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What Strange Stars and Skies: Available Copies
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What Strange Stars and Skies by Avram Davidson
Paperback
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Publisher: Ace ()
Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas (Dallas, TX, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Good
Book Price: $7.38
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Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.1
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What Strange Stars and Skies by Davidson, Avram
Paperback
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Publisher: Ace (F-330) (1965)
Seller: HPB-Ruby (Dallas, TX, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $4.51
Shipping: $3.75
TOTAL Cost: $8.26
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What Strange Stars and Skies (Ace Books F-330) by Davidson, Avram
Paperback
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Publisher: Ace Books Pub;, USA (1965)
Seller: Comic World (Steinbach, MB, Canada)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $1.99
Shipping: $6.95
TOTAL Cost: $8.94
188 pages.(COLLECTION OF 14 STORIES), CONTENTS = The Bounty Hunter, Faed-Out, Fair Trade, Jury-Rig, The Lineaments of Gratified Desire, Love Called This Thing, Miss Buttermouth, Mr. Stilwell's Stage, The Ogre, The Singular Events Which Occurred in the Hovel on the Alley Off of Eye Street, The Teeth of Despair, The Unknown Law, What Strange Stars and Skies and Where Do You Live, Queen Esther? .>> This is a reading copy. Cover creasing; staining to lower half of book, but story is not effected. stamp to front end page. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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What Strange Stars and Skies by Davidson, Avram
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Publisher: Ace Books ()
Seller: Wonder Book (Frederick, MD, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Fair
Book Price: $9.02
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. From the library of science fiction and fantasy writer, editor, publisher and prolific book reviewer D. Douglas Fratz. Spine cracked. Writing inside. (Vintage paperbacks, science fiction, fantasy, short story collection)
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What Strange Stars and Skies F-330: Bounty Hunter; Ogre; Fair Trade; Love Called This Thing; Faded-Out; Lineaments of Gratified Desire; Teeth of Despair; Jury-Rig; Miss Buttermouth; Where Do You Live Queen Esther; Mr. Stillwell's Stage; Unknown Law;others by Davidson, Avram
Paperback
ISBN:
Publisher: Ace Books, US (1965)
Seller: Keeper of the Page (Enumclaw, WA, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $4.05
Shipping: $7.00
TOTAL Cost: $11.05
Ace Books 1965 1st Printing Very Good/ Light wewar to bright glossy cover, one partial crease to back cover, tight tanned pages. Individual stories published previously. Previous owner's stamp inside cover and on upper page edges.
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What Strange Stars and Skies by Avram Davidson
Paperback
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Publisher: Ace Books (1967)
Seller: Code X Books (Potomac, MD, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Near Fine
Book Price: $12.00
Shipping: Free!
TOTAL Cost: $12.00
Fourteen stories from the late 1950's and early 1960's, featuring a creature from space who watched too many American TV programs; a backwoods man who spoke an unearthly language; and the most singular events which occurred in the hovel on the alley off of Eye Street. Mass market paperback, first ace printing. Publisher book number F-330, cover price $0.40. This is a used book. Pages are clean and bright with no markings, notes, or highlighting. Page edges show minor foxing. Cover shows only minor shelf wear and is not creased. No owner's marks or bookplates, not ex-library. Binding is tight and square. Slight wave to text block. Corners not bumped. An excellent reading copy.
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What Strange Stars and Skies by Davidson, Avram
Paperback
ISBN:
Publisher: Ace Books (1965)
Seller: Defunct Books (Nashville, TN, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $7.50
Shipping: $4.99
TOTAL Cost: $12.49
F-330. Remainder mark on top edge. Cover has edge wear, minor creases, minor scratches, small bent/rubbed cover/page corners, rubbed spine. No writing in text. Very good.
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Seller: John McCormick (Mississauga, ON, Canada)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $11.00
Shipping: $5.99
TOTAL Cost: $16.99
----------2 paperbacks. Paperback original first edition science fiction collections by Davidson. Oysters, from Berkley, his first collection, has reading and corner creases, a small split to the spine bottom, and is VG. Strange, from Ace, his second collection, has a reading crease, edgewear, and is VG+ to near fine.
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What Strange Stars and Skies by Avram Davidson
Paperback
ISBN:
Publisher: Ace, New York (1965)
Seller: biblioboy (North Providence, RI, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Near Fine
Book Price: $10.00
Shipping: $7.00
TOTAL Cost: $17.00
New York : Ace. Ace , NY, 1965 First Edition Ace # F-330 Mass Market Paperback 188 pages . Vintage Science Fiction A unread near fine copy with neat previous owners name at the top of the first page , else tight clean with light edge wear. See Photos SR 1/2 . Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1965.
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WHAT STRANGE STARS AND SKIES by Davidson, Avram
Paperback
ISBN:
Publisher: Ace Books, New York (1965)
Seller: W. Fraser Sandercombe (Burlington, ON, Canada)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $7.95
Shipping: $9.95
TOTAL Cost: $17.90
188 pp. Ace Book F-330. Light edge and corner wear with faint creasing on the spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Jack Gaughan. This story collection contains: What Strange Stars and Skies - a novelette; The Bounty Hunter; The Ogre; Fair Trade; Love Called This Thing; Fade Out; The Lineaments of Gratified Desire; The Teeth of Despair; Jury Rig; Miss Buttermouth; Where Do Your Live Queen Esther; Mr. Stillwell's Stage; The Unknown Law - a novelette; and The Singular Events Which Occurred in the Hovel on the Alley Off of Eye Street.
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Ace Singles Five (5) Paperback Book Lot, including: The Prodigal Son; Alien Planet; Earth's Last Citadel; The Bird of Time, and What Strange Stars and Skies by Philip E. High, Fletcher Pratt, C.L. Moore and Henry Kuttner, Wallace West, Avram Davidson
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Publisher: Ace ()
Seller: Clarkean Books (Stoney Creek, ON, Canada)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $15.00
Shipping: $11.00
TOTAL Cost: $26.00
What Strange Stars and Prodigal Son are first edition/printing paperback originals (PBO) while the remaining three books are all first paperback edition/printings - all five books are in Very Good Plus condition: Prodigal (1964 Ace F-255); Alien Planet (1962 Ace F-257; Last Citadel (1964 Ace F-306; Bird of Time (1961 Ace F-114), and, What Strange (1965 Ace F-330). Five books, one shipping price.
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WHAT STRANGE STARS AND SKIES by Davidson, Avram
Paperback
ISBN:
Publisher: Ace Books, New York (1965)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB (Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $25.00
Shipping: $6.00
TOTAL Cost: $31.00
Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Ace Books F330. Davidson's second collection of short fiction. Collects fourteen stories, including "The Singular Events Which Occurred in the Hovel on the Alley Off Of Eye Street." "Avram Davidson is the best short-story writer since John Collier." - Damon Knight. "You know one certain fact about any Davidson story: that it will be unpredictable, unique and delightful." - Anthony Boucher. Covers lightly rubbed along spine folds, mild crease in rear cover, a bright, nearly fine copy. (#158010)
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WHAT STRANGE STARS AND SKIES by Davidson, Avram
Paperback
ISBN:
Publisher: Ace Books, New York (1965)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB (Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $25.00
Shipping: $6.00
TOTAL Cost: $31.00
Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Ace Books F330. Davidson's second collection of short fiction. Collects fourteen stories, including "The Singular Events Which Occurred in the Hovel on the Alley Off Of Eye Street." "Avram Davidson is the best short-story writer since John Collier." - Damon Knight. "You know one certain fact about any Davidson story: that it will be unpredictable, unique and delightful." - Anthony Boucher. A fine copy. (#159437)
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WHAT STRANGE STARS AND SKIES by Davidson, Avram
Paperback
ISBN:
Publisher: Ace Books, New York (1965)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB (Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $25.00
Shipping: $6.00
TOTAL Cost: $31.00
Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Ace Books F330. Davidson's second collection of short fiction. Collects fourteen stories, including "The Singular Events Which Occurred in the Hovel on the Alley Off Of Eye Street." "Avram Davidson is the best short-story writer since John Collier." - Damon Knight. "You know one certain fact about any Davidson story: that it will be unpredictable, unique and delightful." - Anthony Boucher. Covers lightly rubbed at edges, faint "35" written in ink at top edge of front cover, inner covers tanned, a very good copy. (#159438)
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