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Item #13168 Belle and the Dragon: An Elfin Comedy. A E. Waite

A.E. Waite

Item 13168Belle and the Dragon: An Elfin Comedy

London: James Elliott, 1894. Proof Unbound. A very good copy. The book itself is very uncommon, the unbound sheets moreso. Uncut gatherings. Starting with the first illustration, followed by the title page. An allegorical tales based around Waite and his friends. Waite wrote both fantasies, books on the occult and.....

Price: £825.00

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Item #8578 The Moon of Gomrath. Alan Garner

Alan Garner

Item 8578The Moon of Gomrath

London: Collins, 1963. Proof Paperback. A very good copy. Uncorrected proof. Uncommon. The second of the Alderley books preceded by The Weirdstone of Brisingamen. There appear to be two states of the proof, one in red wrappers with label and the present state in marbled paper. Some rolling to the.....

Price: £400.00

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Item #10138 The Moon of Gomrath. Alan Garner

Alan Garner

Item 10138The Moon of Gomrath

London: Collins, 1963. Proof Paperback. An uncommon proof. Near fine. The sequel to Garner's Weirdstone of Brisingamen. One of the finest works of British fantasy, originally intended as a trilogy, though Garner abandoned that idea until around 2012 when a third volume was published. A very good copy. A little.....

Price: £485.00

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Item #11877 The Deep Reaches of Space. Bertram Chandler

Bertram Chandler

Item 11877The Deep Reaches of Space

London: Herbert Jenkins, 1964. Proof Paperback. A near fine copy. Uncommon proof. The author's name has been misspelled on the upper wrapper, and the title has been renamed by hand to the final published title from 'And a Star to Steer Her By.' A little tanned to the wrappers, but.....

Price: £375.00

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Item #10697 The Glamour. Christopher Priest

Christopher Priest

Item 10697The Glamour

London: Jonathan Cape, 1984. Proof Paperback. A near fine copy. The dedication copy, inscribed by Priest to Lisa Tuttle [purchased directly from Tuttle]. Some sunning to the spine and a little handling wear, otherwise well treated. A fantastic association of a great book: people with a certain psychological profile exist.....

Price: £350.00

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Item #5969 An Infinite Summer Manuscript w/ Proof and First Edition. Christopher Priest

Christopher Priest

Item 5969An Infinite Summer Manuscript w/ Proof and First Edition

London: Faber, 1979. First / First. Unbound. Manuscript of Priest's novelette, gathered together in An Infinite Summer (for which the proof is included). 31 typed sheets. The story was first anthologised in Andromeda 1 in 1976, and subsequently in Trips in Time (Silverberg, 1977) and The Best Science Fiction of.....

Price: £750.00

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Item #11783 Ghostwritten. David Mitchell

David Mitchell

Item 11783Ghostwritten

London: Sceptre, 1999. Proof Paperback. A very good copy, signed by the author without inscription. Some general edge wear and a little bumping to the edges.

Price: £150.00

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Item #11533 The Day of Creation. J G. Ballard

J.G. Ballard

Item 11533The Day of Creation

London: Gollancz, 1987. First / First. Hardback. A fine copy. Inscribed by the author to the title page, offered with a proof of the same. J.G. Ballard (1930-2009) was one of the most influential writers in the genre, beyond his exceptional and unique take on the genre, he was vital.....

Price: £175.00

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Item #12763 Vermilion Sands. J G. Ballard

J.G. Ballard

Item 12763Vermilion Sands

London: Jonathan Cape, 1973. Brian Knight. Proof Paperback. A near fine book in a very good jacket. Some rolling to the jacket edges and rubbing to the spine. Book bumped at the spine tips. SFA penned on first leaf. A bit pulled at the hinge. Rear flap stamped, denoting proof.....

Price: £600.00

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Item #12054 King Rat. James Clavell

James Clavell

Item 12054King Rat

London: Michael Joseph, 1963. Proof Paperback. A near fine copy. Some tanning to the wrappers and a little wrinkling to the spine. A few surface marks.

Price: £175.00

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Item #9943 Dark Inferno. James White

James White

Item 9943Dark Inferno

London: None [Michael Joseph], 1972. Proof Unbound. A near fine copy. An unbound agent's proof with corrections. Most of the corrections are in facsimile, though some are on this copy (most in pencil it seems). 273pp typed (facsimile) rectos only. In Carnell card folder. Some staining to the folder.

Price: £150.00

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Item #7301 Among Others. Jo Walton

Jo Walton

Item 7301Among Others

London: Corsair / Constable & Robinson, 2013 [2012]. Proof Paperback. Near fine. A touch toned. Uncommon proof copy of Walton's Hugo, Nebula and BFA winning fantasy bildungsroman. Date reported as 2013, but the book was published earlier in 2012.

Price: £200.00

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Item #9637 Breakthrough. John N. Iggurdson

John N. Iggurdson

Item 9637Breakthrough

London: Methuen, 1960. Proof Paperback. A very good copy. Uncommon. No other copies or references located (even searching in case the name and titles are misspelled), so presumably the book was never published. It appears to be set in the near future; though the year '09' is frequently referenced, it.....

Price: £250.00

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Item #13252 Killer of Bulls: An Auto-Biography of a Matador. Juan Belmonte, trans. Leslie Charteris

Juan Belmonte [trans. Leslie Charteris]

Item 13252Killer of Bulls: An Auto-Biography of a Matador

London: William Heinemann, nd [1937]. Proof Paperback. A very good copy. Leslie Charteris provides the translation, and an introductory note. Uncommon in general, certainly so in proof. A little wear and a some light foxing to the edges. Spine looks creased, but it's just the production.

Price: £250.00

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Item #9624 No Highway. Nevil Shute

Nevil Shute

Item 9624No Highway

London: Heinemann, 1948. Proof Paperback. A good copy. Uncommon. The wraps are worn, with tanning to the spine, a readers lean and some chipping/tearing. Foxed internally.

Price: £275.00

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Item #11303 Quatermass. Nigel Kneale

Nigel Kneale

Item 11303Quatermass

London: Hutchinson, 1979. First / First. Hardback. Near fine. A little bumping to the spine tips, and some tanning to the jacket. A little fading to the proof and some light creasing. A nice pair overall.

Price: £375.00

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Item #8123 The Aerodrome: A Love Story. Rex Warner

Rex Warner

Item 8123The Aerodrome: A Love Story

London: John Lane / Bodley Head, 1941. Proof Paperback. A very good copy. Included in Anthony Burgess's list of Ninety-Nine Novels. In the introduction Burgess recounts how he read a copy returning from the war, and was struck by it's being Kafkaesque yet incorporating the three-dimensional characters more associated with.....

Price: £875.00

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Item #11601 Stories from a Lost Anthology. Rhys Hughes

Rhys Hughes

Item 11601Stories from a Lost Anthology

Leyburn: Tartarus Press, 2002. Proof Paperback. A fine copy. Sewn gatherings, no binding. The author's copy, directly from his collection.

Price: £150.00

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Item #9473 The Return of the King: The Dark Tower, Introduction and Extract from Wolves of the...

Stephen King

Item 9473The Return of the King: The Dark Tower, Introduction and Extract from Wolves of the Calla.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2003. Proof Paperback. A fine copy. 16pp. Uncommon. A sampler rather than a proof.

Price: £300.00

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Item #13480 A Canticle for Leibowitz. Walter Miller

Walter Miller

Item 13480A Canticle for Leibowitz

London: Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1960. Proof Paperback. A very good copy. A landmark post-apocalyptic novel tracing the passage of human knowledge across the centuries, as an order of monks maintains the remnants of civilisation after nuclear war. Uncommon in this format. Slight lean, some dustiness to the top and a......

Price: £750.00

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