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1 Pohl, Frederik Coming of The Quantum Cats, The
U.S. Bantam Books, Inc. 1986 0553257862 / 9780553257861 First Bantam Books Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Fair. Rdg. Copy. Water Tchd. Ex-Library Book. 
       May, 1986. $.4.50 is the original price. Tight binding. 296 pages with a Biography of the Author and some book advertising. Darker medium beige paper. (?)Yellow colour on the edges.
Front Cover: Wrinkle/creases, corner creases, handling marks. Oddly, there's only a small bit of edge wear at the bottom, right edge.
Spine: Several wrinkle/creases from book opening plus edge wear but mostly at the bottom, left and top edge.
Back Cover: a 1" curved crease at the left edge and two small marks at the top edge. There's also a small bit of edge wear at the bottom edge.
In General: The Library pocket and two Library stamps are on the inside of the Front Cover and next two pages. A water mark starts at the top left corner of the first page (3" x 2") and disappears by page 16, becoming smaller with each page. Lastly, the Library name and "Discard" are stamped on the right edge. The book has a slight lean to the right.
Story: Quantum Physics has shattered the boundaries protecting alternate Time streams and these are all colliding. An invading army is trying to conquer them all. It's a good premise. 003727 
Price: 4.40 USD
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2 Pohl, Frederik Day Million
Canada. Ballantine Books, Inc. 1970 #345-01939-3. First Ballantine Books Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Fair - Good. Water Touched. Cover: Robertson, Ian.      June. 1970. $.95 is the original price. 213 pages, plus book advertising at the back of the book. Reasonably tight binding, but there's a tendency to being brittle at the spine. Darker beige paper.
Front Cover: A light, double wrinkle/creased corner at the bottom, right (extending inward 1/2" and 1"). Some light edge wear, mostly at the left, and bottom edges.
Spine: 3 deep creases at the middle, from book opening, plus some water rippling.
Back Cover: 3-4 fingernail indents at the middle, from book opening, plus some light scuffs and mild, light grey ink bleed at the top third of the cover.
In General: A bit of blue colour bleed at the bottom edge. There's an old Book Store stamp at the top of the first page and some of the pages at the front, and back of the book, have pencil notations. If you have the time, they can be erased. Pages 89-95 have brownish water stains and page 93-94 has a 1/4" creased, bent corner at the top, right. The book's been read, although not too heavily. Story: A collecton of 10 short sf. stories. 002163 
Price: 5.45 USD
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3 Editor: Pohl, Frederik. Expert Dreamers, The
Canada. Avon Book Co. 1968 #S355. First Avon Books Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Fair Plus. Water Touched. 
       September, 1968. $.60 is the original price. Tight binding. Mostly light medium beige paper. 207 pages plus a page of book advertising. Washed-out reddish edges. Cover Art: Crowley, Don
Front Cover: Creased corners (extending inward 1" at the top and 1¼" at the bottom). A 4" vertical crease is beside the Spine and two other smaller ones are further in. There are also couple of soft rolls. The Cover's been handled.
Spine: A couple of tears but I reinforced and reglued it so the book's quite tight again.
Back Cover: A half dozen light vertical creases and other handling marks.
In General: The pages have a couple of vertical soft rolls from water and also some of the edging colour which was washed away. It's very light but over most of the page). Pages 112-113 appear to be where water dried as these pages have ¼" - wide vertical water lines. This mostly disappears by pages 109 - 114.
       A few check marks and circles are on some of the stories and a few pages at the beginning and end of the book have corner indents from their respective Covers. Not much, though. A previous Owner wrote his name at the top of the inside Front Cover.
Story: 16 short sf. stories from the old Super Science, Galaxy, Star, etc., magazines. A lot of unknown (to me) Writers but Pohl is usually good in what he chooses. 003543 
Price: 7.15 USD
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4 Pohl, Frederik/Kornbluth, C.M. Gladiator-at-Law
U.S. Ballantine Books. 1962 #F570. Second Ballantine Books Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Fine Plus. Cover Art: Powers, Richard 
       February, 1962. $.50 is the original price. 171 pages plus advertising. Light beige paper, a bit darker at the edges (¾"). Very tight binding. Light orange colour on the edges.
Front Cover: A couple of barely visible ¼" indents.
Spine: A very Small amount of edge wear at the top and bottom.
Back Cover: A little bit of edge wear is at the top and bottom. The top and bottom edges also have two small spots where a string, or something similar tied them into a bundle (I think) as this is how pocket books once were delivered.
In General: Some nearly-invisible mottling spots are on both Covers but they're not too visible.
Story: As the Title says. A Lawyer battles Corporate interests legally and physically. 000462 
Price: 15.46 USD
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5 Pohl, Frederik Plague of Pythons, A
U.S. Ballantine Books. 1965 #U2174. First Ballantine Books Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good Plus. Water Touched. 
       September, 1965. $.50 is the original price. 158 pages plus advertising. Medium beige paper. Very tight binding. Pale red colour on the edges.
In General: The bottom right corner is creased (1"). This book was probably dropped there. Lightly water - rippled throughout and a bit stiff to open as water changed the wood fibre. The book looks to be formerly a Mint copy.
Story: A new Plague strikes Earth. Pohl is usually always a good author. 000120 
Price: 8.25 USD
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6 Pohl, Frederik/Kornbluth, C.M. Search the Sky
U.S. Ballantine Books. 1954 #61. True First Paperback Edition.  Mass Market Paperback. About Mint. 
      $.35 is the original price. 165 pages plus a Biography of the Authors and some book advertising at the back of the book. Very tight binding. Light beige paper, slightly darker around the edges (¾").
Front Cover: A very little bit of edge wear along the Cover's edges, here-and-there.
Spine: A small (1/16") piece of Cover surface is missing by the upper Spine, right side.
In General: Two previous Owners' names in very small print are at the top of the first page and the top of the inside Front Cover.
Story: What has happened to former Earth colonists who've settled on other planets? Contact has been lost with them. 000082 
Price: 38.50 USD
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7 Pohl,Frederik/Kornbluth, C.M. Space Merchants, The
Canada/U.S. Ballantine Books, Inc. 1972 Seventh Ballantine Books Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Good Plus. Water Touched. 
      Canada/U.S. May, 1972. 158 pages plus some book advertising. Tight binding. Medium beige paper, slightly darker at the top (3/4"). Orange colour on the edges.
Front Cover: Missing, but I made a new one.
Spine: Missing.
Back Cover: An 1/8" tear is at the left edge, middle, and there's a small, light 1" crease extending from it. The bottom, left has a small (1/8") upturned corner. The first few pages also have a small, upturned corner (1/4" high x 2" long). The first page looks a bit dirty and the last page has a 1/2" tear at the left edge, middle. The inside of the Back Cover is dark beigey.
Story: The power of advertising. When I first read this story many years ago in Galaxy I was intrigued by the idea of having advertisng pop up in the air in front of you and now it's almost here. 003194 
Price: 5.50 USD
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8 Editor: Pohl, Frederik. Star Science Fiction 3
Canada. Ballantine Books. 1972 #345-02719-1. Third Ballantine Books Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Water Touched. Cover Art: Berkey, John. 
       November, 1972. $.95 is the original price. 186 pages. Very tight binding. Light beige paper.
Front Cover: The lower right side has two pieces of Cover surface missing (¼" x 3", in a horizontal pattern, widthwise) close to the middle and 1",- ½", beside the right edge). There are numerous small white flecks where another Cover had removed tiny pieces of the surface. A straight line crease where the book was opened is beside the Spine. There's a slight bit of edge wear along the edges.
Spine: A small bit of edge wear is at the top and bottom edges.
Back Cover: A 2" slight crease at the upper left edge.
In General: A gentle paper roll.
Story: A collection of short stories by some top Authors, such as: Bradbury, Asimov, del Ray, Arthur C. Clarke, Dick, Vance, Matheson, et al. Pohl generally always put out good s.f. collections. 000632 
Price: 6.05 USD
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9 Editor: Pohl, Frederik. Star Science Fiction 4
Canada.. Ballantine Books. 1972 #345--02720-5. Second Ballantine Books Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Rdg. Copy. Water Tchd. Cover: Berkey, John. 
      Canada. #345-02720-5. $.95 is the original price. 157 pages, plus book advertising at the back of the book. Very tight binding. Medium beige paper, slightly darker at the edges (1 1/2" at the top, 1/2" at the right side and 3/4" at the bottom). Cover Art: Berkey, John.
Front Cover: Two wrinkle/creases (2 1/2" long) parallel to the right edge and two others at the middle of the Cover (1" long). A crease from book opening by the Spine.
Spine: 3-4 wrinkle/crease lines from book opening.
Back Cover: A few small pieces (mostly 1/4" wide x 3/4", to 1" long) of the Cover surface are missing (about 2" from the right side) from removing another Cover which had stuck to this one. There are also a few bits of light colour bleed.
In General: Black ink bleed spots are on the inside of both Covers and first pages, plus here-and-there throughout the book. Some horizontal rolling to the pages.
Story: A collection of 10 Short Stories. 001253 
Price: 3.96 USD
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10 Editor: Pohl, Frederik. Star Science Fiction Stories No. 5
Canada/U.S. Ballantine Books, Inc. 1972 #345-02721-3. Second Ballantine Books Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Fine Minus. 
       November, 1972. $.95 is the original price. Tight binding. Light medium beige paper. 159 pages plus some advertising.
Front Cover: A small bit of edge wear at the bottom edge.
Spine: Some edge wear at the top edge and left and right edges at the bottom. There's also an 1/8" tear at the bottom right edge.
Back Cover: 5-6 fingernail indents which have become 1" - 2" curved indents. A couple of light scratches/indents are also at the bottom Spine side. Nothing much, though.
Story: Contains 9 short sf. stories. 003863 
Price: 9.63 USD
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