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doubleday, 1978, first edition ,, . good, would be nice, but rear smudging, darker folds,the reverse side shows some staining jacket only, NO BOOK

Signet, 1979. Later Edition. Mass Market (i.e. 4 by 7 inch softcover). Very Good/N/A (volume is softcover). Used First paperback printing with full number line. Small slant to the text block and creasing on spine.

Signet, 1979. Softcover. Very Good. E8673, 1st Signet printing, very small corner crease on front and mild crease on spine - otherwise a very tight copy

Signet, 1979. Mass Market Paperback. Fair. the spine of the book is creased; the cover is creased; the inner pages are yellowed due to age; there is wear and rubbing on the corners and edges;

New York: Signet. Very Good+. 1979. First Paperback Edition. Mass Market Paperback. 0451086732 . Signet E8673; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 187 pages; 1979 Signet E8673. Mass market paperback in glossy color pictorial covers with cover art by Paul Stinson. 1st paperback printing with complete number line on copyright page. Scarce Butler novel, never reprinted after the original editions. Snugly bound and bright with just trace shelf evidence to cover edges and very faint reader crease to spine. VG+ .

Signet, 5/1/1979 12:00:01 AM. mass_market. Good. 0.7000 in x 7.0000 in x 4.4000 in. Mild general wear. Pages clean. Binding sound. Mild shelf wear. Spine cocked from improper storage.

doubleday, 1978, first edition ,, . near fine, appears unused jacket only, NO BOOK

New York, New York: Signet, 1979. 1st Paperback Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket as issued. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Paul Stinson, cover art.. This book in a pictorial cover is the First Paperback Edition of this book. The book has a sticker scar to the front cover. ($1.75). 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 number line. Signed by the author on the title page.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1978. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition stated, first printing. Bound in publisher's ochre leatherette boards with titles stamped in black on the spine. Near Fine with light shelf wear and light toning to pages. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light shelf wear and light toning. Butler's rarest novel, which after a few early editions she would not allow to be reprinted.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1978. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition stated, first printing; a review and association copy. Signed by Octavia E. Butler on the title page and with publisher's slip taped to front free endpaper. Ownership rubber stamp to front paste down reading "Library of R. and J. Coulson," Robert and Juanita Coulson were science fiction writers and fans. Juanita is best-known for her Children of the Stars series, and together Juanita and Robert published a whopping 259 issues of their influential fanzine Yandro. A fantastic association copy between two women writers of science fiction, working in a genre heavily dominated by men. Bound in publisher's original yellow leatherette boards. Near Fine in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light toning, a short closed tear to the top of the front panel near the flap fold and light foxing to the blindside. A beautiful copy of Butler's rarest novel, which after a few early editions she would not allow to be… Read More

New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc.,, 1976-84. The full pentalogy including an inscribed association copy First editions, first printings, a rare complete set, signed by the author on the title page of Wild Seed and inscribed in Clay's Ark, "To Yvette, Best wishes, Octavia E. Butler". The recipient was Yvette Le Roy, founder of Liberty House in Harlem. Her store sold handcrafts produced by the Mississippi co-operative Poor People's Corporation and hosted poetry readings by Gwendolyn Brooks and Nikki Giovanni. Including Butler's debut novel Patternmaster, the series charts the ascendance of the paranormal race of patternists, led by the patternmaster, from their origins in ancient times to the far future where they rule over the diseased Clayarks and ordinary humans ("Mutes"). "Much of the power of the sequence derives from the chargedness and cognitive focus occasioned by her background and punishing early experiences in urban California, a confluence of influences and incarcerations [that] seems to… Read More