Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$5.13 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: © 1979: A stand-alone novel by Arthur C Clarke. 1st printing of 1979 edition. Ex-library book but with minimal stamps and markings:- Synopsis: It is the year 2142 AD and the brilliant, visionary engineer Vannevar Morgan has evolved a method of building a gigantic 'Space Elevator' for transporting men and materials to a point outside the earth's atmosphere, thus marking the true beginning of Man's interplanetary civilization. But before this awe-inspiring conception can become reality a major obstacle has to be faced. For there is only one point on earth suitable for the launching site - the peak of a sacred mountain which is jealously guarded by the monks who have inhabited it since time immemorial. How their resistance is overcome, and what happens when Morgan's Elevator begins to tower into the sky, forms the basis of a dramatic tale in which scientific knowledge and soaring imagination both play their part. Taprobane, the setting of the novel, is a thin disguise for Arthur Clarke's beloved Sri Lanka, and the background is sketched in with vivid life and colour:- (original cost £4.95).
Seller: bbs, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
Clarke, Arthur C.. The Fountains of Paradise. Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1979.
Price: US$8.35 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Light wear, edge fading to boards. Content is clean and has light toning. DJ with some edge wear and creasing
Seller: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, United Kingdom
CLARKE, ARTHUR C.. The Fountains of Paradise. Victor Gollancz Ltd 1979, 1979.
Price: US$9.17 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION, octavo, hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Clarke, Arthur C. The Fountains of Paradise. Hutchinson of Australia/Victor Gollancz, 1979.
Price: US$16.73 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Edges and endpapers lightly foxed; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 256 pages
Seller: Haymes & Co. Bookdealers, Kingscliff, NSW, Australia
Price: US$18.41 + shipping
Description: Octavo, 256pp, original boards in dustwrapper, a very good copy.
Seller: Grant's Bookshop, Cheltenham, VIC, Australia
Arthur C. Clarke. The Fountains Of Paradise. Victor Gollancz Ltd, London, 1979.
Price: US$28.23 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 255pp, some fade to top edge of cloth, wear to dj, small tear to top front corner and top and bottom of dj spine at back. A slight buckle to prelims front and back as if book had been in damp conditions, otherwise a clean bright reading copy.Not price clipped or inscribed.
Seller: WEST WESSEX BOOKS, Taunton, United Kingdom
Clarke, Arthur C.. The Fountains of Paradise. Victor Gollancz, London, 1979.
Price: US$32.08 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Pages begining to tan (common with this book), no inscriptions. The dust jacket is taken just-off fine by general handling. Although the book has an ISBN number and there is no indication (that I can see) on the book that it is anything other than a 1979 first by Golancz, it is offered and priced as a Book Club Edition due to the absence of a price on the unclipped dust jacket front flap. Weysprings Books is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA) and subscribes to the Association's Code of Ethics.
Seller: Weysprings Books, IOBA, PBFA, HINDHEAD, United Kingdom
Clarke, Arthur C.. The Fountains of Paradise. London: Victor Gollancz, 1979.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: SECOND PRINTING. Fine in a price clipped else fine dust wrapper.
Seller: Nicholas J. Certo, Newburgh, NY, U.S.A.
Clarke, Arthur C.. The Fountains of Paradise. Victor Gollancz Ltd., England, 1979.
Price: US$62.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A Nice Copy - British Edition. . Book Is In Very Good Condition. Boards Have A Tiny Bit Of Shelf Wear. Bumped. Fore Edges Have A Tiny Bit Of Reading Wear. Writing From A Previous Owner On The Front Free End Page, Otherwise Interior Is Clean And Legible. Not Remaindered. Dust Jacket Is In Very Good Condition. Tiniest Bit Of Wear Along The Edges. Has Been Price Clipped. Dust Jacket Is Covered By Mylar Brodart. Thanks And Enjoy.
Seller: SkylarkerBooks, CARSON CITY, NV, U.S.A.
Clarke, Arthur C.. The Fountains of Paradise. Victor Gollancz Ltd., United Kingdom, 1979.
Price: US$160.41 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A beautiful copy 1st printing clean text block appears unread with sharp square boards, just a trace of dusting along the top. Superb jacket in mylar, no fading, not price clipped. There is a 20x2 mm very slightly raised portion of the inside top rear book board above the rear pastedown end paper. This looks to be a binding fault but is barely noticeable, see photos.
Seller: Creachann Books, Milngavie, United Kingdom
Clarke, Arthur C.. The Fountains of Paradise. Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1979.
Price: US$160.41 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition. First edition, first impression. Non price clipped dust wrapper. A near fine copy.
Seller: Parrot Books, Hemel Hempstead, HERT, United Kingdom
Clarke, Arthur C.. THE FOUNTAINS OF PARADISE. Victor Gollancz Ltd., London, 1979.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, boards. Winner of the 1979 Nebula and 1980 Hugo awards for best novel. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-250. Bookplate to front paste down, some tanning to upper edges of boards, a fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with a 15 mm scratch and tear to rear panel near flap fold. (25399)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
Clarke, Arthur C.. THE FOUNTAINS OF PARADISE. Victor Gollancz Ltd., London, 1979.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, boards. "On an island in the Indian Ocean a twenty second -century engineer builds a colossal 'space elevator' which will connect with a station in geosynchronous orbit. A blend of old-fashioned Brunel-style technological heroics with Sri Lankan myth, effectively done in Clarke's best style." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), pp. 143-4. Winner of the 1979 Nebula and 1980 Hugo awards for best novel. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-250. Mild tanning to board edges, a nearly fine copy in a fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing to corner tips, small lamination pull to lower front panel. (28981)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
Clarke, Arthur C.. THE FOUNTAINS OF PARADISE. Victor Gollancz Ltd, London, 1979.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, boards. Winner of the 1979 Nebula and 1980 Hugo awards for best novel. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-250. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#169308) (29965)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
Clarke, Arthur C.. THE FOUNTAINS OF PARADISE. Victor Gollancz Ltd, London, 1979.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, boards. First edition. Winner of the 1979 Nebula and 1980 Hugo awards for best novel. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-250. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#14551)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Clarke, Arthur C.. THE FOUNTAINS OF PARADISE. Victor Gollancz Ltd, London, 1979.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, boards. First edition. Winner of the 1979 Nebula and 1980 Hugo awards for best novel. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-250. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#169308)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Excellent Copy - With A Laid In Signed Bookplate. A First Edition, First Printing. Book Is In Near Fine Condition. Boards Are Clean, No Real Shelf Wear. Interior Is Clean And Legible. Not Remaindered. Dust Jacket Is In Near Fine Condition. Not Chipped Or Crinkled. Not Price Clipped. Dust Jacket Is Covered By Mylar Brodart. Thanks, And Enjoy.
Seller: SkylarkerBooks, CARSON CITY, NV, U.S.A.
Clarke, Arthur C.. THE FOUNTAINS OF PARADISE. Victor Gollancz Ltd., London, 1979.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, boards. "On an island in the Indian Ocean a twenty second -century engineer builds a colossal 'space elevator' which will connect with a station in geosynchronous orbit. A blend of old-fashioned Brunel-style technological heroics with Sri Lankan myth, effectively done in Clarke's best style." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), pp. 143-4. Winner of the 1979 Nebula and 1980 Hugo awards for best novel. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-250. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (28652)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.