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Children of the Wind: Available Copies

Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

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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!

May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less

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

May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ 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

Corners are bent. Used - Good

Binding tight. Pages bright and unmarked except for a former owner name written in small, neat pen on front endpaper. Cover has light shelf wear, a couple creases near corners. Spine straight, uncreased, and has a couple scuffs and folds near the top and a bump at the bottom. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 263 pages

Jacket has light edgewear. Boards have only minor shelfwear. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Minor edgewear; minor soling on the edges of the page block.

HrdCvr with dj, both are VG with some wear along the edges of the dj, five novellas which are "Children of the Wind", "The Gorgon Field", "A Brother to Dragons, a Companion of Owls", "The Blue ladies" and "The Girl Who Fell into the Sky", author is a masterful fantasist and one of science fictions premier storytellers, 8vo, 263 p

Mild general wear. Pages clean. Binding sound.

PB/pub.1989/Fair condition/263 pages - This whole text is a pleasure even when it causes pain. Five books in one. [AT127526]

Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. An apparently unread copy in perfect condition. Dust cover is intact with no nicks or tears. Spine has no signs of creasing. Pages are clean and not marred by notes or folds of any kind.

First printing thus. Very clean and tight vintage paperback. Some mild shelf wear to covers, otherwise very nearly Fine. Pages are clean and unmarked, with a touch of toning only, and no writing, no soiling, and no foxing. Binding is tight. Includes the Nebula Award-winning "The Girl Who Fell into the Sky"

Very good hardcover with good dust jacket

Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDVery good. Some creasing. *

A fine hardcover in a fair dust jacket. Good straight tight binding with no remainder marks. Dust jacket has general signs of wear, scratch marks to front and back covers. A collection of the authors stories.

(Book Club--unstated) Sturdy book, black covers, very bright gilt lettering on spine, 263 pages. DJ glossy with color-illustration of two persons wrapped in colorful quilt with blue sky all around them. Very FineDJ/ Very Fine book.

1st UK edition. Collection of 5 novellas, including the title story and the Nebula Award winning "The Girl who Fell into the Sky." SIGNED on the title page by the author. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

Ex-library book, usual marking. Clean copy in good condition. With Dust Cover. Quick dispatch from UK seller.

8.5 x 5.5", boards, spine ends bumped, textblock a bit toned else a nice copy in a rubbed and lightly edge-worn dustjacket. FIRST EDITION, REVIEW COPY (with printed page from publisher present), SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE TITLE PAGE. SCARCE.

Octavo, boards. First edition. Collects five novellas, "The Girl Who Fell Into the Sky," winner of the 1986 Nebula award, "The Gorgon Field," "The Blue Ladies," "A Brother to Dragons, a Companion to Owls," and "Children of the Wind," the last first published here. Hartwell, 200 Significant SF Books by Women, 1984-2001. A fine copy in fine dust jacket priced $16.95 on the front flap. (#5378)

Octavo, boards. First edition. Collects five novellas, "The Girl Who Fell Into the Sky," winner of the 1986 Nebula award, "The Gorgon Field," "The Blue Ladies," "A Brother to Dragons, a Companion to Owls," and "Children of the Wind," the last first published here. "Five longish SF and fantasy tales . They're well written, but most of them seem to blend their mainstream and genre elements rather uneasily." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), pp. 64-65. "She ends stories in the way a bad housekeeper ends dust, by sweeping them under thje carpet." - John Clute. Hartwell, 200 Significant SF Books by Women, 1984-2001. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#169633)