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Cabell, James B. - Domnei + The Music from Behind the Moon - Del Rey - 4153533   € 4,00 Fantasy - 1972 - 1st printing - pocket - 219 p. - Two comedies of Women-worship, with an introduction by Lin Carter. (F) |
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Cabell, James B. - Figures of Earth - Tandem - 4153244 € 3,00 Fantasy - 1971 - pocket - 253 p. - Wizardry and warfare win a kingdom for a rogue. (VG) |
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Cabell, James B. - Figures of Earth - Tandem - 4130439 € 2,50 Fantasy - 1971 - pocket - 253 p. - Wizardry and warfare win a kingdom for a rogue. (VG-, name inside) |
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Cabell, James B. - Jurgen - Tandem - 4147577 € 4,00 Fantasy - 1971 - pocket - 283 p. - Jurgen is an epic voyage as well as an erotic fable and a biographical love story. To quote the author, "This fable is, as the world itself, a book wherein each man will find what his nature enables him to see; which gives us back each his own image; and which teaches us each the lesson that each of us desires to learn." Banned for decades because of its explicit content, this novel was, and still is, a groundbreaker in the fantasy genre. (VG+) |
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Cabell, James B. - Jurgen - Tandem - 4130441 € 3,00 Fantasy - 1971 - pocket - 283 p. - Jurgen is an epic voyage as well as an erotic fable and a biographical love story. To quote the author, "This fable is, as the world itself, a book wherein each man will find what his nature enables him to see; which gives us back each his own image; and which teaches us each the lesson that each of us desires to learn." Banned for decades because of its explicit content, this novel was, and still is, a groundbreaker in the fantasy genre. (VG-, name inside) |
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Cabell, James B. - Saga of Poictesme : Something about Eve - Ballantine - 4153535 € 4,00 Fantasy - 1971 - pocket - 288 p. - A book in the Saga of Poictesme series. "This book is perhaps the crowning achievement of a man who is undoubtedly the ablest writer of the present age" - Robert E. Howard. (F) |
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Cabell, James B. - Saga of Poictesme : The High Place - Ballantine - 4153534 € 4,00 Fantasy - 1970 - first US printing - pocket - 234 p. - A book in the Saga of Poictesme series. "In the sulphurous The High Place, the amoral hero Florian enters the sleeping-beauty story and (unlike Jurgen with Helen) does not draw back at the sight of excessive beauty. Complications ensue: Beauty is realistically diminished during pregnancy,... (VG+) |
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Cabell, James B. - The Cream of the Jest - Ballantine - 4153245 € 4,00 Fantasy - 1972 - pocket - 304 p. - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within... (VG) |
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Cabell, James B. - The Silver Stallion - Tandem - 4153532 € 4,00 Fantasy - 1971 - pocket - 256 p. - A book in the Saga of Poictesme series. Dom Manuel, that was the high Count of Poictesme, everywhere esteemed; the most lucky and the least scrupulous rogue of his times, had disappeared out of his castle at Storisende, without any reason or forewarning, upon the feast day of St. Michael and All the Angels... (F) |
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Cabell, James B. - The Silver Stallion - Unwin - 083282 € 3,00 Fantasy - 1983 - paperback - 269 p. - A book in the Saga of Poictesme series. Dom Manuel, that was the high Count of Poictesme, everywhere esteemed; the most lucky and the least scrupulous rogue of his times, had disappeared out of his castle at Storisende, without any reason or forewarning, upon the feast day of St. Michael and All the Angels... |
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Cabell, James B. - The Silver Stallion - Tandem - 4118574 € 3,00 Fantasy - 1971 - pocket - 256 p. - A book in the Saga of Poictesme series. Dom Manuel, that was the high Count of Poictesme, everywhere esteemed; the most lucky and the least scrupulous rogue of his times, had disappeared out of his castle at Storisende, without any reason or forewarning, upon the feast day of St. Michael and All the Angels... (VG) |
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Cabell, James B. - The Silver Stallion - Tandem - 4130440 € 2,50 Fantasy - 1971 - pocket - 256 p. - A book in the Saga of Poictesme series. Dom Manuel, that was the high Count of Poictesme, everywhere esteemed; the most lucky and the least scrupulous rogue of his times, had disappeared out of his castle at Storisende, without any reason or forewarning, upon the feast day of St. Michael and All the Angels... (VG-, name inside) |
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Caidin, Martin - Beamriders - Baen - 075750 € 3,50 Essef - 1989 - first printing - 411 p. - From the secret cells beneath the Kremlin to the far side of the moon. Nothing van stop the Beamriders! (VG) |
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Caidin, Martin - Star Bright - Bantam - 115925 € 1,50 Essef - 1980 - pocket - 201 p. - Planet Earth is burning. Burning with the pure raging fury of countless suns. Project Star Bright, a top secret nuclear experiment is beyond control. Is this the way the world ends? (G, cover and endpapers foxed) |
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Caidin, Martin - The Messiah Stone 1: The Messiah Stone - Baen - 120950 € 3,75 Essef - 1986 - first printing - 407 p. - Doug Stavers plays the mercenary game, and every time he plays he wins: in Africa, Central America, Vietnam or in the USA. Now he's on the biggest hunt of his life: to find and seize a certain object that, incredibly, confers the power of absolute belief on its owner. (VG) |
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Caidin, Martin - The Messiah Stone 2: Dark Messiah - Baen - 4074038 € 3,75 Essef - 1990 - first printing - 405 p. - The Messiah stone gave him the world. But Earth was not enough... Sequel to The Messiah Stone, where Doug Stavers gained posesssion of a jewel like talisman, once possessed by Jesus, Mohammed and Hitler... (VG) |
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Caidin, Martin - The Messiah Stone 2: Four Came Back - Bantam - 4144360 € 3,00 Essef - 1970 - pocket - 214 p. - As chilling and unpredictable as 'The Andromeda Strain'. One of Caidin's best stories and STILL believable decades later. (VG-) |
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Caine, Rachel - Weather Warden 3: Chill Factor - ROC - 4130611 € 4,00 Urban Fantasy - 2005 - 1st printing - pocket - 337 p. - Weather Warden Joanne Baldwin has protected the human race from monster storms, been killed, reborn as a Djinn, and then restored to her original form. Now she's throwing the dice to stop an infinitely powerful, deeply disturbed kid-who is holed up in a Vegas hotel-from bringing on a new ice age. (F) |
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Caine, Rachel - Weather Warden 4: Windfall - ROC - 4130610 € 4,00 Urban Fantasy - 2005 - 1st printing - pocket - 342 p. - When the truce between the Wardens and the mystical Djinn starts to self-destruct, Weather Warden Joanne Baldwin is forced to choose between saving her Djinn lover, saving her abilities, and saving humanity. Original. (F) |
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Caine, Rachel - Weather Warden 5: Firestorm - ROC - 4130609 € 4,00 Urban Fantasy - 2006 - 1st printing - pocket - 303 p. - The genie is out of the bottle. Rogue Weather Warden Joanne Baldwin is racing to New York to warn her former colleagues of the impending apocalypse. An ancient agreement between the Djinn and the Wardens has been broken, and the furious Djinn, slaves to the Wardens for millennia, are now free of mortal control. With more than half the Wardens unaccounted for in the wake of the Djinn uprising, Joanne realizes that the natural disasters they've combated for so long were merely symptoms of restless Mother Nature fidgeting in her sleep. Now she's waking up - and she's angry... (F) |
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Caine, Rachel - Weather Warden 6: Thin Air - ROC - 4130608 € 4,00 Urban Fantasy - 2007 - 1st printing - pocket - 320 p. - After preventing Mother Earth from destroying the planet, Joanne Baldwin lost her memories thanks to Ashan the djinn-and they will remain lost forever unless Joanne can recover her identity-and destroy the demon who is impersonating her, fabulous shoes and all... (F) |
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Caine, Rachel - Weather Warden 7: Gale Force - ROC - 4130607 € 4,00 Urban Fantasy - 2008 - 1st printing - pocket - 308 p. - Weather Warden Joanne Baldwin is on vacation when her Djinn lover, David, asks Joanne to marry him. She's thrilled to say yes, even if some others may be less than happy about it. Unfortunately, Joanne's pre-marital bliss is ended by a devastating earthquake in Florida. And she can't ask David and his kind for assistance. Because the cause of the quake is unlike anything Joanne has ever encountered - and a power even the Djinn cannot perceive. (F) |
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Caldecott, Moyra - The Sacret Stones Trilogy 1: The Tall Stones - Popular Library - 4153531 € 4,00 Fantasy - 1977 - pocket - 255 p. - Book One of The Guardians of the Tall Stones. The first of four novels set in Bronze Age Britain, a society focused around the great circles of Sacred Stones scattered across the landscape. It tells the story of a community threatened by the evil designs of Wardyke, a corrupt and ambitious priest, and its only defence, the courageous young psychic, Kyra. But to defend her community, Kyra must enter the forbidden circle of stones and call upon its unseen, mystical powers... This book has been called "one of the great esoteric novels of the 20th century". (F) |
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Caldecott, Moyra - The Sacret Stones Trilogy 1: The Tall Stones - Popular Library - 094845 € 3,25 Fantasy - 1977 - pocket - 255 p. - Book One of The Guardians of the Tall Stones. The first of four novels set in Bronze Age Britain, a society focused around the great circles of Sacred Stones scattered across the landscape. It tells the story of a community threatened by the evil designs of Wardyke, a corrupt and ambitious priest, and its only defence, the courageous young psychic, Kyra. But to defend her community, Kyra must enter the forbidden circle of stones and call upon its unseen, mystical powers... This book has been called "one of the great esoteric novels of the 20th century". (VG) |
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Caldecott, Moyra - The Sacret Stones Trilogy 2: The Temple of the Sun - Corgi - 4153530 € 4,00 Fantasy - 1979 - pocket - 240 p. - Along with her brother Karne and her best friend, Fern, Kyra undertakes the hazardous journey to the Temple of the Sun, where she will receive her training as a priestess. Once there, she is reunited with the handsome young priest, Lord Guiron, and quickly renews her love for him. But a malevolent spirit lingers in the air. Wardyke has returned, and his influence has already permeated the sanctity of the Temple. Once again, Kyra must face the evil magician-priest, whose thirst for revenge and power threatens the balance between good and evil... (F) |
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Caldecott, Moyra - The Sacret Stones Trilogy 3: Shadow on the Stones - Corgi - 4153520 € 3,50 Fantasy - 1980 - pocket - 223 p. - Shadow on the Stones continues the story of Kyra, priest of the Temple of the Sun, who, with her husband the Lord Khu-ren, has guided their civilisation to a time of spiritual strength, psychic energy, and communal peace. But there is a shadow on the Stones - the spreading influence of the terrible god Groth, dark god of chaos and barbarity. Only the priests of the Temple have the means to resist the tides of destruction... (F) |
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Caldecott, Moyra - The Sacret Stones Trilogy 3: Shadow on the Stones - Popular Library - 076329 € 3,00 Fantasy - 1980 - pocket - 223 p. - Shadow on the Stones continues the story of Kyra, priest of the Temple of the Sun, who, with her husband the Lord Khu-ren, has guided their civilisation to a time of spiritual strength, psychic energy, and communal peace. But there is a shadow on the Stones - the spreading influence of the terrible god Groth, dark god of chaos and barbarity. Only the priests of the Temple have the means to resist the tides of destruction... (VG) |
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Caldecott, Moyra - The Tower and the Emerald - Arrow - 8132085 € 4,25 Fantasy - 1985 - pocket - 348 p. - Viviane, a beautiful Celtic princess, unwittingly unravels the spell that binds the spirit of the evil Idoc within a circle of tall stones. Once released, the sorcerer-priest uses his powers to deliver vengeance upon those responsible for his original enslavement - including the Princess Viviane. With Idoc in possession of the body of Prince Caradawc, her betrothed, Viviane can no longer judge safely between friend and foe, between this life and previous incarnations... (VG) |
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Callander, Don - Mancer 1: Pyromancer - Ace - 092418 € 3,75 Fantasy - 1992 - pocket - 292 p. - The new apprentice to the Wizard Flarman Firemaster, Douglas Brightglade is indoctrinated into a fantastic world where he unlocks his own natural-born flare for pyromancy, a skill he uses against the Ice King. (VG) |
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Callander, Don - Mancer 1: Pyromancer - Ace - 116026 € 2,50 Fantasy - 1992 - pocket - 292 p. - The new apprentice to the Wizard Flarman Firemaster, Douglas Brightglade is indoctrinated into a fantastic world where he unlocks his own natural-born flare for pyromancy, a skill he uses against the Ice King. (VG-, some foxing) |
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Callander, Don - Mancer 3: Geomancer - Ace - 116034 € 2,50 Fantasy - 1994 - pocket - 257 p. - In the sequel to Pyromancer, the Stone Warrior tribe, turned from ordinary men and women into strong, eighteen-foot-tall idiots, experiences another adventure. (VG-, some foxing) |
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Callin, Grant - A Lion on Tharthee - Baen - 074027 € 4,00 Essef - 1987 - pocket - 342 p. - The biggest brass ring in the solar system was in orbit around Saturn, waiting for humanity to get off its collective rear. We'd been invited to a party! (VG) |
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Camp, L. Sprague de & Carter, Lin - Conan the Buccaneer - Sphere - 4153527 € 3,00 Fantasy - 1977 - reprinting - pocket - 156 p. - The hunt for a beautiful princess and a king's treasure bring Conan to the edge of the world, where he must battle the hell-fed powers of the sorcerer Thoth-Ammon. (VG-) |
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Camp, Lyon Sprague de & Carter, Lin - Conan of the Isles - Lancer - 4151055 € 7,50 Fantasy - 1968 - pocket - Catalogue Lovisi $4 (G) $15 (VG) - 189 p. - collectible paperback - As thief, pirate, mercenary, adventurer, chief of barbarous tribes and general in the armies of kings, Conan had ventured far and known adventure and marvel. But the adventure that started here, in the royal hall of justice in Tarantia was to be the strangest and most fantastic of all. (VG) |
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Camp, Lyon Sprague de & Crook de Camp, Catherine - The Swords of Zinjaban - Baen - 4147523 € 4,50 Fantasy - 1991 - first printing - pocket - 307 p. - Hollywood comes to Krishna. Full-bore fun and adventure on Krishna, the most colorful planet in the science-fictional universe! (VG+) |
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Camp, Lyon Sprague de & Pratt, Fletcher - Harold Shea 1: The Incomplete Enchanter - Pyramid - 4104494 € 2,50 Fantasy - 1968 - 3rd printing - pocket - 192 p. - The main gist is about a character who travels from this world to one of Norse mythology and the fun he has. simple, but well written. (VG-, name on first page) |
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Camp, Lyon Sprague de & Pratt, Fletcher - Harold Shea 2: The Castle of Iron - Sphere - 104540 € 2,50 Fantasy - 1979 - pocket - 191 p. - A fantasy story loosely set in the Spain of Charlemagne and Roland (= Orlando), with Christians and Muslims at war. Enjoyable swashbuckling fantasy. One of 5 Harold Shea stories. (VG-, name on first page) |
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Camp, Lyon Sprague de & Pratt, Fletcher - Harold Shea 3: The Enchanter Compleated - Sphere - 104514 € 2,50 Fantasy - 1980 - pocket - 157 p. - The premise is that mythology and great works of fiction are really discriptions of alternate universes. The hero of a series of books by Fletcher Pratt and L. Sprague de Camp learns how to travel to the alternate universes. The Wall of Serpents is set in the world of Irish myth. The authors are great story-tellers and this series works very well. The sword fights, battles of magic, and battles of wit are all delightful. The reader will find this book more enjoyable if it is read after The Compleat Enchanter. (VG-) |
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Camp, Lyon Sprague de & Pratt, Fletcher - Land of Unreason - Dell - 4075865 € 3,75 Fantasy - 1979 - 1st Dell edition - pocket - 205 p. - Fantasy tale with adult humor. On Midsummer's Eve, as everybody knows, you should leave a bowl of milk out for the fairies. Unfortunately - or fortunately - Fred Barber, an American diplomat convalescing in Yorkshire, didn't take the obligation with proper seriousness. He swapped the milk for a stiff dose of Scotch. So he had only himself to blame if the fairies got a bit muddled. Barber found himself in an Old English Fairyland. At the Court of King Oberon, to be precise... (VG) |
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Camp, Lyon Sprague de & Pratt, Fletcher - Land of Unreason - Baen - 110490 € 3,00 Fantasy - 1987 - pocket - 237 p. - Fantasy tale with adult humor. On Midsummer's Eve, as everybody knows, you should leave a bowl of milk out for the fairies. Unfortunately - or fortunately - Fred Barber, an American diplomat convalescing in Yorkshire, didn't take the obligation with proper seriousness. He swapped the milk for a stiff dose of Scotch. So he had only himself to blame if the fairies got a bit muddled. Barber found himself in an Old English Fairyland. At the Court of King Oberon, to be precise... (VG) |
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Camp, Lyon Sprague de & Pratt, Fletcher - Land of Unreason - Ballantine - 4153158 € 3,00 Fantasy - 1970 - 1st edition - pocket - 240 p. - Fantasy tale with adult humor. On Midsummer's Eve, as everybody knows, you should leave a bowl of milk out for the fairies. Unfortunately - or fortunately - Fred Barber, an American diplomat convalescing in Yorkshire, didn't take the obligation with proper seriousness. He swapped the milk for a stiff dose of Scotch. So he had only himself to blame if the fairies got a bit muddled. Barber found himself in an Old English Fairyland. At the Court of King Oberon, to be precise... (VG) |
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Camp, Lyon Sprague de & Pratt, Fletcher - Land of Unreason - Ballantine - 062669 € 3,00 Fantasy - 1st edition - 1970 - 240 p. - Fantasy tale with adult humor. On Midsummer's Eve, as everybody knows, you should leave a bowl of milk out for the fairies. Unfortunately - or fortunately - Fred Barber, an American diplomat convalescing in Yorkshire, didn't take the obligation with proper seriousness. He swapped the milk for a stiff dose of Scotch. So he had only himself to blame if the fairies got a bit muddled. Barber found himself in an Old English Fairyland. At the Court of King Oberon, to be precise... (G, in plastic film) |
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Camp, Lyon Sprague de & Schuyler Miller, P. - Genus Homo - Berkley - 4150977 € 3,50 Essef - 1961 - pocket - 157 p. - They slept a million years... and woke up to find themselves the only human beings alive. (VG-, name inside) |
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Campbell, Alan - The Deepgate Codex 1: Scar Night - TOR - 9131632 € 8,00 Fantasy - 2007 - 7th printing - paperback - 550 p. - Suspended by chains over a seemingly bottomless abyss, the ancient city of Deepgate is home to a young angel, an assassin, and a psychotic murderer hungry for revenge - or redemption. But soon a shocking betrayal will unite all three in a desperate quest.... (VG) |
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Campbell, David - The Deadly Messiah - Panther - 8147137 € 3,00 Horror - 1978 - pocket - 316 p. - In the small town of Bensonville, the unthinkable happens. Everyone suddenly seems to be striken with illnesses that turn inexplicably fatal. Within hours the town is decimated, as if it were a plague ridden, medieval town. No one knows why. The few survivors are stunned. One of these is Jess Barrett, Rhodes Scholar and Ph.D. He teams up with presidential aide, Micah Maruyama, along with a team of renowned medical doctors to discover the cause of this seeminly inexplicable phenomenon. (VG-) |
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Campbell, Jack - The Lost Fleet 6: Victorious - Ace - 4130707 € 4,00 Essef - 2010 - pocket - 331 p. - As war continues to rage between the Alliance and Syndicate Worlds, Captain "Black Jack" Geary is promoted to admiral-even though the ruling council fears he may stage a military coup. His new rank gives him the authority to negotiate with the Syndics, who have suffered tremendous losses and may finally be willing to end the war. But an even greater alien threat lurks on the far side of the Syndic occupied space. (VG) |
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Campbell, John W. - The Black Star passes - Ace - 4152550 € 3,50 Essef - 1965 - 1st printing - pocket F-346 - 223 p. - Humanity against the men from the invisible sun. A sky pirate armed with superior weapons of his own invention... First contact with an alien race dangerous enough to threaten the safety of two planets... The arrival of an unseen dark sun whose attendant marauders aimed at the very end of civilization in this Solar System... These were the three challenges that tested the skill and minds of the brilliant team of scientist-astronauts Arcot, Wade, and Morey. Their initial adventures are a classic of science fiction which first brought the name of their author, John W. Campbell, Jr., into prominence as a master of the inventive imagination. (VG-, some wear on spine, name inside) |
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Campbell, John W. - The Mightiest Machine - Ace - 4149076 € 2,00 Essef - 1972 - second printing - 217 p. - War between the Galaxies! A million light-years from Earth, one solitary experimental spaceship floated amidst a vast fleet of strange starships, hurtled into the unmapped void by a revolutionary new concept in space mechanics! (VG-, name inside) |
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Campbell, John W. - The Planeteers + The Ultimate Weapon - Ace - 033147 € 5,00 Essef - 1966 - pocket - Ace Double - G585 - 106+150 p. - The Ultimate Weapon: Hundreds of ships, each larger than whole Earth spaceports, each traveling faster than light, each filled with hordes of finatical Mirans, set out to take over the planetary system of Sol. (VG) |
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Campbell, John W. - The Space Beyond - Pyramid - 075756 € 3,50 Essef - 1976 - pocket - 287 p. - A collection of stories. (VG) |
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Campbell, John W. - The Space Beyond - Pyramid - 120886 € 2,75 Essef - 1976 - pocket - 287 p. - A collection of stories. (VG-, weak spine) |
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Campbell, John W. - The Space Beyond - Pyramid - 104087 € 2,50 Essef - 1976 - pocket - 287 p. - A collection of stories. (VG-, name on first page) |
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Campbell, John W. - Who Goes There? - Dell - 4094342 € 4,00 Essef - 1955 - pocket size - Catalogue Lovisi $6 (G) $20 (VG) - cover by Richard Powers - 254 p. - collectible paperback - A collection of 6 stories. Contains for instance the classic that was to become the movie The Thing: Who goes there?: The Thing was the most dreadful threat men had ever faced... a creature that could be any one-or all-of them! (G+, some wear on spine, name inside) |
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Campbell, Marion - The Dark Twin - Panther - 4153518 € 4,50 Fantasy - 1973 - pocket - cover ill. Peter Jones - 252 p. - ONCE, IN A MISTY REALM OF LEGEND AND ANCIENT RITE... From the dreaming time of old Britain comes a tale of love and loss, of treachery, courage and tragedy. This is the story of Drost, the Dark Twin and co-ruler with the King of the Boar People,... (F) |
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Camp, Lyon Sprague de - Jorian 2: The Clocks of Iraz - Sphere - 4076582 € 3,00 Fantasy - 1979 - pocket - 190 p. - Sequel to The Goblin Tower. This novel is somewhat shorter than The Goblin Tower, but it seems to be much shorter. Compared to Jorian’s earlier adventures, not a whole lot seems to happen in The Clocks of Iraz. There is a lot of buildup in the middle of this novel, and the only really exciting actions takes place at the beginning and end. On its own merits, it is still a great read, and Jorian’s talent for telling fascinating stories to aid his cause makes him one of fantasy’s more interesting characters. (VG) |
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Camp, Lyon Sprague de - Krishna series 2: The Floating Continent - Compact - 4104518 € 3,25 Essef - 1966 - pocket - 158 p. - a.k.a. 'The Search for Zei'. Peril surrounds Dirk Barnevelt, meek and introvert, as he blunders his way across the planet Krishna in search of his missing boss. But then, peril is commonplace on the deadly Floating Continent of Krishna, where the traveller, once caught in the web of reed, can seldom escape from the immense swamp... (VG) |
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Camp, Lyon Sprague de - Krishna series 2: The Floating Continent - Compact - 4117887 € 2,25 Essef - 1966 - pocket - 158 p. - a.k.a. 'The Search for Zei'. Peril surrounds Dirk Barnevelt, meek and introvert, as he blunders his way across the planet Krishna in search of his missing boss. But then, peril is commonplace on the deadly Floating Continent of Krishna, where the traveller, once caught in the web of reed, can seldom escape from the immense swamp... (VG-, name inside) |
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Camp, Lyon Sprague de - Krishna series 3: The Hostage of Zir - Berkley - 4121189 € 3,50 Essef - 1978 - pocket - 210 p. - A book of the Star Rovers. Fergus Reith needs all his skills when he finds himself and his ersuma (Earth-tourists) trapped as pawns in a deadly war between a sorceress and a sterile kingdom under three moons... (VG-) |
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Camp, Lyon Sprague de - Rogue Queen - Dell - 4150974 € 20,00 Essef - 1951 - pocket 600 - Catalogue Lovisi $ 30 (VG) - 157 p. - She learned about sex from an Earthman! (VG-, weak spine) |
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Camp, Lyon Sprague de - The Fallible Fiend - Signet - 104487 € 3,00 Fantasy - 1978 - pocket - 173 p. - Ordered to spend a year's servitude on the human plane, Zdim the demon, a mild-mannered scholar of logic and philosophy, becomes the city of Ir's last chance when a barbarian armada threatens to attack. (VG) |
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Camp, Lyon Sprague de - The Glory that was - Ace - 104517 € 3,50 Essef - 1979 - pocket - 243 p. - When the World Emperor of the twenty-seventh century seals off Greece behind a force wall and Wiyem Flin's wife soon disappears, Knut Bulnes agrees to help look behind the wall for the woman, and the two find themselves in Classical Greece. (VG) |
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Camp, Lyon Sprague de - The Glory that was - Paperback Library - 4150978 € 2,50 Essef - 1971 - first printing - pocket - 156 p. - When the World Emperor of the twenty-seventh century seals off Greece behind a force wall and Wiyem Flin's wife soon disappears, Knut Bulnes agrees to help look behind the wall for the woman, and the two find themselves in Classical Greece. (VG-, store stamp inside) |
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Camp, Lyon Sprague de - The Great Fetish - Pocket Books - 074726 € 2,00 Fantasy - 1980 - pocket - 160 p. - On the 15th day of Franklin, year of descent 1008, in the Kralite of Vizantia, planet Kforri, a young teacher, Marko Prokopiu, is convicted and jailed... (VG) |
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Camp, Lyon Sprague de - The Search for Zei + The Hand of Zei - Ace - 108014 € 8,50 Essef - 1964 - pocket - Ace Double - nr. M103 - 137+118 p. - Peril surrounds Dirk Barnevelt, meek and introvert, as he blunders his way across the planet Krishna in search of his missing boss. But then, peril is commonplace on the deadly Floating Continent of Krishna, where the traveller, once caught in the web of reed, can seldom escape from the immense swamp... (VG-, minor wear) |
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Camp, Lyon Sprague de - The Tritonian Ring - Paperback Library - 4062641 € 2,75 Fantasy - 1968 - first printing - pocket - 224 p. - The gods of Poseidonis-or Atlantis-were powerful and real. Now they were determined to destroy the kingdom ruled by the father of Prince Vakar, the one man whose mind they could not read. The only way to save the kingdom was to discover that thing which the gods feared most. To find it, Prince Vakar set out across the largely unknown world where dangers multiplied with every league... (VG) |
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Camp, Lyon Sprague de - The Tritonian Ring - Paperback Library - 4147695 € 2,25 Fantasy - 1968 - first printing - pocket - 224 p. - The gods of Poseidonis-or Atlantis-were powerful and real. Now they were determined to destroy the kingdom ruled by the father of Prince Vakar, the one man whose mind they could not read. The only way to save the kingdom was to discover that thing which the gods feared most. To find it, Prince Vakar set out across the largely unknown world where dangers multiplied with every league... (VG-, name inside) |
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Camp, Lyon Sprague de & Crook de Camp - The Incorporated Knight - Baen - 104513 € 3,50 Essef - 1988 - pocket - 245 p. - It's never easy being a knight, especially for practical Eudoric Dambertson, whose mind and temperament are better suited to trade than to the highly impractical demands of chivalry. Take the simple matter of courting a wife. To please his potential father-in-law, the enchanter Baldonius, the young man must bring back two square yards of dragon hide. Only then can he earn his knightly spurs and the hand of the beauteous Lusina... (VG) |
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Camus, Albert - The Plague - Penguin - 4136033 € 2,50 Fantasy / Thriller - 1960 - reprinting - pocket - 252 p. - The people of Oran are in the grip of a virulent plague. Cut off from the rest of the world, they each respond in their own way to the challenge of the deadly bacillus. Among them is Dr Rieux, a humanitarian and healer, and it is through his eyes that we witness the course of the epidemic. (VG-) |
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Canavan, Trudi - Age of the Five 1: Priestess of the White - Orbit - 9152815 € 12,50 Fantasy - 2006 - HC with dust jacket - 659 p. - When Auraya was chosen to become a priestess, it meant leaving behind her village, her family and the friendship she had formed with Leiard, the local Dreamweaver. Masters of herb lore and healing, Dreamweavers were despised for their heathen... (VG) |
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Canavan, Trudi - Age of the Five 3: Voice of the Gods - Eos - 9152393 € 7,00 Fantasy - 2007 - pocket - 592 p. - Unable to avoid being drawn into the terrible conflict, Auraya, now protector of the Siyee, fears she will be unable to meet the conditions of the all-powerful gods she once served. And an offer from a mysterious woman may be impossible for Auraya... (VG) |
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Canavan, Trudy - Age of the Five 1: Priestess of the White - Orbit - 9118017 € 7,00 Fantasy - 2009 - reprint - thick pocket - 676 p. - In a land on the brink of peace - watched jealously by a ruthless cult from across the sea and beset by hidden enemies - five extraordinary humans must serve as sword and shield of the Gods... (VG) |
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Canavan, Trudy - Age of the Five 1: Priestess of the White - Eos - 9130214 € 6,50 Fantasy - 2006 - thick pocket - 598 p. - In a land on the brink of peace - watched jealously by a ruthless cult from across the sea and beset by hidden enemies - five extraordinary humans must serve as sword and shield of the Gods... (VG) |
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Canavan, Trudy - Age of the Five 2: Last of the Wilds - Orbit - 9117917 € 5,75 Fantasy - 2006 - thick pocket - 614 p. - After pitched battle, The White - the avatars of the Five Gods - have briefly turned back the vicious invaders. And now, the priestess Auraya is sent on an urgent mission to reconcile with the powerful, outcast Dreamweavers, for their magical healing abilities may be the key to saving the land. But as a deadly plague devastates their allies and old adversaries resurface, a dreadful surprise may ruin the chance for peace... (VG-) |
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Canavan, Trudy - Age of the Five 2: Last of the Wilds - Voyager - 117308 € 5,25 Fantasy - 2006 - thick pocket - 581 p. - After pitched battle, The White - the avatars of the Five Gods - have briefly turned back the vicious invaders. And now, the priestess Auraya is sent on an urgent mission to reconcile with the powerful, outcast Dreamweavers, for their magical healing abilities may be the key to saving the land. But as a deadly plague devastates their allies and old adversaries resurface, a dreadful surprise may ruin the chance for peace... (VG-) |
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Canavan, Trudy - Age of the Five 3: Voice of the Gods - Orbit - 9118016 € 7,00 Fantasy - 2009 - thick pocket - 626 p. - Unable to avoid being drawn into the terrible conflict, Auraya, now protector of the Siyee, fears she will be unable to meet the conditions of the all-powerful gods she once served. And an offer from a mysterious woman may be impossible for Auraya to refuse, but, if revealed, would brand her an enemy of the gods... (VG) |
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Canavan, Trudy - The Black Magician Trilogy 1: The Magicians' Guild - Eos - 9130220 € 9,00 Fantasy - 2007 - paperback - 469 p. - Each year the magicians of Imardin gather together to purge the city streets of vagrants, urchins and miscreants. Masters of the disciplines of magic, they know that no one can oppose them. But their protective shield is not as impenetrable as they believe. Sonea, angry, frustrated and outraged by the treatment of her family and friends, hurls a stone at the shield, putting all her rage behind it... (F) |
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Canavan, Trudy - The Black Magician Trilogy 1: The Magicians' Guild - Eos - 9129290 € 5,50 Fantasy - 2004 - pocket - 370 p. - Each year the magicians of Imardin gather together to purge the city streets of vagrants, urchins and miscreants. Masters of the disciplines of magic, they know that no one can oppose them. But their protective shield is not as impenetrable as they believe. Sonea, angry, frustrated and outraged by the treatment of her family and friends, hurls a stone at the shield, putting all her rage behind it... (VG) |
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Canavan, Trudy - The Black Magician Trilogy 1: The Magicians' Guild - Eos - 4152700 € 4,50 Fantasy - 2004 - pocket - 370 p. - Each year the magicians of Imardin gather together to purge the city streets of vagrants, urchins and miscreants. Masters of the disciplines of magic, they know that no one can oppose them. But their protective shield is not as impenetrable as they believe. Sonea, angry, frustrated and outraged by the treatment of her family and friends, hurls a stone at the shield, putting all her rage behind it... (VG-) |
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Canavan, Trudy - The Black Magician Trilogy 2: The Novice - Eos - 8127964 € 3,75 Fantasy - 2004 - pocket - 465 p. - Alone among all the novices in the Magicians' Guild, only Sonea comes from lowly beginnings. Yet she has won powerful allies - including Lord Dannyl, newly promoted to Guild Ambassador. But Dannyl must now depart for the Elyne court, leaving Sonea at the mercy of the lies and malicious rumors her enemies are busy spreading... until the High Lord Akkarin steps in. The price of Akkarin's support is dear, however, because Sonea, in turn, must protect his mysteries - and a secret that could lead a young novice mage deep into the darkness. (VG-, remaindered marking) |
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Canavan, Trudy - The Black Magician Trilogy 3: The High Lord - Orbit - 9144153 € 7,25 Fantasy - 2010 - paperback - 647 p. - Sonea has learned much since she was but a penniless urchin possessing an awesome untapped ability. She has earned the grudging respect of her fellow novices and a place in the Magicians' Guild. But there is much she wishes she had never learned - what she witnessed, for example, in the underground chamber of the mysterious High Lord Akkarin... (VG) |
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Canavan, Trudy - The Black Magician Trilogy 3: The High Lord - Atom - 9130218 € 7,00 Fantasy - 2007 - paperback - 647 p. - Sonea has learned much since she was but a penniless urchin possessing an awesome untapped ability. She has earned the grudging respect of her fellow novices and a place in the Magicians' Guild. But there is much she wishes she had never learned - what she witnessed, for example, in the underground chamber of the mysterious High Lord Akkarin... (VG-, weak spine) |
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Canavan, Trudy - The Black Magician Trilogy 3: The High Lord - Eos - 9148541 € 4,50 Fantasy - 2004 - 4th printing - pocket - 528 p. - Sonea has learned much since she was but a penniless urchin possessing an awesome untapped ability. She has earned the grudging respect of her fellow novices and a place in the Magicians' Guild. But there is much she wishes she had never learned - what she witnessed, for example, in the underground chamber of the mysterious High Lord Akkarin... (VG-) |
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Canning, Victor - The Crimson Chalice - Charter - 9147552 € 4,25 Arthurian Fantasy - 1978 - pocket - 550 p. - This omnibus contains 'The Crimson Chalice', 'Circle of the Gods' and 'Immortal Wound'. In this book Victor Canning writes a new take on the legend of king Arthur. The books centre around a single charcter, Arturo, who is the son of a Roman women and an ancient Briton. Arturo is, naturally, the hero of the books and he unites, against all the odds, the English to a common purpose. It may sound cliched but it in no way is it written in a cliched manner. (VG-, saw blade mark) |
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Canning, Victor - The Crimson Chalice Trilogy - Penguin - 104735 € 6,00 Arthurian Fantasy - 1980 - pocket - 651 p. - This omnibus contains 'The Crimson Chalice', 'Circle of the Gods' and 'Immortal Wound'. In this book Victor Canning writes a new take on the legend of king Arthur. The books centre around a single charcter, Arturo, who is the son of a Roman women and an ancient Briton. Arturo is, naturally, the hero of the books and he unites, against all the odds, the English to a common purpose. It may sound cliched but it in no way is it written in a cliched manner. (VG) |
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Capon, Paul - Into the Tenth Millennium - Brown, Watson Ltd. - 110007 € 5,00 Essef - 1960's - pocket - 224 p. - A fantastic journey through eight thousand years of time into a strange world of tomorrow. |
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Capon, Paul - Into the Tenth Millennium - Brown, Watson Ltd. - 076326 € 4,00 Essef - 1960's - pocket - 224 p. - A fantastic journey through eight thousand years of time into a strange world of tomorrow. (weak spine) |
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Capon, Paul - Phobos, the Robot Planet - Brown, Watson - 4081712 € 3,50 Essef - 1964 - pocket - 160 p. - What was the Earthmen's anser to the chilling menace from the skies? (G+, top corner chip with light fold) |
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Card, Orson Scott - A Planet called Treason - Dell - 4122005 € 5,00 Essef - 1980 - first Dell printing - pocket - 299 p. - Lanik Mueller's birthright as heir to planet Treason's most powerful rulership will never be realized. He is a 'rad' - radical regenerative. A freak among people who can regenerate injured flesh and trade extra body parts to the Offworld oppressors for iron... (VG) |
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Card, Orson Scott - Capitol - Ace - 081703 € 20,00 Essef - 1979 - first Ace printing - pocket size - Catalogue Lovisi $20 (VG) - 278 p. - collectible paperback - Cards' first book. Capitol is not a novel and also not a short story collection. While all the stories in Capitol are completely self-contained, they are placed in the book in chronological order, to gradually unfold the biography of a world and a way of life... (VG) |
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Card, Orson Scott - Ender cycle 1: Ender's Game (TOR) - TOR - 4091760 € 3,50 Essef - 1994 - pocket - 324 p. - When humanity is under threat from an alien race, Ender Wiggin, at the age of six, leaves his family on Earth to journey to the Belt. There he enters Battle School, where his life is strictly disciplined by mind games and computer mock-battles fought in deadly earnest. Instinct, compassion and genius make Ender unequalled. But while he trains, the invasion approaches fast. And Ender will be pushed to the limits of endurance, for he is a unique destiny... Without a doubt this is one of the best Essef novels ever written. Author's definitive edition! (VG) |
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Card, Orson Scott - Ender cycle 3: Xenocide (pocket) - TOR - 9082906 € 4,75 Essef - 1992 - pocket - 592 p. - Third novel in the Ender cycle. Ender and Valentine Wiggin are brother and sister who both share the gift of genius. The monstrous Starways Congress has sent a warfleet to their home planet of Lusitania, containing two alien species and the deadliest virus ever known. They have also issued the order to destroy the planet... (VG-, slightly weak spine) |
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Card, Orson Scott - Ender cycle 4: Children of the Mind - Orbit - 4152555 € 6,00 Essef - 1999 - pocket - 387 p. - Orson Scott Card returns at last to the story of Ender Wiggin, the child hero of the Hugo and Nebula award winner Ender's Game, who as a man found a way to redeem the Xenocide of his youth and restore the Hive Queen to life. Now his adopted world, Lusitania, is threatened by the same planet-destroying weapon that he himself used so many thousands of years before... (VG) |
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Card, Orson Scott - Ender cycle 4: Children of the Mind - Orbit - 4152740 € 3,50 Essef - 1999 - pocket - 387 p. - Orson Scott Card returns at last to the story of Ender Wiggin, the child hero of the Hugo and Nebula award winner Ender's Game, who as a man found a way to redeem the Xenocide of his youth and restore the Hive Queen to life. Now his adopted world, Lusitania, is threatened by the same planet-destroying weapon that he himself used so many thousands of years before... (VG-, mild foxing on edge) |
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Card, Orson Scott - Hart's Hope - TOR - 4083707 € 4,75 Fantasy - 1988 - 1st printing - pocket - 261 p. - Palicroval the Fair spares the life of Asineth after killing her father and taking her kingdom from her, but Asineth is determined to seek revenge in spite of Palicroval's show of mercy. (VG) |
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Card, Orson Scott - Hart's Hope - Berkley - 116232 € 4,25 Fantasy - 1983 - pocket - 261 p. - Palicroval the Fair spares the life of Asineth after killing her father and taking her kingdom from her, but Asineth is determined to seek revenge in spite of Palicroval's show of mercy. (VG) |
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Card, Orson Scott - Hot Sleep: The Worthing Chronicle - Ace - 115201 € 2,75 Essef - 1979 - pocket - 407 p. - It's bad news for starship Captain Jason Worthing when he's found himself amid an exiled group of failed revolutionaries. (G+, wear, name on inside cover) |
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Card, Orson Scott - Magic Street - Ballantine - 9130216 € 12,75 Fantasy - 2005 - large Hardcover with dust jacket - 397 p. - Orson Scott Card has the distinction of having swept both the Hugo and Nebula awards in two consecutive years with his amazing novels Ender's Game and Speaker for the Dead. For a body of work that ranges from science fiction to nonfiction to plays, Card has been recognized as an author who provides vivid, colorful glimpses between the world we know and worlds we can only imagine... (VG+) |
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Card, Orson Scott - Magic Street - Ballantine - 8150169 € 8,75 Fantasy - 2005 - medium size HC with dust jacket - 304 p. - Orson Scott Card has the distinction of having swept both the Hugo and Nebula awards in two consecutive years with his amazing novels Ender's Game and Speaker for the Dead. For a body of work that ranges from science fiction to nonfiction to plays, Card has been recognized as an author who provides vivid, colorful glimpses between the world we know and worlds we can only imagine... (VG+) |
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Card, Orson Scott - Pastwatch - TOR - 4150949 € 7,00 Essef - 1997 - pocket - 416 p. - In one of the most powerful and thought-provoking novels of his remarkable career, Orson Scott Card interweaves a compelling portrait of Christopher Columbus with the story of a future scientist who believes she can alter human history from a... (F) |
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Card, Orson Scott - Pastwatch - TOR - 4152554 € 4,25 Essef - 1997 - pocket - 402 p. - In one of the most powerful and thought-provoking novels of his remarkable career, Orson Scott Card interweaves a compelling portrait of Christopher Columbus with the story of a future scientist who believes she can alter human history from a... (VG-) |
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