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Speaking in Tongues: Available Copies
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Seller: Half Price Books Inc. (Dallas, TX, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $6.94
Shipping: $3.49
TOTAL Cost: $10.43
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!
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Seller: HPB-Emerald (Dallas, TX, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $6.94
Shipping: $3.75
TOTAL Cost: $10.69
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Seller: WeBuyBooks 2 (Rossendale, LANCS, United Kingdom)
Used Book—Condition: Good
Book Price: $3.58
Shipping: $10.37
TOTAL Cost: $13.95
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. A few small marks or stains to the page edges/pages . A tan to the page edges/pages
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Speaking in Tongues -by Ian McDonald ( Short Stories -inc. Gardenias; Rainmaker Cometh; Listen; Approaching Perpendicular; Floating Dogs; Atomic Avenue; Fronds; Winning; Toward Kilimanjaro; Fragments of an Analysis of a Case of Hysteria ) by McDonald, Ian
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780575050624
Publisher: London, UK: Gollancz SF, 1992, 1st Edition, First printing, London, England (1992)
Seller: Leonard Shoup (BURLINGTON, ON, Canada)
Used Book—Condition: Near Fine
Book Price: $14.95
Shipping: $4.99
TOTAL Cost: $19.94
----------( 1st printing of the First Edition ) ---hardcover, a Near Fine example in a Near Fine dustjacket with a wee bit of rubbing, a short story collection, this collects: Speaking in Tongues; Gardenias; Rainmaker Cometh; Listen; Approaching Perpendicular; Floating Dogs; Atomic Avenue; Fronds; Winning; Toward Kilimanjaro; Fragments of an Analysis of a Case of Hysteria, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo / ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE/// ---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)--- Size: 5.5w x 8.75h Inches
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Seller: Jeff 'n' Joys Quality Books (Redcar, United Kingdom)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $5.99
Shipping: $16.84
TOTAL Cost: $22.83
A paperback edition published by Victor Gollancz Science Fiction in very good condition for its age. Appears unread, however, there is quite heavy age tanning to the pages but the book remains eminently readable. The covers have little wear. This is Ian McDonald's first short story collection. The contents are: Gardenias; Rainmaker Cometh; Listen; Speaking in Tongues; Fragments of an Analysis of a Case of Hysteria; Approaching Pependicular; Floating Dogs; Atomic Avenue; Fronds; Winning; Toward Kilimanjaro. Packed weight 245 gms. IN STOCK FOR IMMEIDATE DESPATCH
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Speaking in Tongues [SIGNED] by Ian McDonald
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780575050624
Publisher: Victor Gollancz Ltd., London (1992)
Seller: Space Age Books LLC (Conroe, TX, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Fine
Book Price: $16.00
Shipping: $7.00
TOTAL Cost: $23.00
"First published in Great Britain 1991" on its copyright page. Signed on its title page, with no personalization or inscription, by author Ian McDonald. This book and its dust jacket are both in fine condition. The book's binding is sound and square, with no spine crease. Covers are unmarked and unworn, with bright gilt titles on its spine. Pages are unworn and otherwise unmarked. Not a remainder. Its dust jacket, now protected by a removable mylar cover, is whole, bright, unmarked, and unworn. I will ship this book in a moisture proof zip-loc bag, padded in bubble wrap, inside a sturdy box to assure it reaches its new owner in the same condition as my description.
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Seller: Books & Bobs (Deeside, FLINT, United Kingdom)
Used Book—Condition: Fine
Book Price: $13.35
Shipping: $12.89
TOTAL Cost: $26.24
Contents are tight, bright and clean, with no inscriptions, no foxing, and no remainder mark. Cover is in superb condition, with an uncreased/unbroken spine. An excellent condition book, perfect for any collector of sci-fi/fantasy books. 248pp. (11x18cm). Please contact us for any more information.
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Speaking in Tongues the photos in this listing are of the them offered for sale by McDonald, Ian
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780575050624
Publisher: Victor Gollancz Ltd, London (1992)
Seller: biblioboy (North Providence, RI, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Near Fine
Book Price: $20.00
Shipping: $7.00
TOTAL Cost: $27.00
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd. 1992. First Edition. Hardcover in Dust Jacket This copy has been signed by the author on the title page. 248 pages collecting 11 stories. A Near Fine copy with light shelf wear in Fine Dust Wrapper. See Photos clphE
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SPEAKING IN TONGUES by mcdonald, ian
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: London: Gollancz, 1992. first edition (1992)
Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS (webster, NY, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $23.00
Shipping: $6.95
TOTAL Cost: $29.95
fine hardcover, fine jacket, Collects 12 stories. "McDonald is . interested in anything but playing it safe . he's capable of achieving great effects with that prose . stories almost always original and challenging"- Locus, October 1992.
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SPEAKING IN TONGUES by McDonald, Ian
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: Victor Gollancz Ltd, London (1992)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (Laurel, MD, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $25.00
Shipping: $7.00
TOTAL Cost: $32.00
Octavo, boards. Collects twelve stories, the author's second collection of short fiction. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (29143)
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Speaking in Tongues by McDonald, Ian
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780575050624
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co (1992)
Seller: Tall Stories Book & Print Gallery (ROCK HILL, SC, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $30.00
Shipping: $5.75
TOTAL Cost: $35.75
Hardcover first edition with intact dust jacket and firm straight spine. Book has minimal signs of shelf or handling wear. Dust Jacket is protected by a Mylar Wrap. Pages are free of Highlighting or writing.
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SPEAKING IN TONGUES by McDonald, Ian
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780575050624
Publisher: Victor Gollancz Ltd, London (1992)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB (Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $35.00
Shipping: $6.00
TOTAL Cost: $41.00
Octavo, boards. First edition. The author's second collection of short fiction. Collects twelve stories. Includes "Speaking in Tongues," McDonald's most famous early story. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#169659)
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Speaking in Tongues by McDonald, Ian
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780575050624
Publisher: Gollancz, London (1992)
Seller: Transformer (Glasgow, United Kingdom)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $16.02
Shipping: $33.69
TOTAL Cost: $49.71
248pp. 8.8 inches. Black buckram, gilt titles, bump to tail of spine, and lightly to top, lightly foxed tops, else as new. Internally, no owner's marks, spot on titlepage, else pristine. In original black and silver jacket, vg, light overall wear, creases at spine extremities. Collects 12 short stories on diverse themes: teleportation for transcendental kicks.the literature of artificial intelligence.premonitions of the Holocaust in Freud's Vienna.etc. 420g. (Science fiction, Fantasy) Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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9 VOLUMES: Empire Dreams; Out on Blue Six; Speaking in Tongues; The Broken Land; Hearts, Hands and Voices; Scissors Cut Paper Wrap Stone; Evolution's Shore; Brasyl; Luna: New Moon -by Ian McDonald by ( NINE VOLUMES ) McDonald, Ian ( all Signed and Inscribed )
Paperback
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Publisher: New York / London / Amherst, N.Y.:1988, 1989, 1992, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2009, 2016, 1st Edition or 1st Edition Thus, First printing, New York, NY / London, England (2016)
Seller: Leonard Shoup (BURLINGTON, ON, Canada)
Used Book—Condition: Near Fine
Book Price: $59.95
Shipping: $4.99
TOTAL Cost: $64.94
-----------9 VOLUMES (ONE SHIPPING CHARGE although extra shipping might be required depending upon destination ---if an issue please inquire before ordering), paperbacks and trade paperbacks, all are Near Fine or better, all are signed and inscribed by Ian McD (all to John with various greetings/thanks/ etc), ---Brasyl, tp, Prometheus Books, 2009, 1st printing, about 6w x 9h inches /// Luna: New Moon, tp, TOR, 2016, 1st printing, about 6w x 9h inches /// Evolution's Shore, tp, Bantam Spectra, 1995, 1st edition, about 6w x 9h inches /// The Broken land, tp, Bantam Spectra, 1992, 1st edition, about 6w x 9h inches /// Speaking in Tongues, pb, Bantam Spectra, 1992, 1st edition, about 4.25w x 7h inches /// Scissors Cut Paper Wrap Stone, pb, Bantam Spectra, 1994, 1st edition, about 4.25w x 7h inches /// Empire Dreams, pb, Bantam Spectra, 1988, 1st edition, about 4.25w x 7h inches /// Out on Blue Six, pb, Bantam Spectra, 1989, 1st edition, about 4.25w x 7h inches /// Hearts, Hands and Voices, pb, VGSF (Gollancz -UK), 1st printing, about 4.25w x 7h inches , any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE/// ---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)--- Size: See Description
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