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The Old Gods Waken: Available Copies

very good ,looks near fine, but rear lower edge has faint damp marks jacket only, NO BOOK

near fine, tiny closed rear edge slit jacket only, NO BOOK

fine, unused jacket only, NO BOOK

Former Library Copy Dust Jacket Preserved in Mylar

fine book, fine jacket,

fine book in a fine dust jacket

USED book in ACCEPTABLE condition. Cover and pages are in tact but may show creases, tears, water damage, handwriting, underlining, or highlighting. Supplemental items such as access codes and CDs not guaranteed.

Stated first edition hardcover. Hint of bumping to spine else tight and square, appears unread. The DJ in mylar is slightly toned to spine with a minor tiny closed edge tear. ; Silver John; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 186 pages

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BCE. Spine canted. Binding solid, pages crisp and clean, no markings found. Dust jacket spine and back toned with a few spill spots and stains with tide marks and some waviness, small chip, front side lightly toned but bright and shiny with light scuffs and dents. Extremities lightly bumped with minimal tip wear. Ships within 24-48 hours via media mail.

This book is in almost Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. There is some light foxing / ground-in dirt to the top edge of the text block. The dust jacket is mostly crisp and clean, with some very light ground-in dirt. There is a small semi-closed edge tear to the bottom edge of the rear "Wellman wrote two science fiction novels in the sixties Island in the Sky and also Candle of the Wicked (1960) ; which novelized the events leading up to the discovery of the Bender killings. His Captain Future novel The Solar Invasion was reprinted in paperback. However his best-known series dates from this period and comprises stories featuring the Appalachian woodsman and minstrel hero known as "John". These were first published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. The first stories of John were collected in Who Fears the Devil? (1963) , based on the personal enthusiasm of August Derleth. Although Wellman only ever called the character "John" or "John the guitar picker", his later publishers Doubleday and Dell labelled the series Silver John as they felt the name was a better way of marketing the books. " (from Wikipedia)

Octavo, boards. The first Silver John (John the Balladeer) novel. "John (whose last name is never given) is one of the few truly original series characters in contemporary dark fantasy: a quiet temperate man who has had a taste of the modern world and rejected it in favor of the homely pleasures and superstitions of the rural South . For the most part . the stories are successful attempts to work folklore and legends from the Civil War and the American Revolution into dark fantasy narratives . [In this novel] John thwarts a cult attempting to resuscitate supernatural forces that predate the settling of the country by Native Americans . [The John stories and novels] crystalize ideas for supernatural fiction that Wellman had been tackling as far back as the 1930s in WEIRD TALES and thus serve as an important bridge between the early modern horror tradition and contemporary dark fantasy." - Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 6-384 [Reference: Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-317. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature IV, pp. 1744-48. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-221]. A fine copy in a very good to nearly fine dust jacket with "File Copy" label affixed to base of spine panel, closed tear at lower front flap fold with some creasing and a tiny edge tear. (From the collection of a long time book editor who worked with Wellman). (33981)

Slight shelf wear to the dust jacket, cover, and spine. Binding remains tight and pages are clean and unbent. Dust jacket protector applied to prevent further wear.

Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less

May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less

May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less

FINE in fine dust jacket. Book Club Edition. Dust jacket is bright and clean -- no sunning or toning. Very mild -- if any -- edge wear. Binding tight and square, no loose pages. Unmarked, unclipped.

fine book, fine jacket, like new, signed,

The Old Gods Waken by Manly Wade Wellman. Signed cut signature pasted in on half title page. Hardcover first edition published in 1979 by Doubleday & Company.

A fine 1st impression in a near fine dustwrapper. The wrapper shows some toning on the rear panel.

186 pages, 8vo. SIGNED by Manly Wade Wellman on title page. Jacket price unclipped. Stated First Edition. Minor shelfwear. DJ in mylar. Tight binding, no marks. Volume is in Very Good-plus condition.

Octavo, boards. First edition. The first Silver John novel. "John (whose last name is never given) is one of the few truly original series characters in contemporary dark fantasy: a quiet temperate man who has had a taste of the modern world and rejected it in favor of the homely pleasures and superstitions of the rural South . For the most part . the stories are successful attempts to work folklore and legends from the Civil War and the American Revolution into dark fantasy narratives . [In this novel] John thwarts a cult attempting to resuscitate supernatural forces that predate the settling of the country by Native Americans . [The John stories and novels] crystalize ideas for supernatural fiction that Wellman had been tackling as far back as the 1930s in WEIRD TALES and thus serve as an important bridge between the early modern horror tradition and contemporary dark fantasy." - Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 6-384. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-317. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature IV, pp. 1744-48. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-221. A fine copy in fine dust jacket priced $7.95 on the front flap. (#174563)

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