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2000008023Centreville VA: Shadowlands Press / a Subsidiary of Bereshith Publ. 2000. Book. Fine. Cloth. Signed by Authors. Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Printin. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. # 122 of 500 copies printed Stories and artwork based on sculptures of Lisa Snellings. Illustrated with 16 plates by Lisa Snellings. SIGNED by Lisa Snelling Edward E. Kramer Harlan Ellison Caitlin R. Kiernan Charles De Lint Neil Gaiman Robert J. Sawyer Chet Williamson John Shirley Michael Bishop Gene Wolfe Jack Dann Janeen Webb Edward Bryant S.P. Somtow Nancy A. Collins Nina Kiriki Hoffmann Brad Linaweaver Fred Olen Ray Richard Lee Byers David Niall Wilson Darrell Schweitzer and Peter Crowther. Shadowlands Press / a Subsidiary of Bereshith Publ. Hardcover
1930010493New York : Heron Press Inc. 1930. Book. Illus. by d'Aulaire Edgar Parin. Near Fine. Paper Covered Boards. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Number 78 of 100 copies SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR. Lithographs by Edgar Parin d'Aulaire. Translated by Erich Posselt and Sinclair Dombrow. While the limitation page states that the first 100 Signed copies were bound in cloth this copy on Bodleian Laid Rag bound in specially designed paper and numbered 78 belies that statement. This copy bound in paper covered boards with illustration to front cover dark green cloth spine gilt lettering to the spine decorative end papers. This copy is Near Fine faint toning to rear board at top edge small rub at bottom rear corner. Heron Press, Inc. Hardcover
1928007584London: Duckworth 1928. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Edition. 8vo. #54 of 110 copies in this Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Edition. In original yellow cloth top edge gilt other edges untrimmed Near Fine toning to end pages in a Near Fine dust wrapper spine a touch darkened. A quite handsome copy of this critically acclaimed author's science fiction story of ".a Lord Beaverbrook figure and his entourage in their complex lives and later after a huge cataclysm hurtling through space on a chip of rock which is all that remains of Earth." Science Fiction Encyclopedia. A SCARCE SIGNED Limited Edition particularly so with such a fresh dust wrapper. Duckworth Hardcover
192234415New York: Putnam 1922. 1st ed. Hardcover. Sime Sidney. 1st ptg. 8vo full blue cloth stamped in gilt frontis in sepia tint by Sidney Sime. A few small spots to fore edge bottom front corner bumped else fine with 1922 gift inscription "felt all this dimly but no less surely Putnam hardcover
1997022498Norwalk Connecticut: The Easton Press 1997. Book. New. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. Limted/numbered/signed. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover bound in full genuine green gilt-stamped leather binding. 219 pages. Brand new copy in factory shrink-wrap. A quality Easton Press production with all the refinements that go to make this a truly fine binding: bound in satin ribbon marker all edges gilt raised spine 22kt gold stamping smyth-sewn binding silk moire end-papers acid free archival paper and full genuine leather binding. Limited First signed and numbered edition published by Easton Press 1997. One of 1200 copies personally signed by Kurt Vonnegut with COA Certificate of Authenticity and Collector's Notes laid-in loose. A tale of time travel with a twist as only Kilgore Trout's alter-ego can write it. A pristine copy gift quality new in shrink wrap. . The Easton Press Hardcover
1987539852London: Science Fiction Conventions Ltd 1987. Limited edition hardcover souvenir book of the 45th World Science Fiction Convention 1987 consisting of 135 copies of which this is number130 with gilt embossed front board no dust jacket in matching slipcase. Includes fold out full colour illustration and page with signatures of 19 contributors tipped in. As unread condition. LW. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Used. Science Fiction Conventions Ltd Hardcover
1941020975Charleroi: Stellar Tales / Blaine R. Dunmire 1941. First Edition . Stapled Sheets. Good. Purple Mimeo Drawings. Short-Lived Fan Magazine Issued Before Dunmire Went On Active Duty In Wwii; Rare No Copy Indexed In Worldcat. Fas Reported In The Futurian War Digest #36 August 1944 "Latest News From Usa Is Of Another Unfortunate Loss To Fandom In Pfc Blaine R. Dunmire U.S. Army Air Corps. Dunmire Was On A Ship Sunk With All Aboard In The Mediterranean About The Beginning Of May. He Was Comparatively New To Fandom Was Assistant Director Of The Western Penna Science Fictioneers & Put Out Two Short-Lived Fanzines Stellar Tales And The Ghoul. " The 3 1/2 Pp Article By Asimov Is Notable For Its Derogatory Statements About Merritt And Others And His Extremely Laudatory Comments About L Ron Hubbard. <br/> <br/> Stellar Tales / Blaine R. Dunmire unknown
1949035907Reading: Fantasy Press 1949. First Edition 1st Printing. Blue Cloth. Near Fine/Fine Dustjacket. 252 Pp. First Binding Of Blue Cloth With Gilt Lettering Near Fine In A Fine Dust Jacket No Wear Or Rubbing. One Of An Unknown But Very Small Number Of Presentation Copies With A Special Unnumbered Inserted Presentation Plate Different From The Plate Inserted In The Signed Numbered Copies Signed By The Author This Copy With A Long Personal Inscription From Doc Smith. <br/> <br/> Fantasy Press hardcover
1948035908Reading: Fantasy Press 1948. First Edition 1st Printing. Blue Cloth. Very Good /Near Fine. A. J. DONNELL. First Edition. First Binding Of Blue Boards With Gold Lettering Spine Slightly Faded In A Bright But Slightly Dusty Near Fine Dj With Light Wear At Corners And Top Edge And 3/4" Closed Tears At Top Of The Rear Panel 1/4" Closed Tear At Bottom Gold Lettering On Spine Faded To A Very Light Yellow. One Of An Unknown But Very Small Number Of Presentation Copies With A Special Unnumbered Inserted Presentation Plate Different From The Plate Inserted In The Signed Numbered Copies Signed By The Author This Copy With A Personal Inscription From Doc Smith This Unnumbered Plate Not Described In Currey 1988 For This Book But Similar To Presentation Copies Of Others Of His Books. <br/> <br/> Reading: Fantasy Press hardcover
1930000719London: Methuen 1930. First Edition First Issue 1st Printing. Blue Cloth. Very Good /No Jacket. Xi 355 Pp 8 Pp Catalog At Rear. First Edition An Attractive Bright Very Good Copy With The First State Of The 8 Pages Of Ads At The Rear Dated 6/30. Previous Owners Name Spencer In Pencil With 11/17/30 Date On First Front Free Endpaper. <br/> <br/> Methuen hardcover
199631716Springfield: Gauntlet Publications 1996. Gauntlet's 45th Anniversary edition limited to 600 numbered copies signed by Bradbury William F. Nolan and Ed Gorman on the limitation page. Copy #241. Preface by Bradbury. Introduction by Nolan. Afterword by Gorman. Full cloth-coverd boards illustrated dustjacket. Slipcase.Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Slipcase in Fine condition. One in the publisher's "A Classic Revisited" series. Bradbury's second story collection originally published in 1951. Signed by Author & Contributors. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition. Gauntlet Publications Hardcover
198631293New York: Tor/Father Tree Press 1986. Limited edition. Hardcover. #3 of 350 copies signed by the contributors. 8vo full red leather stamped in gilt with black slipcase. A collection of Elfquest tales by Richard Pini Lynn Abbey Piers Anthony Mark C. Perry and C.J. Cherryh Janny Wurtz Allen L. Wold Nancy Springer Diana L. Paxson Robert Lynn Asprin and Diana Carey. Slight creasing to a handful of pages at the end else fine no previous owner's marks. Tor/Father Tree Press hardcover
1954006543New York: Vanguard 1954. First Edition . Blue Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine Dustjacket. First Edition Blue Cloth. Near Fine With Some Little Spots Of Loss Of Color Along Lower 1/4 Of Book In A Near Fine Dj With A Few Nicks And Short Closed Tears At Top And Bottom Edges And A Tiny Nick On Spine But Very Attractive And Near Fine Signed In Person For Me By Poul Anderson At Table Of Contents Entry Of His Story. <br/> <br/> Vanguard hardcover
196649524Allen & Unwin London 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. Twelfth Impression. Size: 8vo - over 7.75 - 9.75" tall. 352 pp. Binding firm spine cocked. Slight foxing front/rear pages but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Dust jacket is marked and chipped with minor loss and faded spine. Edges foxed and browned. Corners slightly bumped. Large fold-out map of Middle Earth at rear. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; Fiction. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 49524. . Allen & Unwin hardcover
1977002715Caedmon 1977. First Thus . Illustrated Box. Fine/No Dust Jacket. 10" Tall. Riddett. Contents: 4 cassettes in a box with a full-color poster map from "The Silmarillion original art by J.R.R. Tolkien color by H.E.Riddett 18" x 24" and an 8 page program booklet. Cassette I: Christopher Tolkien reads his father's "The Silmarillion: Of Beren and Luthien".Cassette II: J.R.R. Tolkien reads and sings excerpts from his "The Hobbit" and "The Fellowship of the Ring" part one of "The Lord of the Rings". Cassette III: J.R.R. Tolkien reads and sings excerpts from "The Two Towers" part two of "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Return of the King" part three of "The Lord of the Rings". Cassette IV: J.R.R. Tolkien's "Poems & Songs of Middle Earth" directed by Pulitzer Prize winner Howard Sackler. J.R.R. Tolkien reads from "The Adventures of Tom Bombadil". "The Road Goes Ever On" sung by William Elvin pianist Donald Swann. The poster is as new. The booklet has commentaries by Christopher Tolkien George Sayer Ward Botsford and W.H. Auden. Program Booklet included as new. <br/> <br/> Caedmon unknown
19091409London: Charles Griffin & Company Ltd 1909. First Edition Second Issue. Hardcover. At least Very Good/Very Good. Light blue linen over boards title printed in black onto upper board and spine all edges trimmed 8vo 7-1/4 inches tall pp. vii viii 1 - 317 3 ads. Volume with slight fade to spine minor rubbing to tips and bottom edge p.o. name in pencil ffep toning and a few spots of foxing to title page front hinge a trifle loose. DJ with slight fade to spine some short closed tears tiny chips to flap corners and chips to spine ends - not affecting title with a single tape repair verso at head of spine. A nice copy in an early and complete century old Science Fiction dust jacket. Interplanetary voyages in the solar system from the perspective of the turn of the last last century. A companion volume to his The Stolen Planet novel. Bleiler Checklist. Charles Griffin & Company, Ltd hardcover
1926009277London: W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1926. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at front end page -"Walter de la Mare with all good wishes June 1926". Very Good bump to fore edge of rear board toning to end pages only prior owner name front paste down hidden by front flap small crease to cloth at head of spine. In Very Good Minus dust jacket large triangular chip rear panel detached but present small chips and tears and edge wear. laid in a contemporary newspaper clipping presumably a London newspaper with a review of the book. Consists of nine tales written in the previous 2 years with all but 3 unpublished previously. W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. Hardcover
1959SK08Philadelphia & NY: J. B. Lippincott Co. 1959. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 1st printing 1959. Cover art by Eric Carle. Signed by Anderson to publisher and editior David Hartwell. Dj has small losses at heel and mid-rear hinge edge. J. B. Lippincott Co. Hardcover
1972004501London: Victor Gollancz 1972 First printing of the British edition. Book with faint toning to top edge of boards slight crimping to spine ends and a tiny bump/crimp to upper front corner else in fine condition; dust jacket with minor creasing primarily at spine ends and upper corner else fine. A Lovely copy! Victor Gollancz hardcover
1916002804London: Nash 1916 first reprint of the Uniform edition blue cloth with dark blue titling light edge rubbing closed edges some foxing faint browning to endpapers light foxing to prelims fore edges of a few pages a little roughened where opened but all edges have been machine trimmed by printer 350pp The author's second collection of supernatural fiction includes "The Willows". See Barron : Horror Literature 3-26. Bleiler: The Guide to Supernatural Fiction #176. scarce in any edition. reprint. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6 - 7 tall. Nash hardcover
189936433London: Ward Lock & Co 1899. 1st ed. Hardcover. Bacon John H. 1st ptg. 8vo blue cloth with elaborate color design. Pencil ownership signature on front free endpaper. Endpapers darkened front endpaper brittle and detached else a near fine bright copy. A very nice copy and scarce in this condition. Ward Lock & Co hardcover
200135900London: PaperTiger 2001. 1st ed. Hardcover. As New. Bonestell Chesley. 1st ptg. folio full black cloth lavishly illustrated in color and black and white. Fine in fine unclipped dj no previous owner's marks. PaperTiger hardcover
199731341San Francisco: Chronicle 1997. 1st ed. Hardcover. Deluxe edition folio pictorial boards in elaborate die-cut clamshell box. Profusely illustrated in color. Velcro closing to slipcase lacking first pages lightly thumbed and a touch of wear to slipcase else fine. Chronicle hardcover
1953021296Hicksville NY: Gnome Press 1953 First printing of the stated first edition publisher's original binding and dust jacket octavo 191pp. Signed association copy of a Gnome Press file copy signed by the publisher and Silverberg: "Gnome Press / File Copy/ Martin Greenberg" on the front pastedown and "Robert Silverberg" on the title-page. Interior page margins toned else book in fine condition; dust jacket with light wear and faint toning to folds else fine. Gnome Press hardcover
200737012Subterranean Press 2007. 1st ed. Hardcover. #191 of 500 signed copies. 4to full green cloth. Stories by such luminaries as robert Silverberg C.J. Cherryh Michael Moorcock Tanith Lee Gene Wolfe Garth Nix and more signed by all 19 authors except Gene Wolfe. Fine in fine unclippee dj. Subterranean Press hardcover