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Lords of the Starship: Available Copies

Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.24

Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.24

Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.24

Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.24

Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

. From the library of science fiction and fantasy writer, editor, publisher and prolific book reviewer D. Douglas Fratz. Spine cracked. Stamped on page edges. (Vintage paperbacks, science fiction, fantasy)

somewhat worn mass market paperback edtion. light shelfwear, a bit of scuffing and light creasing to the covers. pages and binding are clean, straight and tight otherwise. no marks to the text or other serious flaws. FRONT COVER IS CREASED.

Minor shelf wear. This is a vintage paperback science fiction book.

First Edition. States First edition.Cover and edges shows minor shelf wear and minor tanning .Pages shows minor tanning.

First Edition. first edition, creasing along the spine, some creasing on and along the edges of the cover of the book

1972. First Edition Thus. 158 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.

Photograph available on request.

G/none, used, color illustrated stiff paper wraps, 156pp plus ads to rear. Interior clean, no marks, pages toning, binding firm. Shelf rubbing to wraps, paper rubbed at the head and tail of the spine, corners square. G-673

First Printing. G-673. Near Fine condition.

Square, tight copy. Surface wear, G-673, 50¢. Mild musty odor. Who was the real master of the starship "Victory"?

G. 2 separate Soft Cover Books, each securely bound, moderately and uniformly age toned with some minor age fading to dyed edges, minor cocking, and free of markings and other blemishes; Covers are bright, with light rubbing to panels, minor bumping and / or rubbing to corners, joints, heads and tails, edges and hinges, straight spines, edges and hinges, clearly legible, crisply distinct lettering, design and artwork. LORDS OF THE STARSHIP: An Ace Book #G673, 1st Printing of the Ace Books, Inc. Soft cover 1st Edition thus, pre-ISBN,156pp; crease along length and to top corner of Cover front panel. OUT OF THE MOUTH OF THE DRAGON: An Ace Book #64460, 1st Printing of the Ace Publishing Corporation Soft cover Edition thus, pre-ISBN,156pp. (Please see Seller images.) ShiroBooks, independent bookseller, takes pride in accurate descriptions, careful wrapping and safe shipping; please contact ShiroBooks PRIOR TO ORDERING if more information, details or photos are needed.

Boards have some wear, toning. Content has light toning. Some small inner edge tears to pre lim page. No DJ

Front cover spine crease. Binding sound, inner pages unmarked. ; Mass Market PB

Sphere Books #38253, 1972, 1st UK paperback printing, rare British science fiction vintage paperback, nice copy, bright and firm, as new, near Fine.

vg+ 1st Sphere 1972 edition paperback. In stock shipped from our UK warehouse

Good+ paperback (light edgewear, pages age-toned, contents clean and unmarked). 158 pp Paperback. The picture on this listing page is of the actual book for sale.

Gd. condition Classic Science Fiction (SF13A)

First edition/printing paperback original (PBO) 1967 Ace G-673. Very Good condition. Signed by Geston and uncommon thus.".remarkable first novel Lords of the Starship (1967) was published while he was still a student at Kenyon College. This work, which establishes the dark mood of all his fiction and is like its immediate successors - each of which is a study in cultural and technological Decadence - is set in a weary, war-torn Far-Future Earth, describes a dilapidated centuries-long attempt to construct an enormous Spaceship whose completion would transform the fortunes of everyone involved and mark a phase of rebirth. The project is, however, a shambles and a sham, and the novel closes in Entropy and despair." [JC] - The Encyclopedia of SF (3rd Edition/Internet)

1972 First Edition Sphere paperback. the world is dying.the last hope is a spaceship to built 7 mile long, a thitd of a mile wide amd a wingspang of 3.5 miles, which would take 250 years to build. But would it help mankind escape from the dark forces of Salasar? Interior clean, devoid of inscriptions, notes, tears or folds. All pages tight in binding. Normal tanning to page edges. Covers clean and unscuffed.

vg 1st Ace G673 1967 edition paperback In stock shipped from our UK warehouse

in original hardcover binding with colour illustrated dust jacket designed by Richard Dalkins. The book is grubby, having a splash mark on the front edge of the text block which does not penetrate the pages to any depth, and a moisture mark visible at the bottom inside of the dustjacket for approximately 2 inches either side of the spine to a height of a maximum of half an inch. Otherwise a clean copy, illustrated with a double page map. The author's 1st book Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 160 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; Science Fiction & Fantasy; ISBN: 0718108930. ISBN/EAN: 9780718108939. Inventory No: 0238204.

near fine, maybe slight spine darkening jacket only, NO BOOK

First edition, first printing, paperback original. UNREAD! Production creases to the lower spine, pages faintly tanned, as expected, else fine tight copy in glossy stiff-card wraps with cover art by John Schoenherr; first printing statement "First Book Publication" to the front cover, publisher's code G-673 with .50 price. Internal map by Jack Gaughan. A "remarkable first novel" (Clute) published while the author was still a student at Kenyon College. The novel is set in a weary war-torn far-future Earth.

paperback octavo (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

156 pages "The ship was to be seven miles long, a third of a mile in diameter and have a wing-spread of three and a half miles. It would take two and a half centuries to construct. its announced purpose: to carry humanity away from its ruined world, from the world that had become a perpetual purgatory." . >> Very Nice Copy. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall.