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Ascendancies: Available Copies

Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.25

Paperback, in Near Fine condition, straight spine without creases, no stamps or writing, paper is tanning with age, nice shape for an older book,

Like new hardcover with DJ. Dust jacket shows very minor shelf wear, otherwise an unblemished copy. Presented with clear mylar ARCHIVAL book jacket cover.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Mass market paperback, 224 pages; gently used, not abused, but spine creased and slanted, rubbing along cover edges, two store stamps inside front cover, pages age toned, otherwise clean and unmarked. See also our listing for Compton's The Unsleeping Eye, Chronocules, and his very scarce Nomansland.

Advance reading copy. Faded spine; bumped a little at the heel of the spine.

Lightly bumped at head and heel of spine. Jacket darkened along top edge.

Crease on the back inside flap of the DJ.

unread paperback, fine

"It is 1998. For fifteen years, Earth has been blessed with a gift from the gods: Moondrift, a monthly fall of a dust-like substance which, if collected and processed within forty-eight hours, provides a perfectly clean, safe source of energy". . Near Fine copy with very light wear, in Dust Wrapper with slight age toning. bx9

First Edition. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. Rubs to the dus t jacket's corners and to the base of its spine.

New York: Berkley Publishing Corporation / G. P. Putnam's Sons 1980 Hardcover. 0399124845 First US edition. "It is 1998. For fifteen years, Earth has been blessed with a gift from the gods: Moondrift, a monthly fall of a dustlike substance which, if collected and processed within forty-eight hours, provides a perfectly clean, safe source of energy". 224 pages. Owner's name stamped to the top edge else Near Fine copy in Near Fine Dust Wrapper. .bx152 Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket

First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Fine book in fine dj.

[1st printing](1980) Dj photo by Alexander Wilensky. Tanning; edgewear.

First edition. Very good or better in an about Very good dustwrapper. Tiny ink mark on end paper. Dustwrapper rubbed with tearing along edges, browning, some wear. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

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Octavo, printed wrappers. Advance copy (uncorrected proof) of the first U.S. edition. "Energy-giving 'manna' falls from the sky. The world's economy booms, but then people start disappearing mysteriously." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 20. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 4-142. A fine copy. (#105865)

Octavo, boards. First U.S. edition. "Energy-giving 'manna' falls from the sky. The world's economy booms, but then people start disappearing mysteriously." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 20. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 4-142. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#1510)

Octavo, boards. First U.S. edition. "Energy-giving 'manna' falls from the sky. The world's economy booms, but then people start disappearing mysteriously." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 20. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 4-142. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#169540)

Octavo, printed wrappers. Advance copy (uncorrected proof) of the first U.S. edition. "Energy-giving 'manna' falls from the sky. The world's economy booms, but then people start disappearing mysteriously." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 20. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 4-142. A fine copy. (#22024)

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Review slip laid in. As new, never read.

First edition, hardcover, has a minor lean to the binding, very shallow bowing to the covers, and slight bumps to the spine ends and upper cover corners. Otherwise, this is a solid, tight, clean Very Good+ copy in a like unclipped dust jacket, which has a moderate bump with a touch of creasing to the head of the spine, mild shelfwear to the cover edges and corners, and some faint rubbing to the covers. The jacket is wrapped in a Mylar cover.

Hardcover first edition, 1980, Gollancz, London UK. This book is in very good condition - number stamped on ffep; mild edge wear to boards; slight tilt to spine. The dust jacket is in very good condition - not price-clipped; mild edge wear with very small closed tear at top and bottom of spine at the back; some crumpling to jacket.

Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE BOXES NEW BOXES Near fine in near fine dust jacket. First edition

Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE BOXES NEW BOXES First edition. Very good in torn lightly soiled dust jacket.

Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE BOXES NEW BOXES Science Fiction; Good used mass market paperback, may have some tanning due to age, clean pages, prompt shipping and tracking

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Ascendancies by D. G. Compton (First UK Edition) File Copy A tight bright unread copy. "Archive Copy" stamped to title page. A sharp bright dust jacket.

VERY good first issue hardcover in pristine, unfaded, unclipped dustjacket from a remarkable collection of Gollancz fiction. Apparently unread and unopened for several decades. CE

Shelf 454 Text clean; book tight; DJ has a wee bit of very light browning; Not a book club (BC)copy. No previous owner name, not ex library, not a remainder, smoke free. PHOTOS POSTED WITH OUR BOOKS ARE STOCK AND DO NOT NECESSARILY REFLECT CONDITION OR EDITION OF BOOK OFFERED FOR SALE. WE DO NOT POST THE PHOTOS.