avram Davidson / The Big Front Yard by Clifford D. Simak / The Hell-Bound Train by Robert Bloch / Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes / The Longests Voyage by Poul Anderson. Check out the scans.

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OR ALL THE SEAS WITH OYSTERS
    by Davidson, Avram

    Paperback
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Pocket (1976)


    Seller: Rob & June Edwards (Salem, OR, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $24.99
    Shipping: $4.13
    TOTAL Cost: $29.12

First paperback ed. thus. Very good condition, moderate over all wear, spine slant, slight bend to book.

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OR ALL THE SEAS WITH OYSTERS.
    by Davidson, Avram

    Paperback
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Berkley Publishing (1962)


    Seller: Allyouneedisbooks Ltd (Westbury, WILTS, United Kingdom)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $12.93
    Shipping: $16.34
    TOTAL Cost: $29.27

vg 1962 Berkley Publishing; 1st edition paperback book In stock shipped from our UK warehouse

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OR ALL THE SEAS WITH OYSTERS
    by Davidson, Avram

    Paperback
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    Publisher: A Berkley Medallion Book published by Berkley Publishing Corporation, [New York] (1962)


    Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB (Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $25.00
    Shipping: $6.00
    TOTAL Cost: $31.00

Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Berkley Medallion F639. Collects sixteen stories. Davidson's first book. Includes "My Boy Friend's Name in Jello," his first published F/SF story. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-55. Crease to front cover, a bright, nearly fine copy. (#158166)

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Or All The Seas With Oysters
    by Avram Davidson

    Paperback
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Berkley Publishing Corporation, New York (1962)


    Seller: Stirling Books (Stirling, United Kingdom)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $8.45
    Shipping: $37.71
    TOTAL Cost: $46.16

Spine Creased With A Little Fraying At Ends. Boards And All Pages Tightly Bound And Clean, A Little Fraying To Corners.

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OR ALL THE SEAS WITH OYSTERS
    by Davidson, Avram

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780727400154
    Publisher: White Lion Publishers Limited, London, New York, Sydney and Toronto (1976)


    Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB (Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $150.00
    Shipping: $6.00
    TOTAL Cost: $156.00

Octavo, boards. First British (and first hardcover) edition. The author's second (first solo) book and first collection of short fiction. A collection of sixteen stories, including the title story (winner of the 1958 Hugo award), the text of this edition photo offset from that of the 1962 Berkley paperback. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-129. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 477. A fine copy in very good dust jacket with tanning and foxing to spine panel, flap folds and and top and bottom edges of front panel and flaps, and tiny nick at top edge of rear flap fold. A remarkably elusive book. (#158743)

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