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Great Science-Fiction & Fantasy Works
Science-fiction & fantasy literature: a critical list with discussions.
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Heroics: Available Copies
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Below are all 11 responses from AbeBooks:
Heroics by George Alec Effinger
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: Doubleday (1979)
Seller: Clarkean Books (Stoney Creek, ON, Canada)
Used Book—Condition: Fine
Book Price: $7.00
Shipping: $11.00
TOTAL Cost: $18.00
First edition/printing. Book is in Fine condition with light remainder spray on BTE while the dust jacket is in Very Good condition with tear on front panel and overall wear.
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Seller: Wonder Book (Frederick, MD, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $25.04
Shipping: Free!
TOTAL Cost: $25.04
First edition copy. . Good dust jacket. Review copy card laid in. From the library of science fiction and fantasy writer, editor, publisher and prolific book reviewer D. Douglas Fratz. (Science Fiction)
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Heroics by Effinger, George Alec
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: Doubleday, Garden City (1979)
Seller: John Thompson (Winnipeg, MB, Canada)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $15.00
Shipping: $10.95
TOTAL Cost: $25.95
Solid with a slight spine lean and the covers show light wear. The dust jacket has a patch of light moisture wrinkling on the front, a few small tears, some tiny chips missing on the top and bottom of the spine, and otherwise the jacket shows light wear. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Seller: Uncle Hugo's SF/Uncle Edgar's Mystery (Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $20.00
Shipping: $8.00
TOTAL Cost: $28.00
Signed and personalized on the title page. Small bump to head of spine. Jacket rubbed.
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Heroics by Effinger, George Alec
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780385127233
Publisher: Doubleday Science Fiction, New York (1979)
Seller: Bailey Books (St.Albert, AB, Canada)
Used Book—Condition: Near Fine
Book Price: $15.00
Shipping: $15.00
TOTAL Cost: $30.00
Like new, appears unread and not remaindered. Interior is crisp, clean and solid. Bright clean titles to spine. Corners are sharp and square. Beautiful forest green boards. Clipped dustjacket is lightly bumped to extremities, micro-thin horizontal "slice" to spine with light shelfwear to show. Light purple remainder spray to the bottom edge.
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HEROICS by Effinger, George Alec.
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: New York: Doubleday, 1979. dj (1979)
Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams) (Ione, CA, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $29.50
Shipping: $4.95
TOTAL Cost: $34.45
Hardcover first edition - First printing. A symbolic excursion into the future - and the story of 82 year old Irene who sets out across a pastoral America towards California on a search for the author of a book on depression glass. Harlan Ellison called this "the best Effinger yet." Near fine in a very good dustjacket (light edgewear, soiling to dj.)
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Seller: Book Alley (Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Good
Book Price: $60.30
Shipping: $6.00
TOTAL Cost: $66.30
Good. Used with wear and edgewear and discoloration to cover but is still in solid reading condition. Pasadena's finest new and used bookstore since 1992.
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