Science Fiction from Mary Riversong Books

Wyndham, John: The Day Of The Triffids. EXLIB. VG-/VG- Original unclipped dust jacket. Original price 2.20 pounds net. Michael Joseph copyright August, 1951. 11th Printing Thus, August, 1973. ISBN 071810093X. 302 Pages. 5 X 7 ½. Green boards with silver titling. Black and green dust jacket. "Terrifying, Wellsian...This fantastic story is so cleverly written that it becomes almost plausible.… Read more

Key, Alexander. Walt Disney's Return From Witch Mountain, here in book form. Softcover. 1978 First Pocket Books Edition, 3rd Printing Thus. Bette Davis Movie Still Cover. Starring Bette Davis and Christopher Lee. SCIENCE FICTION ADVENTURE. Used. Good condition. ISBN0671819119. Summary: " Tony and Tia, those daring kids from another world, must protect their super-natural powers from the greedy… Read more

Black Coffee (Hercule Poirot Mysteries). 1998, St. Martin's Press Stated First Edition Thus. A play by Agatha Christie adapted to As a Hercule Poirot adventure in book form by Charles Osborne. ISBN 031219241X. Used. VG-/VG. "Scientific theft, sabotage and murder." Originally written by Christie as a three-act play in 1930. A very early work of hers. 221 pages. 6… Read more

Pilkey, Dav CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS AND THE BIG-BAD BATTLE OF THE BIONIC BOOGER BOY PARTS 1 AND 2. (Captain Underpants Epic Novel #6) Scholastic 2003. FEATURING FLIP-O-RAMA. Softcover. ISBN 9780439376105, ISBN 9780439376129. Publisher: Scholastic, Incorporated, 2003. Used. Part I: Captain Underpants and Big Battle of the Bionic Booger Boy: "George and Harold are in a sticky situation! Their latest… Read more

Double Star. By Robert A. Heinlein. Doubleday & Company, Inc. BCE. 1956, Doubleday Science Fiction. CLASSIC SCI-FI. Used. VG/Good-. Summary: Lorenzo Smythe, an out-of-work actor, finds himself shanghaied on a spaceship bound for Mars and big trouble. 190 pages. 5 ¾ X 8 ½. Used. VG/Good- original dust jacket.

The Case-book Of Sherlock Holmes. By Arthur Conan Doyle. Publisher: John Murray, 1929 Short story anthology. Detective fiction. Used. Clean and square. Protected in a mylar wrap. Good Condition/Good- ORIGINAL DUST JACKET illustrated by J. Abby. 1929 Cheaper Edition, first printing thus. published in 1929, Blue blind-stamped cloth. Some tanning as is typical of this edition. 320… Read more

The Poison Belt. 1913 FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. By Arthur Conan Doyle. Hodder & Stoughton/ George H. Doran. States Hodder & Stoughton on the spine. RARE. Illustrated. Red Boards with gilt titling. Gilting still bright. All 16 B&W plates, including frontis, present and affixed to binding. 2nd TITLE OF THE PROFESSOR CHALLENGER SERIES. "Being an account of Another Amazing… Read more

Through the Magic Door . An essay about exploring books by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Creator of The Sherlock Holmes Series. His subject is the charisma and charm of books. Creative visualization. Doyle invites readers to enjoy the greatest minds of all times through what they have left behind and argues that, when we read, the selfishness and hopelessness of… Read more

Ultimate Sticker Collection: Spider Sense Spider-Man, 2009 by DK Publishing. 96 pages. VG Pre-owned, unused condition. ISBN 9780756652050. 96 Softcover. Large format 8 ½ X 11. Bright and tidy, a nice Spidy.

Jules Verne: Jules A Journey To The Centre Of The Earth 1959 Dodd, Mead Science Fiction Book Club Edition. Special introduction by Arthur C. Clarke. USED. VG/G original red, black and white Jean Morton dust jacket. Spine of jacket is skinned by price label removal. Beige boards, red topstain, 226 pages, binding is tight. Plot summary:" In Jules Verne's… Read more

By Peter Newell, author of "The Hole Book". The Rocket Book, Harper & Brothers Stated October, 1912 First Printing. USED. GOOD+ CONDITION/ NO DUST JACKET INCLUDED. 7 1/8 X 8 7/8. Seller's Note: Sadly, (no one is sadder than me) the Front paper paste-down label has been removed from cover. Almost no glue remains on gray cloth front board.… Read more

Babbitt, Natalie. TUCK EVERLASTING. 1975, Farrar, Straus and Giroux Stated First Edition, 27th Impression Thus. USED. AS NEW CONDITION in original $16.00 unclipped dust jacket. Summary: "Rarely does one find a book with such prose. Flawless in both style and structure, it is rich in imagery and punctuated with light fillips of humor. The author manipulates her plot deftly,… Read more

Wells, H.G. The Croquet Player, A Dark Fantasy. Copyright 1937 H.G. Wells FIRST AMERICAN EDITION , THE VIKING PRESS. Used. VG/G Price-clipped DJ. Gray boards with Clifton Line Drawing on center front board. Boards are in nice shape. Printed in the US by the Haddon Craftsmen. By the author of 'War of the Worlds' and 'The Time Machine'. Illustrations… Read more

Mantell, Paul: X Men Second Genesis. Paul Mantell; Avery Hart Marvel ISBN 0679860126. Random House/ Bullseye. X-Men Marvel Entertainment Group. All rights reserved. Cover Printed in USA. Adapted by Paul Mantell and Avery Hart. 1994 number line begins with 2. Used. Softcover. Very Good to VG- Condition. Based on 1991 Marvel Milestone Edition: Giant Size X-Men #1.… Read more

They Came To Baghdad (Greenway Edition) Dodd, Mead. States "First published in the Greenway Edition 1970. No number line appears. By Agatha Christie. USED. As New/VG- unclipped $8.95 dust jacket with 12 on dj spine. Spine is sunned. Plot Summary: Baghdad is the chosen location for a secret summit of superpowers, concerned but not convinced, about the development of… Read more

Poirot Investigates (Agatha Christie Mystery Collection) Black faux leather binding. First Edition Thus, Bantam Books Inc., NY, April, 1985. Number line starts with 1. USED. As New. Summary: "Poirot Investigates is a short story collection written by English author Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by The Bodley Head in March 1924. In the eleven stories, famed eccentric… Read more

Murder In Three Acts (Agatha Christie Mystery Collection) Black faux leather binding. First Edition Thus, Bantam Books Inc., NY, January, 1988. Number line starts with 1. As New. Aka Murder in the Mews. Summary: "The Reverend Stephen Babbington seldom imbibes, but at a gala thrown by actor Sir Charles Cartwright, he indulges in a cocktail and falls over dead.… Read more

FRANK ERIC RUSSELL: The Great Explosion (1962, Torquil Dodd Mead BCE w/DJ) Please see our stock cover photo.. The Great Explosion, 1962 Torquil Dodd Mead BCE. Used. vg/g-. Dj spine is smoke darkened. Summary: "Four hundred years in the Future. Little did Johannes Pretorius van der Camp Blieder, the runny-nosed tinkerer, envision the vast consequences of his discovery of a… Read more

LEO MARGULIES, EDITOR. The Giant Anthology of Science Fiction (1954, Merlin Press 1st Ed. w/dj)Please see our stock cover photo. Edited by Leo Margulies and Oscar J. Friend. Used. VG/G- original unclipped $3.95 DJ. 1954, Merlin Press, Inc. 580 pages. ANTHOLOGY.. 10 stories included in this volume are: Enchantress of Venus by Leigh Brackett; Gateway to darkness by Fredric Brown;… Read more

Facial Justice (1960, Doubleday Science Fiction W/ Vera Bock DJ) Please seestock photo. L.P. Hartley, 1960, Doubleday BCE. illustrated by well-known artist Vera Bock. Used. vg/g-. A nice copy. ABOUT THE ARTIST: "Vera Bock (4 April 1905 – 1973) was a Russian-born artist who spent most of her career in the United States. She is known for her book… Read more