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The Man from Beyond: Available Copies
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Man from Beyond and Other Stories by John Wyndham
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Publisher: Michael Joseph Ltd (1975)
Seller: World of Rare Books (Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom)
Used Book—Condition: Fair
Book Price: $32.05
Shipping: $6.25
TOTAL Cost: $38.30
1975. No Edition Remarks. 283 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Pictorial laminated paper covered boards. Ex-Library copy, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Slight cracking to hinges, with exposed netting, front free endpaper loose. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends.
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Fantastic Story Quarterly Vol.1 No.2 Summer 1950 (The Exile of the Skies; The Last Planet; The Man From Beyond; The Light Bender; The Bore; A Thief in Time; The Moon and Mr. Wick) by Fantastic Story Quarterly Vol.1 No.2 Summer 1950 (Richard Vaughan; R.F. Starzl; John Wyndham as John Beynon Harris; Frank K. Kelly; James Blish; Raymond A. Young; Jack Williamson)
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Publisher: Springfield: Best Books Summer 1950 Pulp Magazine, Springfield (1950)
Seller: N & A Smiles (Kellerberrin, WA, Australia)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $18.00
Shipping: $30.00
TOTAL Cost: $48.00
VG+ Edges trimmed & slightly frayed, spine ends worn, 3" split to bottom of spine. Reprints of 1930's pulp magazine stories.
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The Man From Beyond and Other Stories by Wyndham, John (1903-1969)
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780718113209
Publisher: Michael Joseph (1975), London (1975)
Seller: Renaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB (Dunedin, New Zealand)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $60.00
Shipping: $30.00
TOTAL Cost: $90.00
School prize label on frotn endpaper (awarded to S. P. Kilroy, 7th Form, Jupp Memorial Essay Prize). Gilt school coat-of arms on front board. Dust-jacket is price-clipped. Some rubbing to dust-jacket. Dust-jacket protected in archival cover. ; 283, [3 (blank)] pages. Black boards with silver lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 196 x 121mm. Dust-jacket art by Richard Inglis & Associates. A collection of 12 science fiction stories. Contents: The Lost Machine (1932); The Man From Beyond (1934); The Perfect Creature (1937); The Trojan Beam (1939); Vengeance by Proxy (1940); Adaptation (1949); Pawley's Peepholes (1951); The Red Stuff (1951); And the Walls Came Tumbling Down (1951); Dumb Martian (1952); Close Behind Him (1953); The Emptiness of Space (1960). This selection was originally published as "The Best of John Wyndham" by Sphere Books, London in 1973. [Reference: John Clute. "Wyndham, John". The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction edited by John Clute and David Langford. Reading: Ansible Editions, updated 19 August 2024. Web. Accessed 8 November 2024.]
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The Man From beyond and other Stories. by Wyndham, John.
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780718113209
Publisher: Michael Joseph. London. (1975)
Seller: Richard Peterson-Bookseller (Kingston, ON, Canada)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $75.00
Shipping: $15.83
TOTAL Cost: $90.83
Both the book & the dust jacket have very, very light wear on the spine tips, otherwise clean, bright & unmarked. The binding is tight. Not price clipped.
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The Man From Beyond and other stories. by John Wyndham.
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780718113209
Publisher: Michael Joseph, London 1975 (1975)
Seller: ROBIN SUMMERS BOOKS LTD (Aldeburgh, United Kingdom)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $66.77
Shipping: $25.93
TOTAL Cost: $92.70
First edition. Hardback. Light wear to cloth, otherwise very good indeed in a very slightly used, price-clipped dust jacket with one edge nick. Inscription to pastedown.
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