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1953024101Chicago: Shasta Publishers 1953. First Edition stated . Cloth/Boards. Near Fine/Near Fine Dustjacket. One of a small number of subscriber's copies signed by Bester on the front endpaper. A bright and almost unworn book with copythe signature of a 1950's fan with his September 1953 date all in small letters at top corner of front free endpaper. DJ bright and unfaded not price-clipped with a 1/8" square chip at top of front flap fold and a little wear at top and bottom of spine and the other tips. <br/> <br/> Shasta Publishers hardcover
000001435Jacksonville Harris-Wolfe & Co. 1968 1st not stated . Hardcover . VG/VG. Few bumps spine-edges/top-corner; bit of soiling pageblock. DJ w/ few chips/creases edges; some rubbing/soiling; couple really faint stress-creases on spine; in new Brodart protector. Introduction by Fritz Leiber. Jacksonville, Harris-Wolfe & Co., 1968, 1st? (not stated) hardcover
1935018866London: : Methuen Circa 1937 1935. First Edition First Impression . Blue Cloth. Very Good/Very Good Dustjacket. Dustjacket Designed By Stapledon. Light Blue Boards. First Edition First Impression First Binding 19.1 Cm Tall Light Blue Cloth With Dark Blue Spine Lettering First Impression Sheets Ads Dated August 1935 The Book Was First Published 3 October 1935 And The First Issue Is Found With Ads Dated Either May Or August 1935. Dust Jacket Is Second Issue Identical To First Issue Except Price-Clipped Where Original 7S6p Was Printed At Lower Front Flap With New 2'6P Price Printed At Foot Of Flap Satty & Smith For A6.1.1.4 Say That This Is A Printed Price Label But It Is Printed Directly On The Jacket On This Copy And Has A Printed Paper Label From The Publisher "3' Net" Over The 2'6P Printed Price. This Pricing And Labeling Of The Dustjacket Is Not Listed In Satty & Smith's Definitive Bibliography. Satty & Smith's A6.1.1.4 First Edition First Impression Third Issue Of 24 Sept 1936 360 Copies Has This Binding With A 3'6P Price Printed At The Foot Of The Front Flap; The Fourth Issue 9 March 1939 555 Copies Has The First Issue Binding And Includes The Later Ads In A Dj With A New Price Label Of 2'6P Attached To The Front Flap. This Unrecorded Issue Probably Occurred Between These Two Issues. A Very Good Tight Example Clean And Unfaded Hinges Tight No Fraying Or Marks; Lightly Foxed On Endpapers Title And First Page A Few Tiny Spots In Rest Of Book. Dust Jacket In Blue Pink White Tan And Black Has What Is Reportedly Stapledon's Own Striking Bust-Length Design For The Eric Fraser Illustration Of The Title Character. The Dj Has Some Edge Wear And Aging Small Chips Or Nicks At Corners And Tips With Irregular Chipping Along Top Of Spine From 1/16" To 1/4" Deep Particularly Ar Corners. There Is A 1" Closed Tear At Top Edge And A 3/4" Closed Tear At Bottom Edge Each With Some Associated Vertical Creases But Virtually No Chipping. The Pink Background And Word "Odd" On The Spine Are Faded. <br/> <br/> Methuen, (Circa 1937) hardcover
13090231Conde Nast Publications USA 1977. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Magazine Magazine. 178 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Conde Nast Publications USA 1977. First Edition. Item Type: Magazine. CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. More specifically: Covers have light creasing. Edges of covers have superficial wear. Spine is uncreased. . Pages are reasonably tanned. ABOUT THIS BOOK: This volume contains the first appearance of Orson Scott Card's "Ender's Game" in novellete form eight years before it's first publication as a novel. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; Inventory No: 13090231. Conde Nast Publications paperback
1987021898New York: Doubleday 1987 First printing of the stated first edition. Signed and dated by Isaac Asimov directly on the title page along with an inscription turned into an original rhimed poem by Asimov: "There's a certain young doctor named Art / whom people have thought of as smart / And handsome and sporty. / He's now turning forty--- / As an oldster he'll make a new start / Isaac Asimov / 1988." Book in fine condition; dust jacket with light creasing/rubbing and wear to corners/spine ends else fine. Doubleday hardcover
1871015350London: William Blackwood and Sons 1871. First Separate Edition First Printing . Violet Wrappers. Near Fine. Cover Illustration By W. Patterson. Pp. 1-641-8 Of Ads. First Issue With "Price Sixpence" And "From Blackwood's Magazine May 1871" On Front Cover And 1871 Date In Roman Numerals At Foot Of Title Page. First Separate Publication Of This Short Story About A Fictional Invasion Of England By Germany. A Bright Clean Almost Unused Copy. Spine Faded To Light Violet As Is A 1/8" Vertical Strip Adjacent To The Spine On The Rear Cover. Very Scarce In Such Exceptional Condition This Being The Best Copy We Have Seen In 30 Years. <br/> <br/> William Blackwood and Sons unknown
1953004838Chicago: Shasta Publishers 1953. First Edition . Black/Red Cloth. Very Good/Very Good Dustjacket. 317 Pp. Third Of Heinlein's Books Printed By Shasta Press In His "Future History" Series Endpapers Illustrated With Printed Detailed Timeline For The Series. This Is One Of About 500 Subscriber's Copies With Heinlein's Signature On An Inserted Leaf. Book With Just A Touch Of Rubbing At Tips A Little Flaking To Spine Gilt Two Tiny Light Spots On Top Edge Of Page Block. . Dj With Wear At Corners With 1/8" To 1/4" V-Shaped Losses At Each And Slight Browning And Fading To Spine Panel. <br/> <br/> Shasta Publishers hardcover
1944000725London: Secker And Warburg 1944. First Edition 1st Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Jacket. 200 Pp. Yellow-Brown Cloth Stamped In Dark Brown. First Printing. With Attractive Bookplate Of Sf Fan Redd Boggs And Also The Handwritten Ownership Name And Address In Australia Of Sf Illustrator Roy V. Hunt. Near Fine In A Vg Dj With Minor Edgewear And A Slightly Dusty Rear Panel. <br/> <br/> Secker And Warburg hardcover
19460016629Sauk City Wisconsin: Arkham House 1946. 474 yellowing pages black boards Holliston Black Novelex with gilts ltrs and design on spine bumped corners ink name/address/ & date on ffep tight and clean. Unclipped DJ is pictorial artwork by Hannes Bok with white ltrs while nicked/torn/ and chipped on edges/corners/and head-heel of spine with scruffing on back cover and has original price as $5.00 on upper corner. Forward by August Derleth and memoirs by H.P. Lovecraft and E. Hoffmann Price. A posthumous collection that includes short stories of Conan Solomon Kane Bran Mak Morn King Kull and others. One of 3000 copies printed according to notice in back of book. 1st Printiing 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Illus. by Bok. Hannes. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Arkham House Hardcover
199838962New York New York U.S.A.: Scholastic Press 1998. 1st US . Hardcover. As New/As New. Grandpre Mary. 1st US Larger book fine green cloth spine dark blue boards with diamond pattern bright silver lettering on spine red inside covers and adjacent end papers 341 pages. DJ heavy paper colorful illustration of Harry with phoenix. DJ beneath mylar and book both As New. <br/> <br/> Scholastic Press hardcover
26637-Rapp & Whiting 1970-. First edition Uk 1970. Black cloth silver lettering. Fine in dustjacket. In this collectors opinion the best Dick has written by far. Ask to see our other Philip K. Dick titles. Philip K. Dick Ubik 0853911649 -Rapp & Whiting (1970)- hardcover
1872025507Philadelphia: J B Lippincott & Co 1871 1872. 2nd Edition 1st Printing. Green Cloth Gilt. Very Good . 6 7/8' Tall. 203 Pp. Green Cloth Gilt And Black Lettering And Design Two Blank Front Free Endpapers Two Blank Rear Free Endpapers The Elaborate Green Cloth Binding Being Very Similar To Strahan's 1871 London First Edition And The 1871 Routledge New York Printing But With No Publisher's Name At Base Of Spine And Lippincott Name And 1872 Date On Title Page The Actual Publication Date Of This Lippincott Edition Is Cited As December 1871 And As Lippincott Was Strahan's American Publisher At This Time It Seems Likely That This Edition Is The First Authorized American Edition. The Strahan Edition Has "Goblin" On Spine And Cover In Black But In The Routledge And This Lippincott Edition That Word On The Spine Is In Gilt. 30 B/W Illustrations In The Text Half-Page At Center Of Pages Signed With The Dalziels' Name In Plural And Hughes' Initials. Very Well Preserved Covers Clean All Gilt And Black Complete And Strong All Gilt Still Brilliant Rubbing And Wear To Cloth At Top And Bottom Of Spine And At Tips A Few Frays At Top And Bottom Of Spine And Pinpoint Frays At Three Of The Tips; Hinges Tight Original Off White Coated Endpapers No Cracking To Hinges No Names Or Marks No Repairs Slight Spine Lean. Display Quality. <br/> <br/> J B Lippincott & Co [1871] hardcover
26621-White Lion Publishers 1974-. First edition Uk hardback 1974. Cloth. Very good indeed in dustjacket with red-lettering faded from the spine. Philip K. Dick Game-players of Titan 0856175773 -White Lion Publishers (1974)- hardcover
19956201131995. Papers slide-bound in red wrappers with a cutout window showing the title and author on the title page with black plastic spine. Original screenplay written by Damien Hirst for an unproduced science fiction film he also intended to direct. Second draft 30th June 1995. 59 pages. All text is clear. There is some shelf/handling wear on the edges of the wrappers. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback
1994540835Oxford: Oxford University Press 1994. First UK Edition published in the following year to the Athneum edition. scarlet cloth covered silver embossed hardcover with unclipped dust jacket illustrated by Maggie Kneen in an unread condition. LW. First UK Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Maggie Kneen. Used. Oxford University Press Hardcover
199036595New York: Workman 1990. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg. large 8vo cloth-backed boards signed by Pratchett on the half-title page. Near fine with light soil to bottom of page block in near fine unclipped dj. Workman hardcover
1986010236London: Virgin Books 1986. Book. Illus. by Jean Marc Cote. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine in Fine dust jacket. A Lucy-Carroll Book illustrated by Jean Marc Cote 96 pages. This British First Edition in hardcover and in dust jacket is an Asimov RARITY; the American First Edition was published by Henry Holt only in paperback. . Virgin Books Hardcover
199833032New York: Seven Stories Press 1998. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg. 8vo black paper-covered boards a sequel to the 1993 Nebula Award finalist "Parable of the Sower" and itself the Nebula Award winner for 1999. Signed and dated 11-13-98 by Butler on the title page. Fine in fine unclipped dj no previous owner's marks. Appears unread. Signed and dated by the author. Seven Stories Press hardcover
1951022171New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1951 First printing of the first edition with Scribner's 'A' on the copyright page in first issue dust jacket with the 2.50 price on front flap 222pp. Offsetting to endpapers faint toning to spine and endpapers a few pages faintly creased and a few small stains to interior else book in fine condition; dust jacket with toning to spine folds and inside flaps light rubbing to folds and moderate edge wear to spine ends and corners else fine. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
1976010500New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1976. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First Edition First Printing of her first book and the first book of the "Vampire Chronicles." Basis for the 1994 film starring Brad Pitt Tom Cruise Kirsten Dunst Antonio Banderas and Christian Slater; and the 2022 TV series created by Rolin Jones. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket corner creases front flap and small creases at spine ends and bottom edge rear panel. The book feels unread a lovely copy. . Alfred A. Knopf Hardcover
190940264Arthur H. Stockwell London 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: 12mo <7 3/4". 159 pp. Binding firm spine faded and slightly cocked. Foxing front/rear pages but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Edges foxed and browned. Covers slightly marked. Corners slightly bumped. An anti-feminist Satire whose protagonist awakes in Near Future 1930 where the disastrous consequences of allowing female suffrage are all too evident; eventually the men revolt and the women having learned their lesson return happily to their domestic duties. Though its circulation was limited the publisher Arthur H Stockwell was a vanity press the tale aroused mild attention. The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction Contains frontispiece. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; Britain/UK; Women & Feminism. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 40264. . Arthur H. Stockwell hardcover
31115<p>NY1962: Doubleday First edition first prnt.<em> Inscribed</em> by Bradbury on the front free endpage. "Nan! Jessie! Merry Christmas! 1962! and Love! from Ray Bradbury." The inscriptee's small Hollywood address label has been affixed on an angle on the page and partially covers the date. Touch of shelfwear mostly at the spine ends lower board corners lightly bumped beginning toning on the endpages; dustjacket with wear at the corners and spine ends tiny chips and wrinkling on the topedge. A bright and tight copy in Very Good condition in a Very Good dustjacket with an archival cover. Bradbury;s eighth story collection. Contains two previously uncollected storeies. Inscribed & Dated by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.</p> Doubleday hardcover
26636-Rich and Cowan 1955-. First edition second state 1955. Red cloth black lettering. Some very light offset tanning to endpages. Very good in edge-worn dustjacket with some minor loss to head and tail of spine. Ask to see our other Philip K. Dick titles. Philip K. Dick A Handful of Darkness -Rich and Cowan (1955)- hardcover
1971615303London: Victor Gollancz Ltd 1971. First edition hardcover with unclipped dust jacket in very good condition. Jacket and board spine ends are sunned and edges are creased and nicked. Spine ends are bumped. Page block head is lightly foxed. Boards are clean binding is sound and pages are clear. LW. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Used. Victor Gollancz Ltd Hardcover
1953024108New York: Gnome Press 1953. First Edition stated . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 223 Pp. Blue Boards. First Printing Of First American Edition. Fine Book Mere Touch Of Rubbing At Corners Of Spine No Rubbing To Tips In A Fine As-New Dust Jacket. Book And Dj Were Protected By A Tightly Fitting Folding Heavy Plastic Protector Hence No Wear To Boards Except A Few Small Areas On Ends Of Spine But There Is A Little Foxing To The Endpapers Opposite Where The Dj Protector Folds Were Taped Together No Tape Ever On Book Or Dj. Signed By Clarke And Dated By Him "2 Sept '56" For A Long-Time Sf Fan From Whom We Obtained This. Signed By Arthur C. Clarke. <br/> <br/> Gnome Press hardcover
