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The Blind Worm: Available Copies
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Seed of The Dreamers/ The Blind Worm (Ace Double 06707) by Emil Petaja; Brian Stableford
Hardcover
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Publisher: Ace Books ()
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta (AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Good
Book Price: $7.98
Shipping: Free!
TOTAL Cost: $7.98
Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.2
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Seller: Half Price Books Inc. (Dallas, TX, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $4.99
Shipping: $3.49
TOTAL Cost: $8.48
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: $4.99
Shipping: $3.75
TOTAL Cost: $8.74
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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Seed of the Dreamers / The Blind Worm (Ace Double) by Petaja, Emil (Author); Stableford, Brian M. (Author)
Paperback
ISBN:
Publisher: Ace Books, New York, New York (1970)
Seller: Adventures Underground (Richland, WA, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $5.00
Shipping: $5.99
TOTAL Cost: $10.99
Light shelf wear and shelf lean with faint rubbing to the covers and color loss near the top end of the spine. Very light tanning to the inside of the covers with slight creasing to the rear hinge.
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The Blind Worm & Seed of the Dreamers by Brian M. Stableford & Emil Petaja
Paperback
ISBN:
Publisher: Ace Books, New York (1970)
Seller: Cameron-Wolfe Booksellers (Taos, NM, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Near Fine
Book Price: $6.50
Shipping: $4.75
TOTAL Cost: $11.25
Ace Double # 06707. Stunning early Stableford: "Viciously they battled throughout time and the universe - pseudo-man and animal-machine. Their quest was Earth, but they were willing to ravage even that for power." 149 pages. It's paired with a strong Petaja space-opera: "Brad Mantee, starcop ---a madman had stolen his ship, and with it, the secret that could cost him his career - at the very least." 103+ pages. CONDITION: a bright, tight, square, unmarked, uncreased, possibly unread copy with minimal edge- and corner-wear, plus a bit of age-tanning to the insides of the covers - now in a clear, protective polypropylene bag. NOTE: This small item will be shipped with a complimentary upgrade to trackable First Class on domestic (US) orders.
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Seed of the Dreamers / The Blind Worm by Petaja, Emil / Brian M. Stableford
Paperback
ISBN:
Publisher: Ace, United States (1970)
Seller: John Thompson (Winnipeg, MB, Canada)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $5.50
Shipping: $10.95
TOTAL Cost: $16.45
Solid with creases on the spine, corner creases on the covers, and the cover prices have been neatly blotted out with felt pen ink on the covers and spine.
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The Blind Worm / Seed of the Dreamers by Stableford, Brian M.; Petaja, Emil
Paperback
ISBN:
Publisher: Ace Books, New York (1970)
Seller: arbour books (Ladysmith, BC, Canada)
Used Book—Condition: Good
Book Price: $7.75
Shipping: $12.99
TOTAL Cost: $20.74
Minor corner rubbing; light crease to the spine; small chipping to the spine top. Text is clean. 2-in-1, Ace Double, 149 + 103 pages. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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Seed of the Dreamers/Blind Worm by Petaja, Emil/Stableford, Brian
Paperback
ISBN:
Publisher: Ace (1970)
Seller: The Book Bin (Salem, OR, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Good
Book Price: $20.00
Shipping: $5.50
TOTAL Cost: $25.50
> SIGNED by Author. Signed by Emil Petaja on the title page of Seed of the Dreamers. Ace Double with The Blind Worm by Brian M Stableford. Interior is straight with mild age toning. Inking to bottom and top of edges. Spine has a few reading creases. Covers have some mild rubbing. Interior is clean, firm to the spine. All pages attached.
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THE BLIND WORM, bound with SEED OF THE DREAMERS by Stableford, Brian M., and Emil Petaja
Paperback
ISBN:
Publisher: Ace Books / Ace Publishing Co., New York (1970)
Seller: Robert Gavora, Fine & Rare Books, ABAA (Talent, OR, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Fine
Book Price: $20.00
Shipping: $7.00
TOTAL Cost: $27.00
Ace Double book number 06707, with 75¢ cover price. Covers illustrated by Jack Gaughan and Gray Morrow. Receiving stamp on the first page of the Petaja title. A fine and bright copy.
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The Blind Worm / Seed of the Dreamers by Stableford, Brian / Petaja, Emil
Paperback
ISBN:
Publisher: Ace Books, New York, New York, U.S.A. (1970)
Seller: Stuart W. Wells III (Norwalk, CT, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Fine
Book Price: $25.00
Shipping: $5.00
TOTAL Cost: $30.00
Original price $0.75; Ace Double #06707; 14th of 56 non-letter series back to back "Ace Doubles", published Feb. 1970: The Blind Worm:149 pages, cover art by Jack Gaughan, signed by Gaughan; Seed of the Dreamers: 103 pages, cover art by Gray Morrow
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The Blind Worm by Brian M. Stableford
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780283980824
Publisher: Sidgwick & Jackson (1970)
Seller: Barclay Books (York, WA, Australia)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $12.95
Shipping: $28.50
TOTAL Cost: $41.45
1970, First edition. A near fine copy only marked by a small stain and a discrete previous owners blind stamp on the front free endpaper. The d/w is unclipped and also near fine with only superficial rubbing/staining on the front panel.
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The Blind Worm by Stableford, Brian
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780283980824
Publisher: Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd (1970)
Seller: WeBuyBooks (Rossendale, LANCS, United Kingdom)
Used Book—Condition: Good
Book Price: $35.29
Shipping: $10.27
TOTAL Cost: $45.56
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.
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The Blind Worm by Stableford, Brian
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780283980824
Publisher: Sidgwick & Jackson, London (1970)
Seller: PsychoBabel & Skoob Books (Didcot, United Kingdom)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $33.68
Shipping: $12.43
TOTAL Cost: $46.11
First edition, signed by author on title page. Light shelf and handling wear, minor scuffing and scoring to jacket. Boards very clean, pages tightly bound, content in 'as unread' condition.
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Ace Double Eleven (11) Collectible Paperback Book Lot, including: Recoil DOS Lallia; Tramontaine DOS The Wrecks of Time; Alien Sea DOS C.O.D. Mars; Beyond Capella DOS The Electric Sword-Swallowers; The Blind Worm DOS Seed of the Dreamers; The High Hex DOS The Rim Gods; Alton's Unguessable DOS The Ships of Durostorum; Life with Lancelot DOS Hunting on Kunderer; A Yank at Valhalla DOS The Sun Destroyers; A Promising Planet DOS Flower of Doradil, and; Final War and Other Fantasies (Collection) DOS Treasure of Tau Ceti by Claude and Rhoda Nunes, E. C. Tubb, Michael Moorcock, Emil Petaja, John Rackham, Kenneth Bulmer, Brian M. Stableford, Laurence M. Janifer and S. J. Treibich, A. Bertram Chandler, Jeff Sutton, John T. Phillifent (John Rackham), William Barton, Edmond Hamilton, Ross Rocklynne, Jeremy Strike, (Barry Malzberg) K. M. O'Donnell
Paperback
ISBN:
Publisher: Ace ()
Seller: Clarkean Books (Stoney Creek, ON, Canada)
Used Book—Condition: Near Fine
Book Price: $69.00
Shipping: $11.00
TOTAL Cost: $80.00
Nice eleven Ace Double paperback grouping (1960's to 70's), all unread in about Near Fine condition - some are first edition/printings paperback originals (PBO) and some are reprints. All with fabulous cover art work. The Ace catalog numbers are: 71082, H-36, H-40, 05595, 06707, 72400, 76096, 48245, 93900, 24100, and 23775. Eleven books, one shipping price.
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