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

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Under Compulsion: Available Copies

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Under Compulsion
    by Disch, Thomas M.

    Paperback
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Panther (1970)


    Seller: Storisende Versandbuchhandlung (Melle, Germany)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $5.37
    Shipping: $12.77
    TOTAL Cost: $18.14

Sprache: English Taschenbuch ,

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Under Compulsion. (Dust Jacket Only).
    by Disch, Thomas M.

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Rupert Hart-Davis., London. (1968)


    Seller: N. G. Lawrie Books (sheffield, United Kingdom)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $6.40
    Shipping: $11.81
    TOTAL Cost: $18.21

First Edition Dust Jacket/Wrapper. Not price clipped, slight edge marks, light edge wear. Please Note that this is a Dust Jacket ONLY, the book is not included.

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Under Compulsion
    by Thomas M. Disch

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780586032657
    Publisher: Panther (1970)


    Seller: GF Books, Inc. (Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $97.02
    Shipping: Free!
    TOTAL Cost: $97.02

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.

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Under Compulsion
    by Disch, Thomas M.

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Rupert Hart-Davis: London (1968)


    Seller: COLD TONNAGE BOOKS (Colyton, DEVON, United Kingdom)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $106.31
    Shipping: $18.65
    TOTAL Cost: $124.96

SF stories. Published three years later in the USA as FUN WITH YOUR NEW HEAD. Neat inked name and date along top edge of front free endpaper, else a fine copy in a fine (bright, unfaded silver dustjacket) dustjacket (as new) but for a touch of edge wear.

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UNDER COMPULSION
    by Disch, Thomas M.

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Rupert Hart-Davis, London (1968)


    Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (Laurel, MD, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $150.00
    Shipping: $5.00
    TOTAL Cost: $155.00

Octavo, boards. Collection of short fiction issued later in the U.S. as FUN WITH YOUR NEW HEAD (1971). Collects seventeen stories. Includes "Thesis on Social Forms and Social Control in the U.S.A. "Disch is one of the best contemporary American short story writers." - see Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 4-145. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 4-145. A fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with light edge wear along top edge and rubbing at the head of the spine panel, tiny chip from lamination at lower front panel. (3366)

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UNDER COMPULSION
    by Disch, Thomas M.

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Rupert Hart-Davis, London (1968)


    Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (Laurel, MD, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $200.00
    Shipping: $5.00
    TOTAL Cost: $205.00

Octavo, boards. Collection of short fiction issued later in the U.S. as FUN WITH YOUR NEW HEAD (1971). Collects seventeen stories. Includes "Thesis on Social Forms and Social Control in the U.S.A. "Disch is one of the best contemporary American short story writers." - see Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 4-145. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket with some mild wear to upper and lower edges. (775)

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UNDER COMPULSION
    by Disch, Thomas M.

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Rupert Hart-Davis, London (1968)


    Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB (Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $200.00
    Shipping: $6.00
    TOTAL Cost: $206.00

Octavo, boards. First edition. Disch's second collection of short fiction, issued later in the U.S. as FUN WITH YOUR NEW HEAD (1971). "Seventeen sly, highly intelligent SF and fantasy stories by an extremely talented young writer (only 28 at the time of this book's publication). Standouts include 'The Roaches,' about a woman's perfect horror of cockroaches, and 'Casablanca,' about the fate of American tourists in North Africa when World War III breaks out." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 394. Includes "Thesis on Social Forms and Social Control in the U.S.A." which portrays "schizophrenia as a form of social organization." - Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 292. Survey of Science Fiction Literature V, pp. 2059-60. See Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-344. A fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket with tiny, faint stain at bottom edge of front panel and similar stain at bottom edge of front flap. Still a sharp copy overall. (#118538)

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under compulsion thomas m disch
    by Thomas M. Disch

    Paperback
    ISBN:
    Publisher: ()


    Seller: LibreriaElcosteño (Ciudad de Buenos Aires, BA, Argentina)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $177.59
    Shipping: $37.00
    TOTAL Cost: $214.59

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UNDER COMPULSION
    by Disch, Thomas M.

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Rupert Hart-Davis, London (1968)


    Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (Laurel, MD, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $250.00
    Shipping: $5.00
    TOTAL Cost: $255.00

Octavo, boards. Collection of short fiction issued later in the U.S. as FUN WITH YOUR NEW HEAD (1971). Collects seventeen stories. Includes "Thesis on Social Forms and Social Control in the U.S.A. "Disch is one of the best contemporary American short story writers." - see Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 4-145. Some light foxing to top edge of text block in fine dust jacket with a light shelf wear to head of spine panel and lower rear panel. Review slip laid in. (218)

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UNDER COMPULSION
    by Disch, Thomas M.

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Rupert Hart-Davis, London (1968)


    Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB (Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $250.00
    Shipping: $6.00
    TOTAL Cost: $256.00

Octavo, boards. First edition. Disch's second collection of short fiction, issued later in the U.S. as FUN WITH YOUR NEW HEAD (1971). "Seventeen sly, highly intelligent SF and fantasy stories by an extremely talented young writer (only 28 at the time of this book's publication). Standouts include 'The Roaches,' about a woman's perfect horror of cockroaches, and 'Casablanca,' about the fate of American tourists in North Africa when World War III breaks out." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 394. Includes "Thesis on Social Forms and Social Control in the U.S.A." which portrays "schizophrenia as a form of social organization." - Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 292. Survey of Science Fiction Literature V, pp. 2059-60. See Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-344. Review slip laid in. Some light foxing to top edge of text block, a nearly fine copy in fine dust jacket with a light wear to upper spine end and along lower edge of rear panel. (#83970)

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UNDER COMPULSION
    by Disch, Thomas M.

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Rupert Hart-Davis, London (1968)


    Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB (Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $275.00
    Shipping: $6.00
    TOTAL Cost: $281.00

Octavo, boards. First edition. Disch's second collection of short fiction, issued later in the U.S. as FUN WITH YOUR NEW HEAD (1971). "Seventeen sly, highly intelligent SF and fantasy stories by an extremely talented young writer (only 28 at the time of this book's publication). Standouts include 'The Roaches,' about a woman's perfect horror of cockroaches, and 'Casablanca,' about the fate of American tourists in North Africa when World War III breaks out." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 394. Includes "Thesis on Social Forms and Social Control in the U.S.A." which portrays "schizophrenia as a form of social organization." - Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 292. Survey of Science Fiction Literature V, pp. 2059-60. See Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-344. A fine copy in fine dust jacket with just a trace of shelf wear to upper edge of spine panel. An excellent copy of this book. (#1973)

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UNDER COMPULSION
    by Disch, Thomas M.

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Rupert Hart-Davis, London (1968)


    Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB (Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $275.00
    Shipping: $6.00
    TOTAL Cost: $281.00

Octavo, boards. First edition. Disch's second collection of short fiction, issued later in the U.S. as FUN WITH YOUR NEW HEAD (1971). "Seventeen sly, highly intelligent SF and fantasy stories by an extremely talented young writer (only 28 at the time of this book's publication). Standouts include 'The Roaches,' about a woman's perfect horror of cockroaches, and 'Casablanca,' about the fate of American tourists in North Africa when World War III breaks out." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 394. Includes "Thesis on Social Forms and Social Control in the U.S.A." which portrays "schizophrenia as a form of social organization." - Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 292. Survey of Science Fiction Literature V, pp. 2059-60. See Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-344. Light foxing to top edge of text block, a fine copy in fine dust jacket with trace of wear to head of spine panel and tiny nick to top edge of front panel. A sharp, superior copy of this book. (#1972)

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