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Speaking in Tongues: Available Copies

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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!

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!

Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.4

The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

vg in wraps, (see pictures).

Good condition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

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. Spectra Special Edition. Mass Market Paperback edition. From the library of science fiction and fantasy writer, editor, publisher and prolific book reviewer D. Douglas Fratz. (Science Fiction, Fantasy)

Book is in Used-VeryGood condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain very limited notes and highlighting.

Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A few small marks or stains to the page edges/pages . A tan to the page edges/pages

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Bantam Spectra Boosk, 1992, 1st book edition, paperback original, rare US science fiction vintage paperback, nic ecopy, as new, Fine.

"First published in Great Britain 1991" on its copyright page. Signed on its title page, with no personalization or inscription, by author Ian McDonald. This book and its dust jacket are both in fine condition. The book's binding is sound and square, with no spine crease. Covers are unmarked and unworn, with bright gilt titles on its spine. Pages are unworn and otherwise unmarked. Not a remainder. Its dust jacket, now protected by a removable mylar cover, is whole, bright, unmarked, and unworn. I will ship this book in a moisture proof zip-loc bag, padded in bubble wrap, inside a sturdy box to assure it reaches its new owner in the same condition as my description.

A paperback edition published by Victor Gollancz Science Fiction in very good condition for its age. Appears unread, however, there is quite heavy age tanning to the pages but the book remains eminently readable. The covers have little wear. This is Ian McDonald's first short story collection. The contents are: Gardenias; Rainmaker Cometh; Listen; Speaking in Tongues; Fragments of an Analysis of a Case of Hysteria; Approaching Pependicular; Floating Dogs; Atomic Avenue; Fronds; Winning; Toward Kilimanjaro. Packed weight 245 gms. IN STOCK FOR IMMEIDATE DESPATCH

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd. 1992. First Edition. Hardcover in Dust Jacket This copy has been signed by the author on the title page. 248 pages collecting 11 stories. A Near Fine copy with light shelf wear in Fine Dust Wrapper. See Photos clphE

----------( 1st printing of the First Edition ) ---hardcover, a Near Fine example in a Near Fine dustjacket with a wee bit of rubbing, a short story collection, this collects: Speaking in Tongues; Gardenias; Rainmaker Cometh; Listen; Approaching Perpendicular; Floating Dogs; Atomic Avenue; Fronds; Winning; Toward Kilimanjaro; Fragments of an Analysis of a Case of Hysteria, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo / ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE/// ---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)--- Size: 5.5w x 8.75h Inches

fine hardcover fine jacket Collects 12 stories. "McDonald is . interested in anything but playing it safe . he's capable of achieving great effects with that prose . stories almost always original and challenging"- Locus, October 1992.

Octavo, boards. Collects twelve stories, the author's second collection of short fiction. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (29143)

Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. Grubby book may have mild dirt or some staining, mostly on the edges of pages. Aged book. Tanned pages and age spots, however, this will not interfere with reading.

HC in dust jacket. 1st Printing. Signed by McDonald. A very good copy in a fine dust jacket.

First edition. F/F condition.

Hardcover first edition with intact dust jacket and firm straight spine. Book has minimal signs of shelf or handling wear. Dust Jacket is protected by a Mylar Wrap. Pages are free of Highlighting or writing.

Octavo, boards. First edition. Signed by McDonald. The author's second collection of short fiction. Collects twelve stories. Includes "Speaking in Tongues," McDonald's most famous early story. A fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket with several scratches to the rear panel. (#154954)

Octavo, boards. First edition. The author's second collection of short fiction. Collects twelve stories. Includes "Speaking in Tongues," McDonald's most famous early story. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#169659)

248pp. 8.8 inches. Black buckram, gilt titles, bump to tail of spine, and lightly to top, lightly foxed tops, else as new. Internally, no owner's marks, spot on titlepage, else pristine. In original black and silver jacket, vg, light overall wear, creases at spine extremities. Collects 12 short stories on diverse themes: teleportation for transcendental kicks.the literature of artificial intelligence.premonitions of the Holocaust in Freud's Vienna.etc. 420g. (Science fiction, Fantasy) Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

First edition in dustwrapper housed in a protective sleeve. A hint of bumping to edges and a touch of dust soiling to page ends. (05)

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-----------9 VOLUMES (ONE SHIPPING CHARGE although extra shipping might be required depending upon destination ---if an issue please inquire before ordering), paperbacks and trade paperbacks, all are Near Fine or better, all are signed and inscribed by Ian McD (all to John with various greetings/thanks/ etc), ---Brasyl, tp, Prometheus Books, 2009, 1st printing, about 6w x 9h inches /// Luna: New Moon, tp, TOR, 2016, 1st printing, about 6w x 9h inches /// Evolution's Shore, tp, Bantam Spectra, 1995, 1st edition, about 6w x 9h inches /// The Broken land, tp, Bantam Spectra, 1992, 1st edition, about 6w x 9h inches /// Speaking in Tongues, pb, Bantam Spectra, 1992, 1st edition, about 4.25w x 7h inches /// Scissors Cut Paper Wrap Stone, pb, Bantam Spectra, 1994, 1st edition, about 4.25w x 7h inches /// Empire Dreams, pb, Bantam Spectra, 1988, 1st edition, about 4.25w x 7h inches /// Out on Blue Six, pb, Bantam Spectra, 1989, 1st edition, about 4.25w x 7h inches /// Hearts, Hands and Voices, pb, VGSF (Gollancz -UK), 1st printing, about 4.25w x 7h inches , any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE/// ---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)--- Size: See Description