Search Results: shambleau and others by cl moore

New York: Gnome Press, 1953. First Edition . Hardback. Very Good +/Vg.

Hicksville, NY:: Gnome Press, 1953. 1st edition, 1st printing.. hardcover. fine with fine dust jacket. 12mo. 224pp. green cloth with maroon title on spine. previous owner embossed stamp on front endpaper.. Family run used bookstore open to the public since 1988. 30 Years of Bookselling Experience backing the careful selection and description of each book we offer.

GNOME PRESS,inc, 1981 hardback book in very good-plus condition,dust jacket is near fine,inch tear ,top,edge of spine,foxing on top page edges,in near fine slipcase,facsime first edition. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine.

GNOME PRESS,inc, 1981 hardback book in very good-plus condition,dust jacket is very good,inch tear ,top,edge of spine,foxing on top page edges,in near fine slipcase,facsimile first edition,1981 [first edition library]. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

gnome press, first edition hardcover. 1953, bumped spine ends, dust jacket in 2 pieces, disconnected at the rear spine fold, needs mending, can't really see it unless you open the jacket, fine in very good dust jacket

gnome press, first edition hardcover, 1953. fine book very good - fine jacket fold rubbing, edge creases, closed edge tears,

gnome press, first edition hardcover. fine book in a fine dust jacket 1953, bumped spine ends, bookplate

gnome press, first edition hardcover. fine book in a near fine dust jacket 1953, bumped spine ends, slight edge wear

New York, NY: Gnome Press, 1953. First edition, first printing . Hardcover. Small bump to lower cover corner and rubbing to lower cover edges and head of spine. Very good in very good dust jacket illustrated by Ric Binkley. Dust jacket shows general wear with shallow chipping at head and foot of spine panel, several tiny tears, and many tiny dots of paint which match the stars in the background of the illustration.

New York, NY: Gnome Press, 1953. First edition, first printing . Hardcover. Near fine in near fine, bright dust jacket illustrated by Ric Binkley, with two tiny tears and the lightest of wear at spine panel ends and corners.

New York: Gnome Press. New York, Gnome Press, 1953. First Edition. First Impression. Hardback. A very good copy. One of 4,000 copies, collecting eight short pieces. Triangular chip to rear of the jacket, some toning to the jacket. A couple of short tears. A little wear to the spine tips. Cover art by Ric Binkley [9344, Hyraxia Books]. . Near Fine. Hardback. 1st Edition. 1953.

New York: Gnome Press. New York, Gnome Press, 1953. First Edition. First Impression. Hardback. A very good copy. One of 4,000 copies, collecting eight short pieces. A couple of short tears and some wear to the edges. A little bumping and rubbing to the spine tips. Cover art by Ric Binkley [10840, Hyraxia Books]. . Very Good. Hardback. 1st Edition. 1953.

New York: Gnome Press, 1953. First edition (stated). About fine in about-fine dust jacket.. First printing of this collection of Moore's early stories, starring the iron-souled Jirel of Joiry and the roguish wanderer Northwest Smith. The second collection of Catherine Lucille Moore's short work issued by Gnome Press, following 1952's JUDGMENT NIGHT, SHAMBLEAU AND OTHERS alternately features Jirel of Joiry, "a brave woman and a savage warrior, and the most reckless soldier of all her men-at-arms"; and reckless, grinning space adventurer Northwest Smith. The latter was first introduced in the title story, Moore's first professional sale (to WEIRD TALES, in 1933) and still her most famous single work. "Shambleau," a tale of mercy rewarded, carried a punch in a genre then more accustomed to sublimating and symbolizing the erotic horrible than to naming it out loud; it remains influential on much later work that sought the same borderland space between science fiction, mythic fantasy, and nameless… Read More