FANTASY ANTHOLOGIES - paperback & hardback editions

Book grades (Very Good, Good, Fair, Acceptable, Poor) are explained below the list of books.
Where 2 or more books with the same title, edition & grade are available, I will sell the best copy first (unless you express a preference).

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ALCHEMY & ACADEME Ed. Anne McCaffrey : 1984, US, Del Rey / Ballantine 5th print : Good (rear cover creased)

THE ANCIENT MYSTERIES READER Book 2 - Ed. Peter Haining : 1978, Sphere, 1st thus : Fair (a few page corners torn off (margin only); lines in pen through top/bottom edge; spine cracked in middle of book)  

BEST FANTASY STORIES Ed. Brian W. Aldiss : 1970, Faber Paper Covered Editions 1st thus, B-format PB : Good

BEWARE THE BEASTS Ed. Vic Ghidalia, Roger Elwood : 1970, US, Macfadden-Bartell, 1st thus : Fair

THE BOOK OF FANTASY Ed. Jorge Luis Borges, A. Bioy Casares, Silvina Ocampo : 1990, Black Swan B-format PB : Good (small bookseller stamp at front)

DRAGONS OF DARKNESS Ed. Orson Scott Card : US, "First Bart Books edition: 1988" : Fair (would be 'good' but for small tear to base of spine - see pics)
Illustrated.

FAIRY & FOLK TALES OF IRELAND duo (sold together) : both Good
Great Fairy Tales of Ireland - Ed. Mary McGarry - 1986, Muller Blond & White TPB reprint
Great Folk Tales of Ireland - Ed. Mary McGarry - 1986, Muller Blond & White TPB reprint

Flashing Swords! 1,3 (sold together) : both Good (but #3 spine cracked in middle of book)
Flashing Swords! #1 : Ed. Lin Carter : US, "First Dell printing - July, 1973"
Flashing Swords! #3: Warriors and Wizards Ed. Lin Carter : US, "First Dell printing - August 1976"

FLASHING SWORDS! 2 Ed. Lin Carter : 1975, Mayflower 1st print (2 available): Good (one has more cover creases, one has more cover fading)

HEROIC VISIONS Ed. Jessica Amanda Salmonson : US, "Ace edition/March 1983", PBO : Good (borderline very good, just minor creasing to rear cover)

IMAGINARY LANDS Ed: Robin McKinley : "First published in Great Britain in 1987 by Futura Publications" : Good

LIAVEK 3-4 (sold together) : both Good (sticker residue on covers)
3. Wizard's Row Editors: Emma Bull, Will Shetterly : "Ace edition/September 1987", 1st printing
4. Spells of Binding Editors: Emma Bull, Will Shetterly : "Ace edition/November 1988", 1st printing

LIN CARTER duo (sold together) : both Good
GOLDEN CITIES, FAR Ed. Lin Carter : US, Ballantine Adult Fantasy #22, "First Printing: October, 1970"
THE YOUNG MAGICIANS Ed. Lin Carter : 1971, UK, Pan / Ballantine Adult Fantasy

THE MAGIC MAY RETURN Ed. Larry Niven : "First Ace Mass Market Printing: January 1983" : Good
With over 40 full-page drawings by Alicia Austin.

MYSTERIOUS EROTIC TALES : 1997, Castle Books Hardback; possibly Book Club edition : Good

THE POST READER OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION : "Corgi Edition published 1966" : Good

SAVAGE SCROLLS Volume One Ed. Jason Ray Carney : 2020, Pulp Hero Press POD TPB-size : Very Good (mild corner creases to cover)

SCIENCE AND SORCERY Ed. Garret Ford : US, 1978, Zebra Books, stated 1st printing : Good

SISTERS IN FANTASY Ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Susan Shwartz : US, RoC,   "First printing, June 1995" : Very Good

SPELL SINGERS Ed. Alan Bard Newcomer : US, "First DAW printing, December 1988" : Good
A variant of 'Bardic Voices One'.

SWORDS AGAINST TOMORROW Ed. Robert Hoskins : US, Signet / New American Library, "First Printing, August, 1970" : Good

THIEVES' WORLD #1,6,8 (sold together) : just about Very Good (#1 hole punched front top right + small corner crease to rear)
1. Thieves' World : 1990, US, Ace Books 31st print
6. Wings of Omen : 1989, UK, Titan Books 1st print
8. Soul of the City : 1990, UK, Titan Books 1st print
All edited by Robert Lynn Asprin & Lynn Abbey.

THE ULTIMATE DRAGON Ed. Byron Preiss, John Betancourt, Keith DeCandido : US, 2003, ibooks PB 1st print (2 available) : Very Good

VILLAINS! Editors: Mary Gentle, Roz Kaveney : 1992, Roc (Penguin) UK : Very Good (slight twist to spine)

VISIONS OF FANTASY Ed. Isaac Asimov & Martin H. Greenberg : 1991, US, Bantam Starfire 1st print : Fair (a little spine damage at base - cover starting to pull away from base of rear cover)

WARLOCKS AND WARRIORS Ed. Douglas Hill : "First published in 1971 by Mayflower Books Limited" (2 available) : Good (name in pen; a few rough page edges)

THE YEAR'S BEST FANTASY STORIES: 2 Ed. Lin Carter : 1976, US, DAW Collectors #205 1st print : Good

GRADING

Very Good - minor defects, faults or wear to cover, pages & dust jacket if present; only light creasing to spine; light tanning to pages; if writing present at front, it is in pencil

Good - average book, complete & intact; faults may include: heavier creasing to spine & page tanning, bumping, foxing (yellow/brown marks) & cover fading; may be small stamp / sticker or writing in pen at front of book

Fair - between GOOD and ACCEPTABLE

Acceptable - book with complete text pages (incl. maps, plates) but may lack endpapers; may have heavy creasing, marks, bumping & foxing; edges & corners of covers / pages may be damaged; covers may feature stickers or sticker remains, etc; binding may be weak or splitting with 1 or 2 loose pages; book may show some signs of poor storage, possibly in a damp environment; may be ex-library

Poor - book that is sufficiently worn that its only merit is the complete text, which will be legible; multiple pages or page blocks may have come loose

Please message me with any questions about these or any other items I have listed (product details, combining postage etc). Also, you can now visit my ebay shop and browse the various categories there. I have many books and magazines that are not yet listed, and I'm happy to see if I have a title you are searching for.