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Great Science-Fiction & Fantasy Works
Science-fiction & fantasy literature: a critical list with discussions.
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Hot Wireless Sets: Available Copies
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Hot wireless sets, aspirin tablets, the sandpaper sides of used matchboxes, and something that might have been castor oil by Compton, D. G.
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780718108991
Publisher: Michael Joseph Ltd. (1971)
Seller: Aucott & Thomas (Ibstock, United Kingdom)
Used Book—Condition: Poor
Book Price: $19.79
Shipping: $20.02
TOTAL Cost: $39.81
Reading copy, an ex library hardback in a library binding, no inscriptions, in a dustjacket which has been laminated to the boards, front foldover stuck to rear endpaper 204 pages
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Hot Wireless Sets, Aspirin Tablets, the Sandpaper sides of used Matchboxes, and something that might have been Castor Oil by COMPTON D.G.
Hardcover
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Publisher: michael joseph london 1971 (1971)
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd. (Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $23.38
Shipping: $20.71
TOTAL Cost: $44.09
first edition 206pp VG+ octavo hardcover (black cloth,dealer's label to front pastedown,sl.foxing to prelims.and edges,sl.cocked) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and sunned,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.)
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Hot Wireless Sets, Aspirin Tablets, The Sandpaper Sides of Used Matchboxes, And Something That Might Have Been Castor Oil by Compton, D. G.
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780718108991
Publisher: Michael Joseph: London (1971)
Seller: COLD TONNAGE BOOKS (Colyton, DEVON, United Kingdom)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $60.49
Shipping: $20.02
TOTAL Cost: $80.51
SF novel: issued a year earlier in the US as an Ace paperback original (part of the Terry Carr-edited Ace Spacial series) under the title CHRONOCULES. Fine copy in a fine dustjacket.
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Hot Wireless Sets, Aspirin Tablets, the Sandpaper Sides of Used Matchboxes, and Something That Might Have Been Castor Oil by D. G. Compton
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780718108991
Publisher: Michael Joseph, London (1971)
Seller: SAVERY BOOKS (Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $37.37
Shipping: $49.38
TOTAL Cost: $86.75
HARDBACK IN JACKET 1971. 1st Edition. 206 pages. 19x13 cm. Clean & tight. No inscriptions. Flat pages. Jacket has a little edge wear. Front flap is not price-clipped: £2.00. Jacket is now under clear removable protective covers. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref N27. Hot Wireless Sets, Aspirin Tablets, the Sandpaper Sides of Used Matchboxes, and Something That Might Have Been Castor Oil by D.G. Compton. ISBN: 071810899X.
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HOT WIRELESS SETS, ASPIRIN TABLETS, THE SANDPAPER SIDES OF USED MATCHBOXES, AND SOMETHING THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN CASTOR OIL by Compton, D[avid] G[uy]
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780718108991
Publisher: Michael Joseph, London (1971)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB (Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $85.00
Shipping: $7.00
TOTAL Cost: $92.00
Octavo, boards. First British (and first hardcover) edition. Issued earlier in the U.S. as CHRONOCULES (1970). A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#1514)
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HOT WIRELESS SETS, ASPIRIN TABLETS, THE SANDPAPER SIDES OF USED MATCHBOXES, AND SOMETHING THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN CASTOR OIL by Compton, D[avid] G[uy]
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780718108991
Publisher: Michael Joseph, London (1971)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB (Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $85.00
Shipping: $7.00
TOTAL Cost: $92.00
Octavo, boards. First British (and first hardcover) edition. Issued earlier in the U.S. as CHRONOCULES (1970). A fine copy in fine dust jacket with touch of dust soiling to rear panel. (#76714)
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Hot Wireless Sets, Aspirin Tablets, the Sandpaper sides of used Matchboxes, and something that might have been Castor Oil by Compton, D. G.
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: Michael Joseph London 1971 (1971)
Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne (Melbourne, VIC, Australia)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $80.00
Shipping: $20.00
TOTAL Cost: $100.00
1st edition hardback with dust jacket Fine small octavo 210pp., Nice copy in like unclipped dust jacket
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