Fred Saberhagen Berserker Bundle, 5 Ace Science Fiction Paperbacks, 1979 to Early 1980s

This Fred Saberhagen Berserker bundle includes five Ace science fiction paperbacks, with printings dating from 1979 to likely the early 1980s.

The illustrated covers retain strong color and the books have a lightly handled appearance, with clean reading pages, light edge wear, age toning, and back cover stains on Berserker shown in the photos.

Across the Berserker saga, humanity faces ancient, computer-controlled war machines programmed to destroy living things.

Details

• Item: Five-book paperback bundle
• Title: Berserker; The Ultimate Enemy; Brother Assassin; Berserker Man; Berserker's Planet
• Author: Fred Saberhagen
• Illustrator: Cover art credited to Boris on Berserker and Berserker Man; Michael Whelan on The Ultimate Enemy and Brother Assassin; Berserker's Planet cover signed Boris
• Publisher: Ace Books
• Publication Year: 1979 to likely the early 1980s; Berserker and Brother Assassin printed in 1979, Berserker Man and Berserker's Planet printed in 1980
• Edition and Printing: Berserker: second Ace printing, September 1979. The Ultimate Enemy: later printing of the Ace edition first published September 1979, with a number line beginning at 2. Brother Assassin: second Ace printing, February 1979. Berserker Man: second Ace printing, January 1980, with “First publication in any form” printed on the front cover. Berserker's Planet: first Ace printing, May 1980.
• Format and Binding: Five mass-market paperbacks with illustrated covers and yellow page edges
• Dust Jacket: None, as issued in paperback
• Pages: Berserker: 243; The Ultimate Enemy: 242; Brother Assassin: 233; Berserker Man: 220, including bibliography; Berserker's Planet: 233
• Genre: Science fiction, space opera, and military science fiction
• Language: English
• ISBN: Berserker: 0-441-05404-8; The Ultimate Enemy: 0-441-84315-8; Brother Assassin: 0-441-08215-7; Berserker Man: 0-441-05407-2; Berserker's Planet: 0-441-05408-0
• Dimensions: Each approximately 7 by 4 by 1/2 inch

Condition Grade: Good

Positives

• Graded Good: These five paperbacks remain usable reading copies with intact covers and the individual wear described below.
• Front cover illustrations retain strong blues, yellows, oranges, and reds, with readable titles and author lettering.
• The books have a lightly handled appearance, and the spines retain clear lettering with little pronounced reading creasing in the photographed stack.
• Reading pages are clean and legible, with no writing, pencil marks, rips, or tears found during inspection.
• All five books retain their front and back covers, and the photographed interior pages remain attached.
• Copyright and printing pages are pictured for every title.

Issues / Wear

• Pages show age toning, particularly around the margins, with some variation in the yellow coloring of the outer page edges.
• Light rubbing and small areas of color loss appear along cover edges, spine ends, and corners.
• Berserker has dark stains and scattered pale scuffed spots on its blue back cover, most clearly shown in the close-up photo.
• Berserker Man has a slightly lifted front cover and light corner and edge wear visible in the stacked views.
• The pale back covers show light surface marks and handling wear.

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Five Ace paperbacks bring together Saberhagen's Berserker stories with illustrated covers by Boris and Michael Whelan. If it's the right copy for you, it's ready to come home.