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The Warrior Who Carried Life: Available Copies

Item in acceptable condition! Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

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

A young woman from a land of magic transforms herself into a mighty warrior to redeem her world from the grip of an ancient Evil Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Solid binding. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Moderate shelf wear. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item.

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

The Warrior Who Carried Life (Unicorn)

Near Fine; unused book / old store stock; clean, tight and square, no tears, no spine crease, very small chip on the bottom edge of the back cover, corner tips are very gently bumped, text is clean and unmarked, pages and inside covers are very yellowed; first printing, full line

Standard used reading condition or better.

Cover has wear and mild soiling. Pages have toning, but are unmarked. If you have any questions, or would like images, please let me know.

fine hardcover fine jacket Ryman's first book.

Signed By Author on title page. A near fine copy of the first edition in jacket (very slight wear to edges of jacket).

First mass market paperback edition/printing 1990 Unwin. As New, unread condition. New cover art by Dave McKean. Revised version of the Gilgamesh Epic with a woman as leading character! First novel by the talented Ryman. Harder to find in this edition and condition.

Slight toning to pages in lightly worn DJ. Signed by the author on the title page.; Signed by Author

octavo softcover (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

173 pp. Pages toned, else near fine in very near fine dust jacket. SIGNED by Ryman on the title page.

The author's first book. Signed on the title page. Ryman is a fantasy award winning author. In mylar.; Signed by Author

First edition. Fine in near fine dustwrapper with slight wear to top edge of front panel. Although not marked in any way, this copy is from the distinguished modern first edition collection of Bruce Kahn.

SIGNED by the AUTHOR on the Title page. Signature only A First edition, First printing. Book is in Near Fine condition. Boards are clean, not bumped. Fore edges have a tiny bit of shelf wear. Interior is clean and legible. Not remaindered. Dust Jacket is in Near Fine condition. Not chipped or crinkled. Not price clipped. Dust Jacket is covered by Mylar Brodart. Thanks and Enjoy. All-ways well boxed, All-ways fast service. Thanks.

Octavo, boards. First edition. Signed on the title page by Ryman. The author's first book. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 4A-224. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#4402)

1985. A good copy with lightly rubbed wraps and age tanning of the pages.

London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd, 1985. First edition of this book, SIGNED by author on title page.Contains 173 pages in clean condition just slight browning to edges of pages as usual due to standard of paper used in publication. Dustwrapper is bright and clean, not price clipped. outer boards are clean, A pleasing example of this book SEE IMAGES. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST . Signed by Author. First UK Edition. Boards. Very Good/Very Good. 8 x 5½ Inches. Hardcover.

kartoniert 1. Aufl., Dt. Erstveröff. 18 cm Gut kein Schutzumschlag 215 S. / Sprache: deutsch / 215 g / Orig.-Titel: The warrior who carried life (dt.) / Ges.-Titel: Goldmann ; 23897 : Fantasy-Roman / Zustand: Einband an Ecken leicht gestoßen, Namensstempel auf Vorsatz, Buchblock leicht gebräunt, in Ordnung, Fußschnitt mit Mängelexemplarstempel / KEIN VERSAND INS AUSLAND

First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Near fine (a tiny bump) in near fine, slightly spine faded dustjacket.

First UK edition hardback. The book is in very good condition for its age. Age tanning to pages making them quite brown but still eminently readable. Unpriced dustjacket. The book is SIGNED by Geoff Ryman on the title page. Author's first full length novel. "The Warrior who carried Life . . . is a woman. Cara was five years old when her mother was killed. Her mother was killed for going down into the wells of vision where only men were allowed. Her mother had come back from them with a vision of terrible and wonderful things that were to come& all because of Cara. Years later, evil destroys Cara's family - her father and her brothers. In a rage, Cara adopts the guise of violence. By magic, she transforms herself into a male warrior. But she finds that to defeat her enemies, she must break the cycle of violence, not continue it. In order to defeat them she must make them immortal." IN STOCK FOR IMMEDIATE DESPATCH

wraps, 198 pp.