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A Sense of Shadow: Available Copies

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A Sense of Shadow
    by Wilhelm, Kate

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780671441166
    Publisher: Pocket (1982)


    Seller: Wonder Book (Frederick, MD, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $6.94
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    TOTAL Cost: $6.94

. 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)

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A Sense of Shadow
    by Wilhelm, Kate

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780671441166
    Publisher: Pocket (1982)


    Seller: Redux Books (Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $6.98
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    TOTAL Cost: $6.98

Paperback. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show very minor shelving wear.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

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A Sense of Shadow
    by Wilhelm, Kate

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780671441166
    Publisher: Pocket Books (1982)


    Seller: Better World Books (Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $9.42
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    TOTAL Cost: $9.42

Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

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A Sense of Shadow
    by Wilhelm, Kate

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780671441166
    Publisher: Pocket, USA (1982)


    Seller: Celt Books (Kenner, LA, U.S.A.)
    New Book
    Book Price: $5.00
    Shipping: $5.00
    TOTAL Cost: $10.00

A Sense of Shadow

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A SENSE OF SHADOW
    by wilhelm, kate

    Paperback
    ISBN:
    Publisher: pocket (1982)


    Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS (webster, NY, U.S.A.)
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    Book Price: $5.00
    Shipping: $6.95
    TOTAL Cost: $11.95

, , paperback, very good ,

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A Sense of Shadow
    by Wilhelm, Kate

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780395305454
    Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston (1981)


    Seller: Gyre & Gimble (Holden, ME, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $6.00
    Shipping: $6.50
    TOTAL Cost: $12.50

Black cloth w/metallic blue lettering. Ex lib. w/label scar front endpaper, lib stamp title page, glue remnant rear endpaper, DJ adhered to pastedowns, remainder marks top and bottom outside edge. Text clean and tight, no marks. Mild wave to DJ due to ill fitting mylar cover, small closed tear head of front cover. "One of the masters of psychological fiction in America" so says the San Francisco Chronicle

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A SENSE OF SHADOW
    by wilhelm, kate

    Paperback
    ISBN:
    Publisher: pocket (1982)


    Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS (webster, NY, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $7.00
    Shipping: $6.95
    TOTAL Cost: $13.95

, near fine, , paperback,

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A Sense of Shadow
    by Wilhelm, Kate

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780395305454
    Publisher: Houghton Mifflin (1981)


    Seller: Willis Monie-Books, ABAA (Cooperstown, NY, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $6.00
    Shipping: $8.00
    TOTAL Cost: $14.00

DJ is in a mylar cover. ;

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A SENSE OF SHADOW
    by wilhelm, kate

    Paperback
    ISBN:
    Publisher: pocket (1982)


    Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS (webster, NY, U.S.A.)
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    Book Price: $8.00
    Shipping: $6.95
    TOTAL Cost: $14.95

, , paperback, near fine ,

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A Sense of Shadow
    by Wilhelm, Kate

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780395305454
    Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, New York (1981)


    Seller: Time Traveler Books (Pittsburgh, PA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Fine
    Book Price: $10.95
    Shipping: $4.50
    TOTAL Cost: $15.45

Full number line. ; 215 pages

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A Sense of Shadow
    by Kate Wilhelm

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780395305454
    Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (1981)


    Seller: Wonder Book (Frederick, MD, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $15.60
    Shipping: Free!
    TOTAL Cost: $15.60

Signed Copy First edition copy. . Good dust jacket. Signed by author on title page. In protective mylar cover. (science fiction)

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A SENSE OF SHADOW
    by wilhelm, kate

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: houghton mifflin (1981)


    Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS (webster, NY, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $10.00
    Shipping: $6.95
    TOTAL Cost: $16.95

fine book, fine jacket,

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A Sense of Shadow
    by Wilhelm, Kate

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780671441166
    Publisher: Pocket Books, New York (1982)


    Seller: Take Five Books (Ashland, OR, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $12.50
    Shipping: $4.99
    TOTAL Cost: $17.49

A Timescape book. Edge wear to covers, very slight spine tilt, text fine.

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A Sense of Shadow
    by Wilhelm, Kate

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780395305454
    Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (1981)


    Seller: Uncle Hugo's SF/Uncle Edgar's Mystery (Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $10.00
    Shipping: $8.00
    TOTAL Cost: $18.00

Light foxing on the top of the book. Jacket lightly soiled with light edgewear.

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A SENSE OF SHADOW
    by Wilhelm Kate

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780671441166
    Publisher: Pocket Books (1982)


    Seller: Fantastic Literature Limited (Rayleigh, ESSEX, United Kingdom)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $13.29
    Shipping: $5.12
    TOTAL Cost: $18.41

1st printing. John Daniel Culbertson attempts to retain his despotic control over his family--even after death--by employing a research psychologist to choose the heir to his rich Oregon estate.

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A Sense Of Shadow
    by Wilhelm, Kate

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780671441166
    Publisher: Pocket Books, New York (1982)


    Seller: Darkwood Online T/A BooksinBulgaria (Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $5.28
    Shipping: $13.61
    TOTAL Cost: $18.89

Light reading creases, some edge and shelf wear. ; Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside. Cover artwork uncredited. ; 176 pages; Four dutiful children came to his deathbed, each the child of a different mother. Each mother the victim of a tragic accident, unsolved murder, or mysterious disappearance. As he slipped away he saw their expected hatred and knew his revenge had been well planned. He had left a multimillion-dollar legacy but to get their inheritance they would have to take part in an experiment, something to do with brain waves. It would be a great service to science they were told, but it held a ghoulish price. Mass Market PB

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A SENSE OF SHADOW
    by wilhelm, kate

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: houghton mifflin (1983)


    Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS (webster, NY, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $12.00
    Shipping: $6.95
    TOTAL Cost: $18.95

fine book, fine jacket, like new,

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A Sense of Shadow
    by Kate Wilhelm

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Houghton Mifflin (1981)


    Seller: My Book Heaven (Alameda, CA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $13.50
    Shipping: $6.00
    TOTAL Cost: $19.50

First Edition. Near Fine book in a Very Good dust jacket.

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A SENSE OF SHADOW.
    by Wilhelm, Kate.

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780395305454
    Publisher: Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1981. dj (1981)


    Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams) (Ione, CA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $19.50
    Shipping: $4.95
    TOTAL Cost: $24.45

Hardcover first edition - First printing. "John Daniel Culbertson attempts to retain his despotic control over his family - even after death - by employing a research psychologist to choose the heir to his rich Oregon estate." 215 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket.

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A Sense of Shadow by Kate Wilhelm (First Edition)
    by Kate Wilhelm

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780395305454
    Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company, New York (1982)


    Seller: Heartwood Books and Art (Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Fine
    Book Price: $20.00
    Shipping: $7.00
    TOTAL Cost: $27.00

A Sense of Shadow by Kate Wilhelm (First Edition) Firm square copy. Bright dust jacket. Not price-clipped.

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A Sense of Shadow
    by Wilhelm, Kate

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Houghton Mifflin (1981)


    Seller: THE HERMITAGE BOOKSHOP (Denver, CO, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $20.00
    Shipping: $7.00
    TOTAL Cost: $27.00

Fine in fine dust jacket in mylar cover

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A SENSE OF SHADOW
    by Wilhelm, Kate

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Houghton - Mifflin (1981)


    Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979 (ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $16.24
    Shipping: $12.50
    TOTAL Cost: $28.74

A SENSE OF SHADOW, H-M, 1981, first edition, fine in like dust-wrapper.

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A Sense of Shadow
    by Wilhelm, Kate

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780395305454
    Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, New York, NY, U.S.A. (1981)


    Seller: Stuart W. Wells III (Norwalk, CT, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Fine
    Book Price: $25.00
    Shipping: $5.00
    TOTAL Cost: $30.00

Dustjacket art by Rudy Gutierre. First printing, fine in fine dustjacket with a tiny nick on one corner. Signed by Wilhelm on the title page.

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A SENSE OF SHADOW
    by Wilhelm, Kate

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780395305454
    Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston (1981)


    Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB (Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $25.00
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    TOTAL Cost: $31.00

Octavo, cloth. First edition. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#5404)

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A Sense Of Shadow
    by Wilhelm, Kate

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780395305454
    Publisher: Houghton Mifflin: Boston (1981)


    Seller: COLD TONNAGE BOOKS (Colyton, DEVON, United Kingdom)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $14.69
    Shipping: $19.45
    TOTAL Cost: $34.14

SF novel. Fine copy in a fine dustjacket (as new) but for a touch of edge wear.

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A Sense of Shadow
    by Wilhelm, Kate

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780395305454
    Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston (1981)


    Seller: Parigi Books, Vintage and Rare (Schenectady, NY, U.S.A.)
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    Book Price: $30.00
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    TOTAL Cost: $36.50

A fine copy in fine dustjacket. ; Octavo.

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A SENSE OF SHADOW.
    by Wilhelm, Kate.

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780395305454
    Publisher: Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1981. dj (1981)


    Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams) (Ione, CA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $34.50
    Shipping: $4.95
    TOTAL Cost: $39.45

SIGNED hardcover first edition - First printing. "John Daniel Culbertson attempts to retain his despotic control over his family - even after death - by employing a research psychologist to choose the heir to his rich Oregon estate." SIGNED on the title page. 215 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket.

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A Sense of Shadow
    by Wilhelm, Kate

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston (1981)


    Seller: Evening Star Books, ABAA/ILAB (Madison, WI, U.S.A.)
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    Book Price: $33.00
    Shipping: $6.50
    TOTAL Cost: $39.50

8vo. [9], 4-215, [3] pp. Black cloth with blue lettering on the front board and spine. Price of $9.95 on front flap of dust jacket. Inscribed by the author on the title page.

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A SENSE OF SHADOW.
    by WILHELM, KATE.

    Paperback
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1981., New York: Boston (1981)


    Seller: BUCKINGHAM BOOKS, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA (GREENCASTLE, PA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $35.00
    Shipping: $9.50
    TOTAL Cost: $44.50

First edition. Uncorrected proofs. Fine in printed wrappers. John Culbertson, ruler over thousands of acres of land, over his many wives, and over his four children, is dying. His children are summoned to him in order for Culbertson to reveal the ominous method he has worked out for choosing his heir. His plans involve a research psychologist who has some original theories about brain waves!

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