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The Blue World: Available Copies
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The Blue World by Jack Vance
Paperback
ISBN: 9780345257840
Publisher: Ballantine Del Rey (1977)
Seller: Once Upon A Time Books (Siloam Springs, AR, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Good
Book Price: $3.70
Shipping: $3.95
TOTAL Cost: $7.65
This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear . This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear .
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Seller: HPB-Diamond (Dallas, TX, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $7.95
Shipping: $3.75
TOTAL Cost: $11.70
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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The Blue World by Jack Vance
Paperback
ISBN:
Publisher: Ballantine Books, New York (1966)
Seller: Prairie Creek Books LLC. (Torrington, WY, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $7.00
Shipping: $5.00
TOTAL Cost: $12.00
VG/none, used, color illustrated stiff paper wraps, 190pp plus ads to rear. Interior clean, no marks, pages toning, binding tight. Slight rubbing to wraps, no chips or tears, corners lightly rubbed, paper rubbed at the head and tail of the spine.
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The Blue World by Jack Vance
Paperback
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Publisher: Ballantine Books, New York, NY (1966)
Seller: LONG BEACH BOOKS, INC. (Long Beach, NY, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Good
Book Price: $8.00
Shipping: $4.50
TOTAL Cost: $12.50
Ballantine book #U2169. The Blue World was a beautiful world except for one thing. The massive abundance of the ocean spawned far more than food and sustenance for the puny humans living on its surface. The Floats were in constant danger from the ravaging attacks of great sea creatures against which there was no defense. Wear at edges with a few small tears, reading creases, some creases on book, some soiling, rubbed, light interior browning. Size: 4 1/4" x 7"
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THE BLUE WORLD. (Ballantine Book # U2169 );. by Vance, Jack. (pseudonym John Holbrook Vance)
Paperback
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Publisher: Ballantine Books, USA (1966)
Seller: Comic World (Steinbach, MB, Canada)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $7.99
Shipping: $6.95
TOTAL Cost: $14.94
190 pages."It wouldn't be easy for Sklar Hast to kill a sea monster that refused to die!" >> Cover creasing; staining to cover; Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
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The Blue World by Jack Vance
Paperback
ISBN: 9780345257840
Publisher: Del Rey (1977)
Seller: Fleur Fine Books (Port Neches, TX, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $8.95
Shipping: $6.55
TOTAL Cost: $15.50
Del Rey. Used; Very Good. Del Rey 1977 MMP. Text is clean and unmarked. Covers have light wear. Spine is uncreased. Book Condition: Very Good . 1977. MASS MARKET PAPERBACK.
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The Blue World by Vance, Jack
Paperback
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Publisher: Daw Books, Inc. (1983)
Seller: The Book Bin (Salem, OR, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $10.00
Shipping: $5.50
TOTAL Cost: $15.50
Daw SF #527. Wraps lightly toned and edgeworn. Spine uncreased. Binding sound. Pages lightly toned to margins, text unmarked. With cover art by David Mattingly.
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Seller: Book Deals (Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Fine
Book Price: $16.38
Shipping: Free!
TOTAL Cost: $16.38
Like New condition. Great condition, but not exactly fully crisp. The book may have been opened and read, but there are no defects to the book, jacket or pages. 0.49
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THE BLUE WORLD by vance, jack
Paperback
ISBN:
Publisher: NY: Ballantine Books (Ballantine SF Original, U2169, 50Ã ), 1966. Pictorial wrappers. first edition (2169)
Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS (webster, NY, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $10.00
Shipping: $6.95
TOTAL Cost: $16.95
, , "Epic adventure in futuro-exotic setting. Effective presentation of ecology and resulting life-style from 'criminal' beginnings."- Barron AW, 3-378. "'His talent for extracting exotic flavours from commonplace terms has seldom been better used'- James Cawthorn, New Worlds."- Pringle Ultimate SF, 45 ***. "JV's talent for naming the people and places in his stories (a mixture of exotic invented terms and commonplace words with the right resonance) contributed to the sense that dream ethnographies were being carved, almost as a gardner would create topiary. Three novels . show these talents at their fullest stretch: The Blue World"- CN SF Encyclo, pp 1264-6., paperback,
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THE BLUE WORLD by Vance, Jack
Paperback
ISBN:
Publisher: Ballantine Books, Inc., New York (1966)
Seller: Robert Gavora, Fine & Rare Books, ABAA (Talent, OR, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $10.00
Shipping: $7.00
TOTAL Cost: $17.00
Publisher's book number U2169. Nebula nominee, 1966. Referenced in Barron, Anatomy of Wonder 1987, 3-378. A very good copy.
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