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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 #9840 The Thought-Reading Machine. Andre Maurois

Andre Maurois

Item 9840The Thought-Reading Machine

London: Jonathan Cape, 1938. Proof Paperback. A very good copy. Uncommon in the proof. Heavy lean.

Price: £75.00

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Item #13391 Expletives Deleted. Angela Carter

Angela Carter

Item 13391Expletives Deleted

London: No Publisher [Chatto & Windus], 1991. Proof A fine copy. A sampler of sorts containing the introduction to Expletives Deleted which was published by Chatto and Windus the following year. The final published book contained an introduction by Michael Moorcock, so possibly this didn't end up in the final.....

Price: £60.00

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Item #10752 The Age of Longing. Arthur Koestler

Arthur Koestler

Item 10752The Age of Longing

London: Collins, 1951. Proof Paperback. A very good copy. Some wear to the corners and a little tanning. Top edge dusty. Spine a little worn to the top edge.

Price: £40.00

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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 #11945 The Year Before Yesterday. Brian Aldiss

Brian Aldiss

Item 11945The Year Before Yesterday

New York: Franklin Watts, 1987. Proof Paperback. Very good condition. Comprising [1] c230 sheets unbound laser print (?) sheets, single-sided. Grouped in two sheets, taped. [2] c230 pages in stapled gatherings, with editor's corrections. [3] c230 pages, subsequent to proof 2. Galleys, unbound.

Price: £50.00

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Item #10240 The Woman Wins [bound with] The Devil's Double. Cecil Henry Bullivant

Cecil Henry Bullivant

Item 10240The Woman Wins [bound with] The Devil's Double

London: Arthur Pearson, 1919. First / First. Hardback. A very good copy. Bound in more recent plain cloth. The first title appears to be a proof of sorts as the Peason title page is a template with the title pasted on. The Devil's Double is a proof also, having been.....

Price: £80.00

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Item #10871 The Rose. Charles L. Harness

Charles L. Harness

Item 10871The Rose

London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1968. Proof Paperback. A very good copy. Uncorrected proof. A little tanning to the wrappers, but overall a pleasing copy of an uncommon proof.

Price: £125.00

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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 #6915 The Terror. Dan Simmons

Dan Simmons

Item 6915The Terror

New York: Little Brown, 2007. Proof Paperback. Uncorrected Proof. An excellent novel, recently adapted by the Walking Dead team. Very good condition. One tear to top of upper wrap, a little handling wear. A decent enough copy. Uncommon.

Price: £80.00

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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 #11625 Dead Titans, Waken! Donald Wandrei

Donald Wandrei

Item 11625Dead Titans, Waken!

Minneapolis: Fedogan & Bremer, 2003. Proof Paperback. A fine copy. Uncommon thus. Afterword by S.T. Joshi. Donald Wanderi (1908-1987) is best known as founding Arkham House with August Derleth. He was a regarded writer of both prose and poetry in his own right.

Price: £100.00

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Item #11681 The Portent of Milton: Some Aspects of his Genius. E H. Visiak

E.H. Visiak

Item 11681The Portent of Milton: Some Aspects of his Genius

London: Werner Laurie, 1958. Proof Paperback. A very good copy. Uncommon thus. A little toning, and some edgewear. Block toned. 'Spring' written on the upper wrapper. Gentle creasing. E.H. Visiak (1878-1972) was a leading expert on Milton, but is best remembered for his horror tale Medusa.

Price: £40.00

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Item #10185 Deathworld 2. Harry Harrison

Harry Harrison

Item 10185Deathworld 2

New York: Bantam Press, 1964. Proof Unbound. A very good copy. A set of unguillotined leaves from the first paperback (first book) issue. A little foxed to one 'page'.

Price: £40.00

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Item #9607 Downriver (Or, The Vessels of Wrath). Iain Sinclair

Iain Sinclair

Item 9607Downriver (Or, The Vessels of Wrath)

London: Grafton, 1991. Proof Paperback. A near fine copy. Signed and dated without inscription to the title page. Uncommon. A UK with a sort of worse version of Thatcher, almost dystopic.

Price: £75.00

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Item #9807 Downriver (Or, The Vessels of Wrath). Iain Sinclair

Iain Sinclair

Item 9807Downriver (Or, The Vessels of Wrath)

London: Grafton, 1991. Proof Paperback. A near fine copy. A UK with a sort of worse version of Thatcher, almost dystopic.

Price: £20.00

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Item #9808 Lights Out for the Territory. Iain Sinclair

Iain Sinclair

Item 9808Lights Out for the Territory

London: Granta, 1997. Proof Paperback. A near fine copy. Signed by Sinclair to the first page. A little rubbed to the wrappers.

Price: £60.00

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Item #10746 Radon Daughters. Iain Sinclair

Iain Sinclair

Item 10746Radon Daughters

London: Jonathan Cape, 1994. Proof Paperback. A very good copy.

Price: £20.00

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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 #11532 The Kindness of Women. J G. Ballard

J.G. Ballard

Item 11532The Kindness of Women

London: Harper Collins, 1991. Proof Paperback. A near fine copy, with just a little handling wear. Sequel to Empire of the Sun. 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 to the transition.....

Price: £75.00

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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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