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  Science-fiction & fantasy literature: a critical list with discussions.

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Getting Into Death and Other Stories: Available Copies

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Getting into death and other stories
    by Disch, Thomas M

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780394498034
    Publisher: Knopf : distributed by Random House (1976)


    Seller: Orion Tech (Kingwood, TX, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Fair
    Book Price: $19.49
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    TOTAL Cost: $19.49

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Getting into Death and Other Stories
    by Disch, Thomas M.

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780394498034
    Publisher: Alfred A Knopf, New York (1976)


    Seller: Village Booksmith (Hudson Falls, NY, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $12.00
    Shipping: $9.00
    TOTAL Cost: $21.00

227 pages. Light discloration of endpapers where touched by dust jacket. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

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Getting into death and other stories
    by Disch, Thomas M

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780394498034
    Publisher: Knopf : distributed by Random House (1976)


    Seller: thebookforest.com (San Rafael, CA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $17.99
    Shipping: $3.99
    TOTAL Cost: $21.98

Stated first edition, 1976. Text block, boards and binding are pristine. Dust wrapper in fine, like new condition. Well packaged and promptly shipped from California. US veteran operated.

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Getting into Death and Other Stories.
    by DISCH, Thomas M.

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: NY: Knopf, (1976)


    Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA (Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $20.00
    Shipping: $2.50
    TOTAL Cost: $22.50

227 pp. Fine in near fine dust jacket with light sunning to spine.

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Getting into Death and Other Stories
    by Disch, Thomas M.

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780394498034
    Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York (1976)


    Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA (Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $20.00
    Shipping: $6.00
    TOTAL Cost: $26.00

227pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] 1/4 light green with decorative light green paper covered boards. Very good. The covers are subtly darkened. In a very good dust jacket, with yellowing. From the dust jacket- "Every page of Getting into Death- suffused with dazzling humor, with seriousness and cunning and a wry tenderness- demonstrates the inventive brilliance of a totally original writer."

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Getting into Death, and Other Stories
    by Disch, Thomas M.

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780394498034
    Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York (1976)


    Seller: Fahrenheit's Books (Denver, CO, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $20.00
    Shipping: $7.00
    TOTAL Cost: $27.00

First edition, hardcover, has a tiny skew to the binding, a previous owner's small stamp to the head of the text block and front pastedown, slight bumps to the spine ends and cover corners, and mild sunning to the spine and cover edges, otherwise a solid, tight VG copy in a like unclipped dust jacket, which has small bumps to the spine ends and corners, a touch of edgewear, some slight rubbing to the covers, and mild sun toning to the spine, covers and flaps.

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GETTING INTO DEATH AND OTHER STORIES
    by Disch, Thomas M.

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780394498034
    Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York (1976)


    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

Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First edition. A solid collection of Disch's stories from the late 1960s and early 1970s. Standouts include the title story and "The Asian Shore." Content differs considerably from that of the 1973 British collection of the same title, which is not a strong collection. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-99. Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 154. Survey of Science Fiction Literature V, pp. 2060-4. A fine copy in fine dust jacket with faint horizontal crease (from the printing press feed roller?). (#144645)

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GETTING INTO DEATH AND OTHER STORIES
    by Disch, Thomas M.

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780394498034
    Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York (1976)


    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

Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First edition. A solid collection of Disch's stories from the late 1960s and early 1970s. Standouts include the title story and "The Asian Shore." Content differs considerably from that of the 1973 British collection of the same title, which is not a strong collection. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-99. Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 154. Survey of Science Fiction Literature V, pp. 2060-4. Mild bump to upper rear fore-edge corner, a nearly fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket with faint matching bruise. (#169167)

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GETTING INTO DEATH AND OTHER STORIES
    by Disch, Thomas M.

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780394498034
    Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York (1976)


    Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB (Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $35.00
    Shipping: $6.00
    TOTAL Cost: $41.00

Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First edition. A solid collection of Disch's stories from the late 1960s and early 1970s. Standouts include the title story and "The Asian Shore." Content differs considerably from that of the 1973 British collection of the same title, which is not a strong collection. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-99. Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 154. Survey of Science Fiction Literature V, pp. 2060-4. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#93751)

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GETTING INTO DEATH AND OTHER STORIES
    by Disch, Thomas M.

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780394498034
    Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York (1976)


    Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB (Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $45.00
    Shipping: $6.00
    TOTAL Cost: $51.00

Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First edition. A solid collection of Disch's stories from the late 1960s and early 1970s. Standouts include the title story and "The Asian Shore." Content differs considerably from that of the 1973 British collection of the same title, which is not a strong collection. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-99. Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 154. Survey of Science Fiction Literature V, pp. 2060-4. A fine copy in fine dust jacket with some vertical rubbing with no loss of color from the printing press feed roller (?) during the print run, a fault common to the printing of the jacket for this book -- as well as jackets for many, many other modern books. (#152168)

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GETTING INTO DEATH AND OTHER STORIES
    by Disch, Thomas M.

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York (1976)


    Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (Laurel, MD, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $50.00
    Shipping: $5.00
    TOTAL Cost: $55.00

Octavo, cloth backed boards. Good collection of stories from late 1960s-early 1970s. Content differs quite a bit from that of the 1973 British collection of the same title, many consider this a better body of work. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-99. Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 154. Survey of Science Fiction Literature V, pp. 2060-4. A fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with a tiny nick to the lower front panel. (22947)

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Getting into death and other stories
    by Disch, Thomas M

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780394498034
    Publisher: Knopf : distributed by Random Ho (1976)


    Seller: Books From California (Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $65.00
    Shipping: $3.99
    TOTAL Cost: $68.99

Signed. First Edition. Stated first edition. Signed by the author on the title page without inscription. Dust Jacket is in a removable clear plastic (Brodart) protector, shows light tanning. Pages are clean. A copy in fine condition.

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GETTING INTO DEATH AND OTHER STORIES
    by Disch, Thomas M.

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York (1976)


    Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (Laurel, MD, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $65.00
    Shipping: $5.00
    TOTAL Cost: $70.00

Octavo, cloth backed boards. Good collection of stories from late 1960s-early 1970s. Content differs quite a bit from that of the 1973 British collection of the same title, many consider this a better body of work. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-99. Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 154. Survey of Science Fiction Literature V, pp. 2060-4. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (17857)

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GETTING INTO DEATH And Other Stories
    by Disch, Thomas M.

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York (1976)


    Seller: Rare Book Cellar (Pomona, NY, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $63.01
    Shipping: $8.95
    TOTAL Cost: $71.96

Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

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GETTING INTO DEATH AND OTHER STORIES
    by Thomas M. Disch

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780394498034
    Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York (1976)


    Seller: Rare Book Cellar (Pomona, NY, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $73.19
    Shipping: $8.95
    TOTAL Cost: $82.14

Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. First Edition stated. ; 8.60 X 5.90 X 1.10 inches; 227 pages.

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Getting into death and other stories
    by Disch, Thomas M

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780394498034
    Publisher: Knopf : distributed by Random House; 1st edition (January 1, 1976) (1976)


    Seller: Front Cover Books (Denver, CO, U.S.A.)
    New Book
    Book Price: $90.31
    Shipping: $4.30
    TOTAL Cost: $94.61

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Getting into death and other stories
    by Disch, Thomas M

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780394498034
    Publisher: Knopf : distributed by Random House (1976)


    Seller: Wizard Books (Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.)
    New Book
    Book Price: $91.21
    Shipping: $3.50
    TOTAL Cost: $94.71

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Getting into death and other stories
    by Disch, Thomas M

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780394498034
    Publisher: Knopf : distributed by Random House (1976)


    Seller: GoldBooks (Austin, TX, U.S.A.)
    New Book
    Book Price: $114.08
    Shipping: $4.25
    TOTAL Cost: $118.33

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GETTING INTO DEATH AND OTHER STORIES
    by Disch, Thomas M.

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780394498034
    Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York (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, cloth-backed boards. First edition. A presentation copy with signed inscription by Disch to "David" on the front free endpaper. A solid collection of Disch's stories from the late 1960s and early 1970s. Standouts include the title story and "The Asian Shore." Content differs considerably from that of the 1973 British collection of the same title, which is not a strong collection. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-99. Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 154. Survey of Science Fiction Literature V, pp. 2060-4. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#152870)

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GETTING INTO DEATH AND OTHER STORIES
    by Disch, Thomas M.

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780394498034
    Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York (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, cloth-backed boards. First edition. A presentation copy with signed inscription by Disch to influential F&SF critic, editor and publisher David G. Hartwell on the front free endpaper. A solid collection of Disch's stories from the late 1960s and early 1970s. Standouts include the title story and "The Asian Shore." Content differs considerably from that of the 1973 British collection of the same title, which is not a strong collection. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-99. Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 154. Survey of Science Fiction Literature V, pp. 2060-4. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#152871)

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