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17768862Londres, [sans nom], 1776. In-8 de VIII-382-[2] pages, demi-basane brune à coins, dos à nerfs (manque de peau en haut du dos), non rogné. Singulière reliure qui a la chasse inférieure qui mesure 2 centimètres, pour 5 millimètres pour la chasse supérieure.
1944AMO-2426Editions des Moulins d'Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, 1944 (Imprimerie X. Perroux et Fils à Mâcon) 1 volume in-4 (24 x 19 cm), en feuilles, sous couverture rempliée imprimée et emboîtage toile de l'éditeur. Excellent état, proche du neuf. ÉDITION BIBLIOPHILIQUE. TIRAGE A 400 EXEMPLAIRES. CELUI-CI, 1 DES 50 EXEMPLAIRES HORS-COMMERCE AVEC SUITE EN BISTRE, RÉSERVÉS AUX COLLABORATEURS. Tous les exemplaires ainsi que les suites sont tirés sur papier d'Auvergne pur fil, fait à la main, comme au moyen âge. Texte établi par P. Bondois, archiviste paléographe au Département des Manuscrits de la Bibliothèque Nationale. Préface d'Emile Magne. Quinze illustrations à l'eau-forte, dessinées et gravées par Maurice de Becque. Très belle édition bibliophilique illustrée (posthume) avec une grande finesse et l'esprit qui sied à Cyrano par Maurice de Becque (1878-1938). Edition publiée 6 ans après le décès de l'illustrateur. Trop éclipsé par l'excellent Cyrano d'Edmond Rostand, le véritable Cyrano de Bergerac existe bel et bien et a laissé des textes d'une philosophie majeure. Les Etats et Empires du Soleil et de la Lune (parus pour la première fois en 1657. Certains commentateurs, dont Madeleine Alcover, considèrent les deux Voyages comme les deux volets d'un même projet romanesque, intitulé L'Autre monde. L'œuvre raconterait les voyages d'un même personnage, Je sur la Lune, et Dyrcona sur le Soleil (Dyrcona étant l'anagramme de D(e) Cyrano). La structure de chacune des deux parties est assez similaire : sur la Lune comme sur le Soleil, le narrateur rencontre différentes personnes avec lesquelles il aborde toutes sortes de sujets, et subit un procès dont une intervention extérieure le sauve. Cette œuvre est considérée comme un des premiers romans de science-fiction. L'auteur y décrit ses voyages dans la Lune et le Soleil et rend compte des observations qu’il a pu y faire de sociétés indigènes, dont le mode de vie est parfois totalement différent de celui des terriens, voire choquant, et parfois au contraire identique, ce qui lui permet d’en dénoncer indirectement les limites. Ces voyages imaginaires sont avant tout prétextes à exprimer une philosophie matérialiste. Le voyage de Je-Dyrcona est un voyage initiatique, il se qualifie lui même comme une « personne qui n'avait risqué les périls d'un si grand voyage que pour apprendre ». Ce dernier ne cesse de questionner tous ceux qu'ils rencontrent pour s'instruire sur leurs mœurs, leurs sciences, leur philosophie … Cependant, à l'inverse du roman d'apprentissage classique, Je-Dyrcona ne va pas découvrir des vérités, et bien au contraire, ce qu'il tenait pour vrai va être détruit. En effet, chacun de ses interlocuteurs énonce des vérités qui seront par la suite détruites par un autre interlocuteur. Il s'agit donc bien plus d'un roman épistémologique. On peut y voir une sorte de mise en garde contre la Vérité, rappelant la relativité de toute connaissance et de tout savoir (d'autant plus vrai à l'époque) ; ce qui donne toute sa place à cette œuvre dans le mouvement du libertinage intellectuel du xviie siècle. L'Histoire des Oiseaux est quant à elle extraite des Empires de la Lune. Cet épisode ou « histoire » des Oiseaux natifs du Soleil expose en effet les marques d’un système politique et sociétal assez original, car tout à fait opposé, ou presque, à celui des humains. SUPERBE EXEMPLAIRE.
8vo., First Edition, endpapers moderately browned; original blue cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, boards very lightly age-marked, backstrip slightly browned (but all gilt bright and entirely legible), a very good, bright, firm copy. With the small neat contemporary signature of Claude Sisley [second cousin of the artist] on front paste-down. One of the finest 'homo-superior' novels and a classic of Edwardian fantasy. Very scarce.
193834265London: Published by George Newnes Ltd. 1938-1939. Mild tanning to text paper some mild edge rubbing a fine set. 34265. Octavo three issues all covers by S. R. Drigin pictorial wrappers. Fantasy magazine was a combination of reprints and new materials as well as factual articles. Authors included John Beynon John Russell Fearn Eric Frank Russell and others. The magazine was canceled due to the war. "Fantasy 's lifetime was too short to make a value judgment on its position in SF but there is not denying that Sprigg had considerable editorial acumen and that Fantasy would no doubt have developed into a major magazine" - Tymn and Ashley eds Science Fiction Fantasy and Weird Fiction Magazines pp. 254-56. Published by George Newnes Ltd. unknown
1900006290New York: New Amsterdam Book Co. 1900. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First American Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. RARE in either the British or American First Editions this copy the American with the American publisher listed above the British on the title page and with different colors to the cloth and the artwork. 320 pp. printed without the 46 page publisher's catalogue seen in the British edition. In the original publisher's grey cloth lettering in green pictorial artwork to spine and front cover in green red black and white. Very Good cloth rubbed at spine ends corners a bit bumped and rubbed. small "Brentano's Booksellers" label bottom edge rear paste down. Contents clean and unmarked with absolutely no foxing or toning a quite handsome copy containing 12 stories from this master of the macabre Richard Marsh who is best known for his classic novel of supernatural horror "The Beetle" 1897. New Amsterdam Book Co. Hardcover
1896003496London: John Lane 1896. Book. Very Good. Decorative Cloth. First British Edition. First British Edition First Issue with catalog at rear dated 1896. In light brown decorative cloth boards spine titles gilt red decorations and title front board and red key decoration spine and rear board along with 1896 date. Pagination error on title page 26 pages of ads at rear. A Very Good copy. Small booksellers sticker bottom edge rear pastedown that of J.L. McCallum Surrey. About 1/4" of cloth loss at head of spine not affecting title. Contents are clean tight and free of any foxing whatsoever. Edges of pages just starting to brown SCARCE in the true British First Edition and in quite collectible condition. John Lane Hardcover
1948021483Los Angeles California: Fantasy Publishing Company 1948 First printing of the stated first edition first state with publisher's original blue mesh weave cloth spine panel lettered in gold. Signed by A. E. Van Vogt directly on title page. Light age-toning to page margins dust jacket with a short crease to upper corner oj front flap light creasing to upper edge of rear flap else in fine condition. Fantasy Publishing Company hardcover
200836740Burton MI: Subterranean Press 2008. 1st edition thus. Hardcover. Chong Vincent. #71 of 1000 signed numbered copies signed by Zafon on the limitation page. Small 4to full burnt orange cloth titled in metallic copper cover art and interior color illustrations by Vincent Chong. Translated by Lucia Graves. Fine in fine unclipped dj no previous owner's marks. Signed by the author. Subterranean Press hardcover
1956000775Harcourt Brace & Company hardcover USA: Harcourt Brace & Company 1956 An expansion of Clarke's first novel "Against the Fall of Night". First edition. Not price-clipped not bumped. There is a bookplate from a previous owner on the back of the front cover. The front of the dust jacket has three small tears at the bottom all approximately a quarter-inch 6 mm long. Aside from these flaws this is a very sharp looking copy of this seminal work see photos. Comes in an archival protective cover. All books are bubble-wrapped and placed in a sturdy shipping box when mailed.
1952015066New York: Simon and Schuster 1952. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine. Fe Near Fine In Complete Near Fine Dj Priced $3.95 With Just A Trace Of Edge Wear Small Clear Tape Reinforcement At Bottom Of Spine. Nice "Best Wishes" And Full Signature Of Campbell On First Free Endpaper. Per Wikipedia John Wood Campbell Jr. 1910 - 1971 Was An American Science Fiction Writer And Editor. He Was Editor Of Astounding Science Fiction Later Called Analog Science Fiction And Fact From Late 1937 Until His Death And Was Part Of The Golden Age Of Science Fiction. Campbell Wrote Super-Science Space Opera Under His Own Name And Stories Under His Primary Pseudonym Don A. Stuart. Campbell Also Used The Pen Names Karl Van Kampen And Arthur Mccann. His Novella Who Goes There Was Adapted As The Films The Thing From Another World 1951 The Thing 1982 And The Thing 2011. It Is As Editor Of Astounding Science Fiction From Late 1937 Until His Death For Which Campbell Is Primarily Remembered Today. In 1939 Campbell Started The Fantasy Magazine Unknown Which Was Canceled After Only Four Years. Referring To His Time Spent As An Editor The Encyclopedia Of Science Fiction States: "More Than Any Other Individual He Helped To Shape Modern Sf."Isaac Asimov Called Campbell "The Most Powerful Force In Science Fiction Ever" And Said The "First Ten Years Of His Editorship He Dominated The Field Completely." In His Capacity As An Editor Campbell Published Some Of The Very Earliest Work And Helped Shape The Careers Of Virtually Every Important Science-Fiction Author To Debut Between 1938 And 1946 Including Asimov Robert A. Heinlein Theodore Sturgeon A. E. Van Vogt And Arthur C. Clarke. An Increasingly Strong Interest In Dianetics And Other Pseudoscience Later Alienated Campbell From Asimov. In The 1960S Campbell's Controversial Essays Supporting Segregation And Other Remarks And Writings Surrounding Slavery And Race Served To Distance Him From Many In The Science Fiction Community. Nevertheless Campbell Remained An Important Figure In Science Fiction Publishing Up Until His Death. Campbell And Astounding Shared One Of The Inaugural Hugo Awards With H. L. Gold And Galaxy At The 1953 World Science Fiction Convention. Subsequently Campbell And Astounding Won The Hugo Award For Best Professional Magazine Seven Times. Shortly After His Death In 1971 The University Of Kansas Science Fiction Program Established The Annual John W. Campbell Memorial Award For Best Science Fiction Novel And Also Renamed Its Annual Campbell Conference After Him. The World Science Fiction Society Established The Annual John W. Campbell Award For Best New Writer Since Renamed The Astounding Award For Best New Writer. The Science Fiction And Fantasy Hall Of Fame Inducted Campbell In 1996 In Its Inaugural Class Of Two Deceased And Two Living Persons. <br/> <br/> Simon and Schuster hardcover
1955022882New York: Ballantine Books 1955. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good Jacket. 186 Pp. Yellow-Brown Cloth With Spine Lettering In Blue. There Are Several Variants Of The Cloth Color No Known Priority. The Publisher's Personal Copy Direct From The Publisher's Library. Handwritten "Production Dept" On Front Pastedown As Is Sometimes Found In The Publisher's Copies. Book Fine Clean No Wear Spine Lettering As New Pages Aged As Usual. Dj Complete Not Price-Clipped. Tiny Rub At Top Of Front Spine Edge Small Damp Spots At Top And Bottom Of Spine And Adjacent Area Of Rear Panel Some Foxing Along Spine Folds And Rear Panel A Little Fading To Green Color On Spine Panel And Very Faint Foxing To Spine Panel. <br/> <br/> Ballantine Books hardcover
1949009741New York: : Scribner And Sons 1949. First Edition 1st Printing. Black Cloth. Very Good/Good Dust Jacket. First Printing With The "A" On Copyright Page. Book Is Clean And Solid Small Area Beginning To Fray At Center Of Top Of Front Panel Pages Beginning To Age Owner's Name At Top Of Front Endpaper. Dust Jacket Is Price-Clipped But Is First State No Rubber-Stamped Price Only Rocket Ship Galileo And Space Cadet On Rear Panel Worn At Folds And At Head And Foot Of Spine With A 1/4" Narrow V-Chip At Each Fold Top And Bottom That At Top Of Front Spine Fold Being 1/8" Wide But Extending 1" Down The Fold; Spine Panel Is Lightly Faded To Pink. A Collectible Copy. <br/> <br/> Scribner And Sons hardcover
1948036504New York: Scribner And Sons 1948. First Edition 1st Printing. Cloth. Very Good /Very Good Jacket. First Printing With The "A" On Copyright Page. Very Good Book Is Clean And Solid. Very Good Dust Jacket Has Slight Foxing And A Little Wear To Flap Folds And At Head And Foot Of Spine With A Tiny Chip At Each Fold Top And Bottom. Dust Jacket Shows Proper First Issue $2.50 Price Printed On Front Flap. A Very Attractive And Collectible Copy. <br/> <br/> Scribner And Sons hardcover
1957028021New York: Doubleday 1957. First Edition stated 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good Dustjacket. First Edition Stated First Issue Dj Not Price-Clipped $2.95. Light Rubbing At Edges Single 1/4" Fray Along Bottom Edge Of Front Board; There Are A Few Tiny Light Spots At The Top Edge Of The Sheets. The Dj Has Wear A Few Tiny Losses At Corners And Tips And At Bottom Of Spine A Few Short Closed Tears And A Few Spots Where Red Of Cloth Covers Has Bled Through To Inside Of Dj Without Any Trace Of Staining. Dj Has Small Areas Of Interior Tape Reinforcement At Folds. Slight Fading. All Lettering And Design On Dj Is Clear. <br/> <br/> Doubleday hardcover
1956000301New Yor: Scribner And Sons 1956. First Edition First Printing . Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine Dustjacket. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First Edition First Printing With A-8.56 On Copyright Page. Nice Copy Slight Rubbing Spine Ends Of Book Bumped. Near Fine Dust Jacket Has Proper First Issue $2.75 Price. <br/> <br/> Scribner And Sons hardcover
1953022226Los Angeles: Fantasy Publishing COmpany Inc. FPCI 1953. First Edition First Issue . No Binding. No Book Included/Fine Dustjacket. As New Unused Dj Never On A Book Never Folded. Uncut Margins 19 3/4" X 7 15/16" Suitable For Framing. Only 300 To 500 Copies Of The Book Which Were Bound By Fpci Using Sheets From Their Earlier Printings Of "Death's Deputy" And "The Kingslayer" And The Dust Jacket Is Quite Scarce. <br/> <br/> Fantasy Publishing COmpany, Inc. ( FPCI) unknown
1955024127New York: Ballantine Books 1955. First Edition 1st Printing. Grey-Green Cloth. Fine/Near Fine Dustjacket. Powers Dust Jacket Art. 167 Pp. Beige Cloth Stamped In Black. First Edition. A Fine Book No Wear No Names Or Marks Usual Aging Of Pages. Dj With Just A Touch Of Wear At A Few Points 3/16" Closed Tear At Top Of Rear Flap Fold And Another At Top Of Rear Panel Small Bruise No Tears Or Creases Near Center Of Spine Not Price-Clipped. Small Bump To Upper Tip Of Front Board And Front Panel Of Dj. <br/> <br/> Ballantine Books hardcover
1931019547Baltimore: The Williams & Wilkins Company 1931. First Edition . Red Cloth. Fine/Fine DJ. 7 1/2" High. 138 Clean Pages. Red Cloth With Spine And Cover Labels As Issued. Fine Covers Clean And Bright. Fine Dj Spine A Little Faded. ".A View Of What Mathematics Is All About And Of The Progress Of That Field Of Intellectual Endeavor During The Last Century." Written By E. T. Bell Professor Of Mathematics At The California Institute Of Technology Who Also Wrote Science Fiction Under The Pseudonym John Taine. This Example Is Near New And Inscribed To Another Professor A. D. Michal At Cal Tech And Dated Dec 1 1931. <br/> <br/> The Williams & Wilkins Company hardcover
1905003495London: Ward Lock and Co. Ltd. 1905. Book. Illus. by Austin Henry. Very Good. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. First Edition and quite SCARCE in collectible condition. In decorative yellow cloth frontis illustration and 2 others by Henry Austin. Author's name misspelled "Sheil" on title page. Lettering a bit rubbed front board red decoration at spine faded but still showing some red.Prior owner name front pastedown small Brentano's sticker bottom edge rear pastedown. Endpages and tissue guard for frontis foxed and a bit of light internal foxing. Binding is sound. Overall a Very Good copy of a very SCARCE book. Ward Lock and Co., Ltd. Hardcover
1987618403London: William Heinemann Ltd 1987. Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket in very good condition. Signed by the author. Jacket is sunned. Edges are a little creased. Lean to the spine with a crease along the length. Page block and page edges are tanned. Binding is sound and pages are clear. LW. Signed by Author. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Used. William Heinemann Ltd Hardcover
198527097Allen W H 1985. Book. Illus. by Bennett Gail. As New. Hardback. Signed by Authors. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Signed by the Author Gary Downie 17 July 1940 -19 January 2006 was a production manager on many 1980s episodes of the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who. Allen W H Hardcover
1980008383New English Library 1980. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good//Very Good. 9x6x4. Robert A. Heinlein - The Number of the Beast - True First Edition. Black dj spine. UK first Edition True First for this title. the book was published in UK prior to the USA edition A Classic by the Grand Master of SF. FREE Media Mail Shipping! Images available for any item just ask. Any images shown next to the listing that have our www.aCastleofBooks.com watermark on them are the exact item you will receive all other images are for reference only. Free delivery confirmation for domestic orders. Books with Author signatures are guaranteed authentic. We understand collectors needs in terms of accurate grading and proper packaging. We stand behind our descriptions 100%. All items will be shipped securely to insure that they arrive in exactly the same condition in which they left. May have small easily erasable pencil markings on first page. Our Packing Slips do not contain any pricing information so you may order items as Gifts or for Dropship without concern. We ship every Monday Wednesday & Friday morning. All items subject to prior sale. Why the odd prices We run a percent discount for our Biblio listings which insures Biblio has our lowest prices online but does give odd change. New English Library hardcover
25252Editions Paul Hartmman 1929. In-4 broché de 108 pages au format 19 x 25,5 cm. Couverture rempliée avec titre imprimé en bleu. Dos resté carré avec petite fente recollée au bas. Trace de scotch au mors inférieur des plats et du dos. Intérieur frais. Plats frais, malgré le défaut indiqué. Ouvrage illustré de 17 documents gravés à l'eau-forte au répérage par Jean Bruller. Un des 325 exemplaires numérotés vélin blanc ( n° 165 ), après 9 sur japon, 12 sur Gaspard-Maillol, et 20 sur hollande. Edition originale illustrée. Un très grand texte fantastique. Précieux exemplaire enrichi d'une très belle dédicace autographe, signée, de Jean Bruller. Envoi accompagné d'une note manuscrite de Jean Bruller ou l'illustrateur explique que la dédicace a été effectuée le 24 juin 1938, jour de la St Jean et de l'élection d'André Maurois à l'Académie Française.
17154-0-336Leiden, Pierre van der Aa, 1715. 8° (16,5x9,5cm), mit 16 Kupertafeln F. Bleyswyk (in Seitenzählung enthalten), 74 nn. Bll., 372 S., 48 S., Ldr. d. Zt. mit goldgepr. Rücken
6561Nouvelles Editions Oswald - Néo / Collection Arkham n° 2 de 1987. Grand In-4 broché de 154 pages au format 33 x 25 cm. Poèmes choisis par Glenn Lord, traduits et préfacés par Francois Truchaud. Bibliographie en fin de volume. Contient un frontispice et 2 magnifiques illustrations couleurs hors texte, ainsi que de très nombreuses illustrations noir et blanc par Jean-Michel Nicollet. Tirage unique à 500 exemplaires numérotés sur Ingres d'Arches ( n° 258 ), après 50 hors commerce. Exemplaire signés par Jean-Michel Nicollet et François Truchaud. Exemplaire non coupé. Rare édition originale en état de neuf. .
