HUMPTY DUMPTY: AN OVAL

By: Knight, Damon

Price: $34.95

Publisher: Tor: 1996

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 000742

ISBN: 0312862237

Condition: As New

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Very fine (unread) copy in very fine jacket. Hardcover first edition. Not a remainder nor ex-library. A fascinating novel by one of the greatly under-appreciated Science Fiction authors. (The jacket is non-glossy, thus prone to marks and scratches easily hidden under mylar sleeves. This jacket is unmarked in any way.) Difficult to find copies of this title with very fine dustjackets. Award History: 1997 Nebula Preliminary Ballot. View more info

NIGHTMARE JOURNEY

By: Koontz, Dean R.

Price: $175.00

Publisher: Berkley Putnam: 1975

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 002784

ISBN: 0399113886

Condition: Near Fine

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Hardcover first edition, first printing. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. The pageblock is tanned, normal for a book this age manufactured before acid-free paper. Minor foxing at top edge of text block. Jacket edges slightly worn with some liver-spotting to white rear cover. One small horizontal scuff at top edge of front jacket panel with jacket crease at front corner of spine. Else a straight, square near fine copy in near fine jacket. A complex story taking place in the far-future, this title was the last SF novel Koontz wrote before turning his talents to the supernatural hor... View more info

MAXIMUM LIGHT (SIGNED)

By: Kress, Nancy

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Tor: 1998

Edition: First Edition

Inscription: Signed by Author(s)

Seller ID: 005074

ISBN: 031286535X

Condition: Fine

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Hardcover first edition, first printing. Stated First Edition with "1" present in complete number line. Signed by Kress on the title page. Fine (unread) copy in fine jacket in protective brodart sleeve. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. A clean, square and pristine copy. View more info

QUIET POOLS [THE]

By: Kube-McDowell, Michael P.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Ace: 1990

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 000906

ISBN: 0441699111

Condition: Fine

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Hardcover first edition, first printing. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. Minor age-related wear, else fine copy in fine jacket. Critically acclaimed SF novel about the political intrigue and social conflict over the plan, called the Diaspora Project, to send Earth's best people on a lifelong star voyage of colonization. Barron (ed) Anatomy 4, 4-239. Clute, Science Fiction:The Illustrated Encyclopedia - Notable Works, pg. 206. Award History: 1990 HOMer Award Nominee (lost to Redshit Rendezvous by John Stith); 1991 Hugo Award Nominee (lost to The Vor Game by Bujold); 1991 Locus P... View more info

MANY WATERS

By: L'Engle, Madeleine

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux: 1986

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 004574

ISBN: 0374347964

Condition: Near Fine

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Hardcover first edition, first printing. "First Edition, 1986" stated on copyright page. Not a book club, reminder or ex-library. Minor age-related wear to page block edges (normal handling for a book this age). Jacket and boards lightly bumped at upper tips and bottom of spine panel, else a near fine copy in near fine jacket. Jacket is complete with $12.95 price intact. A rare first printing that is neither price-clipped nor an ex-library copy. A straight, square copy. Full color, wrap-around cover art by Mikolaycak. Includes the "L'Engle Family Tree" of characters in the "... View more info

ORCHID EATER [THE]

By: Laidlaw, Marc

Price: $10.00

Publisher: St. Martins Press: 1994

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 003138

ISBN: 0312105150

Condition: Fine

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Hardcover first edition, first printing. Not a book club, remainder nor ex-library copy. Fine (unread) copy in poor jacket including jagged 2cm closed tear at top left corner of front panel and jacket crinkling at corners and bottom edge of spine panel. The copy is clean, straight and without marks of any kind. A fine copy to marry to a jacket in superior condition. Novel by the same author of the gonzo SF novel Dad's Nuke (1985). Laidlaw won the 1996 International Horror Guild Award for Best Novel for The 37th Mandala. View more info

WAR MACHINES OF KALINTH [THE]: THE 2ND SAGA OF DIRSHAN, THE GOD-KILLER

By: Lancour, Gene

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Doubleday & Company: 1977

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 004056

ISBN: 0385126603

Condition: Fine

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Hardcover first edition, first printing. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. State first edition. Some light foxing to the page block edges, else fine copy in fine jacket. A straight, square copy without price-clipping and jacket intact. Fine condition for a book this age. The second book in the Dirsham the Godkiller series, preceded by The Lerios Mecca (1973). View more info

BATTLESTAR GALATICA

By: Larson, Glen A. And Robert Thurston

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Berkley Books: 1978

Edition: Book Club (BCE/BOMC)

Seller ID: 003905

Condition: Fine

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Book Club, first hardcover edition and first printing. A fine copy in near fine jacket. Not remainder or ex-library copy. Issued by Science Fiction Book Club, this novel is based upon the original TV series. First printing code I47 on page 214 and code #1953 on rear jacket panel. (Published in December 1978, three months after the paperback edition by Berkely.) Light foxing at top edge of page block. Jacket lightly rubbed in spot at top corner of spine hinge and scattered small spots on rear jacket panel. A single small closed, but jagged tear at heel of spine panel. Blue boards with brown le... View more info

A FISHERMAN OF THE INLAND SEA

By: Le Guin, Ursula K.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: HarperPrism: 1994

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 003636

ISBN: 0061052000

Condition: Fine

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Hardcover first edition, first printing. First printing stated with "1" present in complete number line. Very fine (unread) copy in very fine jacket. Not a remainder, book club or ex-library copy. Interior Illustrations by Michael Storrings. Collects 10 stories, including two from the Hainish universe. Award History: 1994 James Tiptree, Jr. Award Nominee (lost to co-winners The Matter of Seggri by Le Guin and Larque on the Wing by Nancy Springer). View more info

ANCILLARY MERCY (SIGNED)

By: Leckie, Ann

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Orbit: 2015

Edition: First Edition

Inscription: Signed by Author(s)

Seller ID: 004982

ISBN: 0316246689

Condition: Fine

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Trade paperback, first printing. True first edition. Stated First Edition with "1" present in complete number line. Signed by Leckie on the title page. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. Very fine (unread) copy. Page block is clean, square and without any remainder mark so common with this title. Award History: 2016 Locus Award for Best SF Novel; 2016 Hugo Award Nominee (lost to The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin); 2016 Nebula Award Nominee (lost to Uprooted by Naomi Novik). View more info

ON SUCH A FULL SEA: A NOVEL

By: Lee, Chang-Rae

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Riverhead Books: 2014

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 004708

ISBN: 1594486107

Condition: Fine

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Hardcover first edition, first printing. Number "1" present in complete number line. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. The jacket is complete with price intact. Faint jacket wrinkle at bottom edge of front panel with some scattered faint smudges, else fine (unread) copy in fine jacket. Text block is clean, square and without marks. (The jacket is unlaminated, thus very prone to smudges and stains, which are absent on this copy. Increasingly scarce to find first printings with fine jackets.) "Literary best-seller Lee will reach an even larger readership with this electrifying posta... View more info

A SPECTER IS HAUNTING TEXAS

By: Leiber, Fritz

Price: $49.95

Publisher: Walker & Company: 1969

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 003722

Condition: Fine

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First edition, first printing. A fine copy in fine dust jacket without tears or marks. (Originally published as a three-part serial in Galaxy magazine in 1968.) Normal age-related wear to side edge of page block. Price ($4.95) intact on front flap with "First Published" present on copyright page. (See L.W. Currey, Science Fiction and Fantasy Authors, 1979.) Excellent condition for a book this age. Black and white two panel jacket illustration by Gaughan. View more info

SILK CODE [THE]

By: Levinson, Paul

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Tor: 1999

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 003865

ISBN: 0312868235

Condition: Very Fine

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Hardcover first edition, first printing. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. Very small closed tear (0.5 cm in size) at lower tip of rear jacket panel, else very fine (unread) copy in fine jacket. Award History: 2000 Locus Poll Award Winner for Best First Novel. View more info

UNTIED KINGDOM

By: Lovegrove, James

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Gollancz: 2003

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 002346

ISBN: 0575073853

Condition: Very Fine

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Hardcover UK, first printing and true first edition. Very fine (unread) copy in very fine jacket. Britain is a pariah state bombed and embargoed back into a semi-fedual society where the social order is breaking down. The story becomes an Odyssey adventure through the deteriorating British countryside when Fen begins the unwilling pursuit to London where his (estranged and not much missed) wife, has been taken by the Bulldog gang as a (not so unwilling) concubine by the gang leader. James Lovegrove has been writing SF since 1990. Well respected in the UK, he is yet relatively unknown in the US... View more info

WORLDSTORM

By: Lovegrove, James

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Gollancz: 2004

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 002797

ISBN: 057507387X

Condition: New

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Very fine (unread) copy in very fine jacket. Hardcover UK, first printing and true first edition. (No US publication date known.) Not a remainder nor ex-library copy. Novel where everyone has paranormal powers. By the same author of Untied Kingdom and The Foreigners. View more info

PROVENDER GLEED

By: Lovegrove, James

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Gollancz: 2005

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 003119

ISBN: 0575076836

Condition: Very Fine

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Hardcover UK, first printing and true first edition. (No US edition known at this time.) Very fine (unread) copy in very fine jacket. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. Future England ruled by plutocratic families, and scion Provender Gleed decides to avoid a marriage and go on the run. A very funky coming-of-age tale. View more info

MAZE OF WORLDS (SIGNED)

By: Lumley, Brian

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Tor: 1998

Edition: First Edition

Inscription: Signed by Author(s)

Seller ID: 001691

ISBN: 0312866046

Condition: Fine

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Hardcover first edition, first printing and first US edition. (Preceded by the Hodder & Stoughton, UK edition published in 1997 as The House of Doors: Second Visit.) Fine (unread) copy in fine jacket. Not a book club, remainder nor ex-library copy. Signed by Lumley on the title page. Sequel to The House of Doors. View more info

WORLD OUT OF MIND

By: M'Intosh, J. T. (pseudonym of James M. Macgregor)

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Doubleday & Company: 1953

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 003777

Condition: Near Fine

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Hardcover first edition, first printing. First Edition stated on copyright page. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. Light rubbing at board edges and spine corners with moderate jacket crinkling and chipping at head and heel of spine panel. Page block edges, especially the top edge, are age-darkened. The $2.75 price is intact on front jacket flap. A straight, square copy in blue boards with red spine lettering. Pseudonym of J. T. McIntosh. Former owner's name inked out on front free endpaper. The wonderful Golden Age View more info

LENS OF THE WORLD (SIGNED)

By: MacAvoy, R.A.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: William Morrow & Co: 1990

Edition: First Edition

Inscription: Signed by Author(s)

Seller ID: 004590

ISBN: 0688094848

Condition: Very Fine

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Hardcover first edition, first printing. State First Edition with "1" present in complete number line. Signed and inscribed "To Larry/Bertie MacAvoy" on the title page. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. Very fine (unread) copy in very fine jacket wrapped in protective brodart cover. Volume 1 in the Nazhuret of Sordaling series. View more info

LIGHT AGES [THE]

By: Macleod, Ian R.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Ace: 2003

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 003286

ISBN: 0441010555

Condition: Very Fine

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Hardcover first edition, first printing and true first edition. (The US edition precedes the UK by one month.) Very fine (unread) copy in very fine jacket. Not a remainder, book club nor ex-library copy. Identified as the "First American Edition May 2003" on the copyright page. However, it's official published date is May 6, 2003 and precedes the official publication date of June 2, 2003 for the UK edition published by Earthlight. (However, the UK edition features the outstanding jacket illustration by Edward Miller... View more info