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The Lordly Ones: Available Copies
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Lordly Ones : Seven Classic Stories by Roberts, Keith
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Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Vol 58, No 3 (Whole No. 346), March 1980 - Buoyant Ascent, The Lordly Ones, What of the Night?, Before Willows Ever Walked, Steele Wyoming, Secrets of the Heart, As a Color Shade Purple Grey, The Mindanao Deep, Etc by Hilbert Schenck, Keith Roberts, Manly Wade Wellman, Tom Godwin, Ron Goulart, Charles L Grant, David Lubkin, Robert F Young, Lee Killough, Gahan Wilson, Algis Budrys, Baird Searles, Isaac Asimov
Seller: El Pinarillo Books (Morden, United Kingdom)
Used Book—Condition: Fair
Book Price: $2.78
Shipping: $25.73
TOTAL Cost: $28.51
A fair bit of wear to cover, pages darkening. Contains: Buoyant Ascent (Schenck), The Lordly Ones (Roberts), What of the Night (Wade Wellman), Before Willows Ever Walked (Godwin), Steele Wyoming (Goulart), Secrets of the Heart (Grant), As a Color Shade of Purple Grey (Lubkin), The Mindanao Deep (Young), Achronos (Killough) and various bits and pieces
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Seller: AHA-BUCH GmbH (Einbeck, Germany) New Book
Book Price: $30.25
Shipping: $70.24
TOTAL Cost: $100.49
nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - First published in 1986, The Lordly Ones is a collection of seven stories by Keith Roberts, encompassing science fiction, fantasy, and ghost tales. The anthology includes:'The Lordly Ones''Ariadne Potts''Sphairistike''The Checkout''The Comfort Station''The Castle on the Hoop''Diva'In his review for White Dwarf magazine, Dave Langford praised the collection, stating, 'Only Roberts could write a moving and harrowing post-holocaust tale set in a public lavatory. and then write another. Recommended.'
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Kiteworld and The Lordly Ones by Keith Roberts
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Publisher: Victor Gollancz Ltd 1985-6, London (1985)
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA (Bath, United Kingdom)
Used Book—Condition: Fine
Book Price: $188.27
Shipping: $25.71
TOTAL Cost: $213.98
Two first edition works by Keith Roberts; with one being a science fiction novel and the other being an anthology of science fiction and fantasy stories. The first edition, first impression to both.In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrappers.A two volume set of works which includes 'kiteworld' and 'The Lordly One'.This two volume set features two science fiction works by Keith Roberts, an English author known for his science fiction stories, and sometimes wrote under his pseudonyms 'Alistair Bevan' and 'David Stringer'. This set includes 'Kiteworld', a novel where people fly kite ships to defend their land against demons, and 'The Lordly Ones', a collection of short science fiction stories. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrappers. Externally lovely. The wraps are also lovely with only the slightest handling marks. Internally firmly bound with clean and bright pages. Fine
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