Behold the Man by Michael Moorcock (47 results)

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Meet Karl Glogauer, time traveller and unlikely Messiah. When he finds himself in Palestine in the year 29AD he is shocked to meet the man known as Jesus Christ - a drooling idiot, hiding in the shadows of the carpenter's shop in Nazareth. But if he is not capable of fulfilling his historical role, then who will take his place?Expanded from the NEBULA-winning 1966 novella, BEHOLD THE MAN is one of the greatest books of Moorcock's long and varied career. Intense, delicate and brutal, it explores the psyche of one man as he faces his ultimate fate. One he knows he cannot avoid. The Michael Moorcock Collection presents, for the first time, definitive editions of Moorcock's most influential work, fully revised and updated by the author. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Condition: Very Good. Jim Burns (illustrator). Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. About very good. Spine lean. Pages toned. Some rubbing shelf wear. A tight binding and a block devoid of any markings.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Good condition. Spine creases but binding tight and pages clean. Slightly cocked. Lots of cover wear and sticker adhered to front cover (see photo). 1st Printing thus.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good -. Painted Cover (illustrator). First Edition By This Publisher. 160 pages. good reads notes = "Karl Glogauer is a disaffected modern professional casting about for meaning in a series of half-hearted relationships, a dead-end job, and a personal struggle. His questions of faith surrounding his father's run-of-the-mill Christianity and his mother's suppressed Judaism lead him to a bizarre obsession with the idea of the messiah. After the collapse of his latest affair and his introduction to a reclusive physics professor, Karl is given the opportunity to confront his obsession and take a journey that no man has taken before, and from which he knows he cannot return." >> Minor cover creasing; cover scuffing Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Book.

Paperback: 7" x 4¼". Condition: Very Good: Light signs of wear. Cover Art: Walter Wyles (illustrator). 1980 Edition. © 1969: 1st in the 'Karl Glogauer' series of books. 1st printing of 1980 edition:- Review(s): "Michael Moorcock stands in relation to the world of science fiction much as Poe stood in relation to the Gothic novel. In 'Behold The Man' he has gone farther in point of imaginative outrage than ever before and farther than any previous writer in the genre. Moorcock's Karl Glogauer travels backwards in time in search of the truth about the Crucifixion. He finds more than he bargained for: a drooling idiot Jesus confined to the back room of the carpenter's shop, an animal Mary, Joseph on the make. Christ seems nowhere. Nowhere, shall we say, until Glogauer rides into Jerusalem on a donkey. Here is a writer of rare talent who has stumbled on an idea so dangerous and brilliant that scarcely any living writer could do justice to it" - Guardian:- (original cost £1.00).

Paperback. Condition: Very good. First equinox printing. Paperback red octavo with color illustrated cover. 160 pages; 18 cm. SF rediscovery series;; no. 22; "A major work of science fiction in which.a traveler through time discovers Christ the man-and is caught in the grip of an age-old prophecy."-front cover. Science fiction. Mild rubbing to covers and head and foot of spine. Mild yellowing to pages. Mild sunning to spine. Crisp and clean copy. Very good.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Frank Brunner, Gene Colan, Alex Nino, Bruce Jones, John Allison (illustrator). TRUE FIRST Edition COMICS Format Thus. INVENTORY = C; Great ALL-NEW B&W Science Fiction COMICS ADAPTIONS Series! Getting Scarce! 76 pages (inc covers). Nice FRANK BRUNNER color cover! Pat Broderick frontpiece! BOB SHAW's "SLOW GLASS"= New Comics adaption, Roy Thomas story, Gene Colan art= 3pgs! "BEHOLD THE MAN" cover & story, based on MICHAEL MOORCOCK Classic, with Doug Moench story & art by ALEX NINO = 23 pages! "THRU A GLASS SLOWLY" = an original about (and by) SF author BOB SHAW = 4 pages! Bruce Jones = 7pgs story/art! GOD & HELL "Mind Games" story/art by John Allison = 10 pages! Witchcraft/UFO/Alien story "Visitation" = Glut-s/Yandoc-a = 10pgs! Size: 8"x11". >> Edge creasing to covers; Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Book.

Paperback: 7" x 4½". Condition: Very Good: Light signs of wear. Cover Art: Bob Haberfield (illustrator). 1970 Edition. © 1969: 1st in the 'Karl Glogauer' series of books. 3rd printing of 1970 edition. Unrecognised ISBN 0583117873 printed on cover. Winner of the USA's coveted Nebula Award:- Synopsis: Karl Glogauer, obsessed with the bright silver crucifix that dangles round the little girl's neck, tortured by his growing sexuality and the overwhelming mystic power of religion. Karl Glogauer loves with Eva, innocent and beautiful, but he is too destructive. He loves with a troop of middle-aged women, but they are just a training ground. He loves with Monica, but she is explosive, she stings like a scorpion. He loves. He tries to love. He tries. The story of Glogauer's crisis of identity weaves between modern London and ancient Palestine, between Glogauer's erotic hunt for personality and Christ's journey to the cross. This is perhaps the most controversial portrait of Christ ever painted:- Review(s): "Portnoy or Glogauer, the complaint's the same" - Evening Standard / "Here is a strange story. Here is a real inventiveness" - Manchester Evening News:- (original cost £0.50).

Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good to Fine. Frank Brunner, Gene Colan, Alex Nino, Bruce Jones, John Allison (illustrator). TRUE FIRST Edition COMICS Format Thus. INVENTORY = C; Great ALL-NEW B&W Science Fiction COMICS ADAPTIONS Series! Getting Scarce! 76 pages (inc covers). Nice FRANK BRUNNER color cover! Pat Broderick frontpiece! BOB SHAW's "SLOW GLASS"= New Comics adaption, Roy Thomas story, Gene Colan art= 3pgs! "BEHOLD THE MAN" cover & story, based on MICHAEL MOORCOCK Classic, with Doug Moench story & art by ALEX NINO = 23 pages! "THRU A GLASS SLOWLY" = an original about (and by) SF author BOB SHAW = 4 pages! Bruce Jones = 7pgs story/art! GOD & HELL "Mind Games" story/art by John Allison = 10 pages! Witchcraft/UFO/Alien story "Visitation" = Glut-s/Yandoc-a = 10pgs! Size: 8"x11". >> Cover scuffing. Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Phoenix House 1994 first edition. Pages clean and bright, binding firm, minor shelf wear to dust jacket. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1970-08-01.

Hardcover. First edition (& 1st printing). Omnibus edition: collects the title novel BEHOLD THE MAN, together with CONSTANT FIRE (a retitling and revised version of THE TRANSFORMATION OF MISS MAVIS MING) and BREAKFAST IN THE RUINS, all three previously published separately. Fine copy in a fine dustjacket (as new).

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Avon edition. Cover art by Bob Foster. Mass market paperback. Wrappers lightly rubbed and toned, topstain soiled and faded, about near fine.

Soft Cover. Condition: Good/Very Good. ALL 4 BOOKS ARE IN GOOD TO VERY GOOD CONDITION; Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Soft Cover. Condition: Good. ALL 4 BOOKS ARE IN GOOD CONDITION; ALL ARE 1ST PRINTINGS EXCEPT: "BEHOLD THE MAN" WHICH IS A 4TH PRINTING; Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Paperback. First Edition. First paperback publication. A fine copy. ; Small octavo.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Dust jacket in good condition. First edition, first printing. SIGNED by the author. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 0.75. signed by author.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. John Picacio (illustrator). 1st Edition. This is a unique "associational" copy that captures a shared moment in the careers of three SF luminaries. British ex-pat and SF Grand Master Michael Moorcock was living in Texas in 1996 when Austin-based Mojo Press published this "Thirtieth Anniversary Edition" chapbook of his classic novella "Behold the Man". On its copyright page is, "Interior Illustrations & Book Design by John Picacio". Per the April 2012 Locus Magazine article about Picacio (copy included with this book), "He worked as an architect while doing illustration work on the side, beginning with a cover and interiors for the 30th anniversary edition of Michael Moorcock's BEHOLD THE MAN." I purchased this copy of Moorcock's "Behold the Man" from the Rare Book Room of Half Price Books in Austin Texas, which had acquired it from the estate of Neal Barrett, Jr. It has two "associational" inscriptions on its front endpaper. Michael Moorcock wrote, "To Neil ? Soldiering on! All very best / As ever / Mike / 7th Sept 96 Austin". And Picacio wrote, "For Neal ? Enjoy ? Best Always, John Picacio 9/96". In addition, Michael Moorcock signed a full signature on the book's title page. Neal Barrett must have treasured this book, because it is still in unread fine condition. Its binding is tight and square, with no spine crease. Covers are unmarked and unworn. Pages are unworn and otherwise unmarked. Its dust jacket, now protected by a removable mylar cover, is whole, bright, unmarked, and unworn. I will ship this book in a moisture proof zip-loc bag, padded in bubble wrap, inside a sturdy box to assure it reaches its new owner in the same condition as my description. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Thus. A fine unread 1st impression in a fine dustwrapper. Signed by the Author on the title page. Top edge has a little foxing which has been neutralized by an application of Chloromine T. This is the first US Hardcover and a corrected version of the original novella. With a foreword by Jonathan Carroll and a new afterword by Michael Moorcock. Signed by Author(s).

Octavo, boards. First edition. A shorter version of this novel won the 1967 Nebula award for best novella. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-778. Survey of Science Fiction Literature I, pp. 157-62. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#169370).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. A fine 1st impression in a near fine dustwrapper. Dustwrapper has a printed price of 21s net. Dustwrapper very lightly scuffed with a little darkening along the inside top edge.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. First edition hardcover signed to the ffep by Moorcock. Spine ends faintly softened, faint toning to textblock else fine condition in like DJ in mylar. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 144 pages.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. V2 - An Avon first printing mass market paperback book SIGNED by author on the title page in very good condition that has some bumped corners, lightly cocked, reading crease on the spine, scattered wrinkling, chipping, crease and scuffing on the cover, some light stains on the page edges, moderate tanning and light shelf wear. The Nebula Award winning best science fiction novella of the year, now a fully realized novel - the shattering story of a non-believer's passionate quest through time for the historical Jesus. 7"x4.25", 160 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Signed by Author.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Classic SF novel. SIGNED on title page. VGF; light crease on cover along "Behold". Signed by Author(s).

Signed Paperback. Fine condition. Inscribed by Moorcock to Dave (Dave Best Wishes Michael Moorcock). Dave (Baldock) worked at the Forbidden Planet bookshop in London for many years and was on friendly terms with the Horror and Science Fiction authors who visited the store and launched their books there throughout the late 1970s to early 1990s. Please contact us for a full list of signed books (primarily paperbacks) of this genre during this period. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Gabi Nasemann (illustrator). Fine / Fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Included. Gabi Nasemann(Cover Artist) (illustrator). 1st Edition. Behold the Man by Michael Moorcock (First Edition) Signed A firm signed copy with bumping to the top corners. Minor edge wear and some creasing to the front flap fold of the dust jacket.Clear protective cover. Signed by the Author on the FFEP. Publisher's red boards in dust jacket. A novel based on the Nebula Award winning short-story first published in New Worlds magazine, 1967. Signed by Author(s). BOOK.

Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Signed first edition of this novel from Moorcock, which was expanded from the 1968 Nebula-winning novella of the same name. 8vo, 144pp. Signed by Moorcock on the ffep. Red paper boards, spine lettered in gilt in illustrated jacket. A fine copy.