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Ascendancies: Available Copies

Crease on the back inside flap of the DJ.

Advance reading copy. Faded spine; bumped a little at the heel of the spine.

From the heavens fell a wondrous substance - and a deadly plague! 224 pages. CONDITION: a bright, tight, square, unmarked, uncreased, likely unread copy with negligible shelf-wear - now in a clear, protective polypropylene bag.

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

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

Very Good condition.

Mass market paperback, 224 pages; gently used, not abused, but spine creased and slanted, rubbing along cover edges, two store stamps inside front cover, pages age toned, otherwise clean and unmarked. See also our listing for Compton's Chronocules (buy two or more and save on postage!).

New York: Berkley Publishing Corporation / G. P. Putnam's Sons 1980 Hardcover. 0399124845 First US edition. "It is 1998. For fifteen years, Earth has been blessed with a gift from the gods: Moondrift, a monthly fall of a dustlike substance which, if collected and processed within forty-eight hours, provides a perfectly clean, safe source of energy". 224 pages. Owner's name stamped to the top edge else Near Fine copy in Near Fine jacket. See photos clph Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket

[1st printing](1980) Dj photo by Alexander Wilensky. Tanning; edgewear.

First edition. Very good or better in an about Very good dust jacket. Tiny ink mark on end paper. Dustwrapper rubbed with tearing along edges, browning, some wear.

Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDFirst edition. Very good in torn lightly soiled dust jacket.

Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDNear fine in near fine dust jacket. First edition

Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDScience Fiction; Good used mass market paperback, may have some tanning due to age, clean pages, prompt shipping and tracking

Referenced in Barron, Anatomy of Wonder 1987, 4-142. Fine in fine and bright dust jacket with light crimping at the head of the spine panel.

Octavo, boards. First U.S. edition. "Energy-giving 'manna' falls from the sky. The world's economy booms, but then people start disappearing mysteriously." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 20. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 4-142. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#1510)

Octavo, printed wrappers. Advance copy (uncorrected proof) of the first U.S. edition. "Energy-giving 'manna' falls from the sky. The world's economy booms, but then people start disappearing mysteriously." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 20. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 4-142. A fine copy. (#22024)

Shelf 454 Text clean; book tight; DJ has a wee bit of very light browning; Not a book club (BC)copy. No previous owner name, not ex library, not a remainder, smoke free. PHOTOS POSTED WITH OUR BOOKS ARE STOCK AND DO NOT NECESSARILY REFLECT CONDITION OR EDITION OF BOOK OFFERED FOR SALE. WE DO NOT POST THE PHOTOS.

Review slip laid in. As new, never read.

Barron, Anatomy of Wonder 1987, 4-142. Fine in fine and bright dust jacket.

Hardcover first edition, 1980, Gollancz, London UK. This book is in very good condition - number stamped on ffep; mild edge wear to boards; slight tilt to spine. The dust jacket is in very good condition - not price-clipped; mild edge wear with very small closed tear at top and bottom of spine at the back; some crumpling to jacket.

Octavo, boards. First edition. "Energy-giving 'manna' falls from the sky. The world's economy booms, but then people start disappearing mysteriously." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 20. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 4-142. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#1509)

Octavo, boards. First edition. "Energy-giving 'manna' falls from the sky. The world's economy booms, but then people start disappearing mysteriously." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 20. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 4-142. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#169578)

Ascendancies by D. G. Compton (First UK Edition) Gollancz File Copy A sharp bright unread copy. A bright yellow jacket with a minor closed tear to cover edge.

COMPTON, D.G. ASCENDANCIES. NY: Berkley Publishing Company, [1980]. 8vo., black cloth in dust jacket. First Edition. Signed by Compton on the title page. A novel by one of England's foremost creator's of speculative fiction. Near fine (faint dampstain lower edge of rear cover); related shallow dampstain to the bottom edge of the rear panel d/j. $85.00.

Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.