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Arrive at Easterwine: Available Copies

A computer machine, Epikt, seeks the answers to life's great questions. Mass market paperback; no stated publishing history so presumed first edition, first printing thus. Publisher book number 03164-4, cover price $1.25. This is a used book. Pages are clean and bright with no markings, notes, or highlighting. Covers show only minor shelf wear and are not creased. Handwritten number on inside front cover, not ex-library. Binding is tight and square. Hinges are secure. Price sticker on rear cover. Slight wave to the text block. Corners not bumped.

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

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

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

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

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

1st pr. Book is square, solid, and unread. Once in receipt of this beauty, you'll feel as though you've journeyed over the hills and far away, beyond the field we know -- you'll be THAT enchanted! In protective archival bag! NOTE: The book is lightly age-toned.

Spine creases. I note every flaw I find, so buy with confidence.

Mass Market Softcover. First Printing. 12mo (4.25 x 7 in.). In nice, lightly used condition. Solid binding, clean cover, clean pages that show light effects of aging. .Text edge is yellow-stained . Previous owner's address sticker on reverse of front cover. Front cover illustration by Mati Klarwein, an artist known for LP covers by Santana and Miles Davis. Publishers Weekly described the novel as "mindbending, at times hilarious, work of the imagination."

Wraps have light shelf-wear. Spine square and uncreased. Binding sound. Prior owner's name penned to inside front and back cover; prior seller's information rubber stamped to inside back cover; 'L-82' penned to top corners of first and last pages. Interior else clean, text unmarked. Cover art by Mati Klarwein.

First paperback edition/printing (1973 Ballantine 03164 Canadian Printing). Very Good Plus condition (PON inside front cover). New cover art by Klarwein. ".Arrive at Easterwine: The Autobiography of a Ktistec Machine (1971), the life story of a Computer/AI which also features in some stories." [JC] Encyclopedia of SF, 4th Ed. Internet.

PB in pictorial wrappers. 1st Printing. A very good copy in wraps.

Ballantine Original book number 03164-4 with $1.25 cover price. Cover illustration by Mati Klarwein. A fine and bright copy.

vg++ 1st THUS Readers Union 1978 edition hardcover with good dw In stock shipped from our UK warehouse

A very uncommon paperback original. 03164-4. A sharp, unread copy.

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Octavo, cloth backed boards. The life story of Epiktistes, a computer/AI which also features in some stories. A nearly fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket. (33632)

Green cloth boards with gilt titles to spine. Binding tight. Boards clean and corners square. Content clean and bright. A few light spots to endpapers. Jacket not clipped with mild edgewear and some spotting to front and back flaps. Not ex-library. No names, notes or inscriptions. 216 pp. All books are individually described. All overseas orders are sent airmail by Royal Mail International Tracked.

First UK and hardcover edition with unclipped dust jacket designed by Richard Weaver, in very good condition. Jacket is slightly sunned and marked, and edges are creased. Page block is lightly tanned. Pages are clear and unmarked throughout. LW

Mass market paperback. The wraps show only light wear. The pages show regular toning. Front page is flat signed by author. Otherwise a clean, solid, unmarked copy in VG condition. See Photos.

© 1971: A stand-alone novel by R A Lafferty. 1st printing of 1978 edition. UK SFBC #1137:- Synopsis: This is a swirling kaleidoscope of a novel, the exuberant, hilarious and wise testimony of an obsessively creative (ktistec) machine. Presiding over its own birth at the Institute for Impure Science, the machine Epiktistes, becomes the world's greatest perceiver, analyser and con-artist. His relationships with the members of the Institute - principals such as mighty Gaetan Balbo, explosive Gregory Smirnov, saber-souled Valery Mok, ubiquitous Aloysius Shiplap and others (including a man-eating tiger named Peter the Great) - educate Epikt to the best and zaniest of which man is capable. Armed with this and a deepening awareness of an evil force within him, Epikt sallies forth into the unsuspecting world seeking leadership, love and communication. 'Arrive At Easterwine' is the 'high journal' of that journey, a satiric, irreverent and unpredictable romp through history, mythology, theology and swarms of nutty people. As R A Lafferty puts it, this book is 'quite the best thing that any machine has ever done'. And Lafferty should know:- (original cost unknown).

SF novel. Fine copy in a fine dustjacket.

ARRIVE AT EASTERWINE: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A KTISTEC MACHINE AS CONVEYED TO R.A. LAFFERTY. 1977 First UK Edition. Book is in near fine condition, minimal shelf wear, tanned edge paper. Dust Jacket very good plus with light foxing to the inside, unclipped. Published by Dennis Dobson: London. Inv. U5C1.

NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1971. 1st edition with code A-6.71{C}. Hardcover 8vo. 216 pgs. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Light soil and wear to top edge of covers possibly from an insect. Light foxing spots to top edge and fore edge of textblock. Contents clean and binding sound. Jacket has slight wear. (science fiction, sci-fi) Inquire if you need further information.

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Hardback in Very Good+ condition with Very Good+ dust jacket. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 216 pages. A straight and solid copy. Not price clipped and no ownership markings. Very faint foxing spots to foredge and some very light rubbing to book edges. No fading to dust jacket. Quick shipping, excellent customer service. All books carefully packaged in boxes and ship with tracking information.

First edition hardcover signed by Lafferty to the title page. Upper spine and edge lightly bumped else tight and square. The DJ in mylar has the price covered with a small tape which states $6. 00. Also, DJ has a small ding to spine. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 216 pages; Signed by Author