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Getting Into Death and Other Stories: Available Copies
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Getting into Death and Other Stories. by DISCH, Thomas M.
Hardcover
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Publisher: NY: Knopf, (1976)
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA (Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $25.00
Shipping: $2.50
TOTAL Cost: $27.50
227 pp. Fine in near fine dust jacket with just a touch of sunning to spine.
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GETTING INTO DEATH AND OTHER STORIES by Disch, Thomas M.
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780394498034
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York (1976)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB (Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $25.00
Shipping: $7.00
TOTAL Cost: $32.00
Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First edition. A solid collection of Disch's stories from the late 1960s and early 1970s. Standouts include the title story and "The Asian Shore." Content differs considerably from that of the 1973 British collection of the same title, which is not a strong collection. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-99. Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 154. Survey of Science Fiction Literature V, pp. 2060-4. Mild bump to upper rear fore-edge corner, a nearly fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket with faint matching bruise. (#169167)
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GETTING INTO DEATH AND OTHER STORIES by Disch, Thomas M.
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780394498034
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York (1976)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB (Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $45.00
Shipping: $7.00
TOTAL Cost: $52.00
Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First edition. A solid collection of Disch's stories from the late 1960s and early 1970s. Standouts include the title story and "The Asian Shore." Content differs considerably from that of the 1973 British collection of the same title, which is not a strong collection. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-99. Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 154. Survey of Science Fiction Literature V, pp. 2060-4. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#93751)
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GETTING INTO DEATH AND OTHER STORIES by Disch, Thomas M.
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780394498034
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York (1976)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB (Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $45.00
Shipping: $7.00
TOTAL Cost: $52.00
Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First edition. A solid collection of Disch's stories from the late 1960s and early 1970s. Standouts include the title story and "The Asian Shore." Content differs considerably from that of the 1973 British collection of the same title, which is not a strong collection. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-99. Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 154. Survey of Science Fiction Literature V, pp. 2060-4. A fine copy in fine dust jacket with some vertical rubbing with no loss of color from the printing press feed roller (?) during the print run, a fault common to the printing of the jacket for this book -- as well as jackets for many, many other modern books. (#152168)
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GETTING INTO DEATH AND OTHER STORIES by Disch, Thomas M.
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York (1976)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (Laurel, MD, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $50.00
Shipping: $7.00
TOTAL Cost: $57.00
Octavo, cloth backed boards. Good collection of stories from late 1960s - early 1970s. Content differs quite a bit from that of the 1973 British collection of the same title, many consider this a better body of work. [Reference: Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-99. Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 154. Survey of Science Fiction Literature V, pp. 2060-4]. A fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with a tiny nick to the lower front panel. (22947)
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Getting into death and other stories by Disch, Thomas M
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780394498034
Publisher: Knopf : distributed by Random Ho (1976)
Seller: Books From California (Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $65.00
Shipping: $4.99
TOTAL Cost: $69.99
Signed. First Edition. Stated first edition. Signed by the author on the title page without inscription. Dust Jacket is in a removable clear plastic (Brodart) protector, shows light tanning. Pages are clean. A copy in fine condition.
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GETTING INTO DEATH AND OTHER STORIES by Disch, Thomas M.
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York (1976)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (Laurel, MD, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $65.00
Shipping: $7.00
TOTAL Cost: $72.00
Octavo, cloth backed boards. Good collection of stories from late 1960s - early 1970s. Content differs quite a bit from that of the 1973 British collection of the same title, many consider this a better body of work. [Reference: Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-99. Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 154. Survey of Science Fiction Literature V, pp. 2060-4]. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (17857)
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Getting Into Death and Other Stories - U.S. Edition by Thomas M. Disch
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: Knopf (1976)
Seller: Clarkean Books (Stoney Creek, ON, Canada)
Used Book—Condition: Fine
Book Price: $60.00
Shipping: $14.00
TOTAL Cost: $74.00
First U. S. edition/printing (and thus). Book and jacket (in a protector) each in Fine condition- a sharp copy. Signed by Disch! Collection by the remarkable Disch. Contents differ substantially from the 1973 UK. edition with the same title.
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Getting Into Death And Other Stories (inscribed by the author) by Disch, Thomas M.
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780394498034
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf: NY (1976)
Seller: COLD TONNAGE BOOKS (Colyton, DEVON, United Kingdom)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $115.75
Shipping: $20.31
TOTAL Cost: $136.06
Short story collection: contents differs greatly to the collection brought out under the same title in the UK three years earlier. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Fine copy in a fine dustjacket (as new) with just a little spine fade.
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