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London: Allison & Busby, 1981-1982. First Hardback. A near fine set. Four volumes, complete. The first four Rim World books, there are plenty of others but Allison & Busby put together this nice tetraolgy a couple of decades after the initial publication (in a couple of cases these are the.....
Item 11557Space: A Mirage
London: R. Grant & Son, 1913. First / First. Hardback. A very good copy. "...an interstellar civilisation of celestials which look after and guide the inhabitants of the planets. An expeditionary army of occupation of Earth by the celestials (to relieve that already there) is being assembled on the planet.....
Item 12648The Far-Out Worlds of A.E. Van Vogt
London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1973. First / First. Hardback. A very good copy. A few bumps and knocks to the boards, edges a little dusty, a couple of short tears to the top of the jacket, a little wrinkling.
Item 12676Walking to Aldebaran
Oxford: Solaris, 2019. Limited Hardback. A fine copy. One of 1000 unnumbered copies, each signed by the author.
Item 12615Century Rain
London: Gollancz, 2004. First / First. Hardback. A near fine copy. Signed by the author without inscription. A standalone piece outside of the Revelation Space series. A few marks to the block edges and a few spots. Alastair Reynolds (1966-) is a leading British science fiction writer blending hard science.....
Item 9672The Radio Gunner
Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Co., 1924. Heman Fay Jr. First / First. Hardback. A nice copy in the jacket. Front fold with a 30mm tear to the lower end, and one smaller in the middle. Corners chipped, to crease and spine tips. Some dustiness to top of the block and.....
Item 12486The Strange Invaders
London: G. Bell & Sons, 1934. First / First. Hardback. A very good copy in a good jacket. "Science fiction of a future ice age, man struggling for existence only to find himself threatened by giat saurians" [Locke, Spectrum I:141]. The jacket has loss to the spine tips and wear.....
Item 10146The Decline and Fall of the British Empire
Oxford & London: Alden & Co, and Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., 1905. First / First. Paperback. A very good copy. Presumed first impression (later impressions are denoted 'second thousand' etc). In the original wraps. A tale of 2095 covering the demise of the British Empire. Written as though.....
Item 10547A Clockwork Orange
London: Heinemann, 1962. First / First. Hardback. A very good copy. A highlight of modern literature and book collecting. First issue in black boards with wider flaps. Price-clipped, with an owner's inscription. A little edgewear to the jacket and a couple of short tears, small indentation beneath the 'A' on.....
Item 11794Pyromaniac - Association Copy
London: James Blackwood, n.d. [1938]. First / First. Hardback. A very good copy. An uncommon work of science fiction. Inscribed by the author to fellow author L.A.G. Strong. Commonly thought to be one of the first uses of a heat ray gun, though this is demonstrably not the case. Wells's.....
Item 127662001: A Space Odyssey
London: Hutchinson, 1968. First / First. Hardback. A very good copy. Slight lean to the book, some bumping to the spine tips and corners. Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008) was a leading author in the realm of science fiction. Along with Asimov and Heinlein he was one of the 'Big Three'.....
Item 84302010: Odyssesy Two
London: Granada, 1982. First / First. Hardback. A near fine copy. Inscribed by Clarke to the front endpaper: 'To Graham Shanks, with all good wishes, Arthur C. Clarke'. A little rolling to the edges, but largely a very nice copy. Small nick to lower fore corner. Note: this is the.....
Item 126842010: Odyssey Two
London: Granada, 1982. First / First. Hardback. A near fine copy. Inscribed by the author 'To Tim with Best Wishes, Arthur C. Clarke, 5.3.85'. A little bumping to the spine tips and corners. A nice copy. Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008) was a leading author in the realm of science fiction.....
Item 11054Against the Fall of Night
New York: Gnome Press, 1953. First / First. Hardback. A fine copy. First hardback edition, published earlier in Startling Stories in 1948 (making it Clarke's first novel). Subsequently expanded and published as The City and the Stars. A little bumping to the spine tips at the boards, owner's name and.....
Item 12789The City and the Stars
Princess Anne, MD: Amereon House, n.d. Limited Hardback. A near fine copy. Limited to 80 copies, seemingly one of three variants observed (one in red boards, one with different lettering on the boards). A little bumping to the spine tips, but nice overall. Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008) was a leading.....
Item 12582The Wind from the Sun
London: Gollancz, 1972. First / First. Hardback. A fine copy. First British issue. Preceded by the US, and the stories herein had been published prior in various collections. Collects 18 short stories with a preface. Slight lean, a few spots to the top edge.
Item 8043The Maracot Deep
London: John Murray, 1929. First / First. Hardback. An excellent copy, without the jacket. Contains four novellas including the final two Challenger stories. Condition. Overall a bright and sharp copy, some rubbing to the gilt to the publisher's imprint on the spine. Pushing to upper spine tip. 10pp ads to.....
Item 11973The Conquest of the Moon
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1899. Roux. First / First. Hardback. A fine copy. The quintessential turn-of-the-century science fiction: a nice presentation, typical illustrations, a great conceit and unexpected consequences. "...plans are made to drag the Moon from its orbit to land in the Sahara Desert, where its.....
Item 10609The Star Conquerors
Philadelphia: Winston, 1959. First / First. Hardback. A tight copy of Ben Bova's first book. Inscribed by Bova to the title page. The most sought after of the Winston juveniles. Star Conquerors was the first in Bova's Watchmen series. A collectable title. Some light edge wear to the jacket, some.....
Item 12474The Rose
London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1968. First / First. Hardback. A very good copy. The author's first collection, this being the first hardback edition. Gather's three short pieces with an introduction by Moorcock. A little rubbing to the jacket, and a little edge wear. Charles Harness (1915-2005) was a an American.....
Item 11020The Gold Point and Strange Stories
Boston: The Stratford Company, 1926. First / First. Hardback. A near fine copy. No jacket. Collects 12 short stories. "Unusual and imaginative in motifs, intelligent, but amateurish in presentation." - Bleiler. Jackson was a US Chemist, this was his only collection of speculative fiction. A little dustiness to the top.....
Item 12356The Web Between the Worlds
London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1980. First / First. Hardback. A fine copy. A little rolling to the edges, some pulling at the upper hinge. Top edge a little dusty.
Item 9291Beyond this Horizon: An Anthology of Science Fiction and Science Fact
Sunderland: Ceolfrith Press, 1973. Limited Paperback. A very good copy. A commemorative anthology published for the Beyond This Horizon festival. 180 copies were published in four issues. Issue A (1 copy), issue B (34 copies) signed by all contributors, issue C (70 copies) signed by the poets, issue D (75.....
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.....
Item 12207Eternity Lost: The Collected Stories
Seattle: Darkside Press, 2004. Limited Hardback. A near fine copy, one of 500 copies issued. Signed by John Pelan, who provides the introduction. Some handling wear, and a few marks to the jacket reverse and a small nick to the fold, but a nice copy overall.