RUNES OF EARTH [THE]: THE LAST CHRONICLES OF THOMAS COVENANT

By: Donaldson, Stephen R.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Gollancz: 2004

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 004032

ISBN: 0575075988

Condition: Very Fine

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Hardcover UK, first printing and first edition. First UK edition. (The US edition by Putnam preceded by one week.) Very fine (unread) copy in very fine jacket. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. Donaldson returns to Thomas Covenant and The Land after a 20 year hiatus. First book in a forthcoming quartet. Striking, unlaminated jacket in black with gold highlights by Laura Brett. Lovely gold and black endpaper and pastedown sheets make this UK edition a wonderful copy for the Donaldson collector. "...Donaldson shows that his epic series still has the power to surprise in this ric... View more info

RUNES OF EARTH: THE LAST CHRONICLES OF THOMAS COVENANT, BOOK 1 (UNCORRECTED MANUSCRIPT)

By: Donaldson, Stephen R.

Price: $34.95

Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group: 2004

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 002853

ISBN: 0399152326

Condition: Fine

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First edition, first printing. Uncorrrected manuscript preceding the first edition. Faint smudges on spine and around the bottom half of rear panel, else fine (unread) copy without jacket, issued in full color pictorial soft cover. A straight, square copy. Also contains a full color promotional postcard featuring the jacket illustration by Michael Whelan. Award History: 2005 World Fantasy Award Nominee (lost to Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke). View more info

ILLEARTH WAR: AN EPIC FANTASY [THE]

By: Donaldson, Stephen R.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Holt, Rinehart & Winston: 1977

Edition: Book Club (BCE/BOMC)

Seller ID: 004551

Condition: Near Fine

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Book Club edition, first printing. This Book Club was published one month after the Holt, Rinehart edition in 1977. Not a remainder or ex-library copy. All the Book Club first printing points are present: gutter code H43 on page 435 with code # 1714 printed on the rear jacket flap. (A different gutter code indicates a later printing, not a first printing.) The single, double-page map on pages vi and vii is credited to Lynne K. Plagge on the bottom right. The synopsis titled "What Has Gone Before" is present at pages xi and xii. Navy boards with orange lettering on spine. Copy is square... View more info

PROPHETS FOR THE END OF TIME

By: Donnelly, Marcos

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Baen: 1998

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 001473

ISBN: 0671577751

Condition: Fine

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Paperback, first printing. Tiny (1 cm) bump at lower corner of rear panel at spine, else a fine and unread copy without spine crease, wear or other defects. Award History: 1999 Nebula Award Preliminary Nominee for Best Novel (lost to Parable of the Talents by Butler). View more info

NAMELESS DAY [THE]

By: Douglass, Sara

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Voyager HarperCollins Publishers Australia: 2000

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 002665

ISBN: 0732265185

Condition: Fine

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Hardcover UK, first printing and true first edition. (First published in Australia. The first US edition was published later by Tor.) Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. Normal age-related browning at page block edges. Two very faint smudges on top edge of page block, else fine (unread) copy in very fine jacket. A straight, square copy. The jacket is clean, bright with original price intact. Book One of The Crucible, followed by The Wounded Hawk (2001) and The Crippled Angel (2002). Sadly, Sara Douglass passed away in September, 2011. "This captivating historical fantasy ranks w... View more info

QUEEN OF DEMONS (SIGNED)

By: Drake, David

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Tor: 1998

Edition: First Edition

Inscription: Signed by Author(s)

Seller ID: 001856

ISBN: 031286468X

Condition: Very Fine

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Hardcover first edition, first printing. Very fine (unread) copy in very fine jacket. Signed by Drake on the title page. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. Also enclosed is a full color bookmark promoting Lord of the Isles also signed by Drake. Second novel in the series, and the sequel to Lord of the Isles. Click to view the full color, wrap-around jacket illustration by Donato. View more info

FORTRESS OF GLASS [THE] (SIGNED)

By: Drake, David

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Tor: 2006

Edition: First Edition

Inscription: Signed by Author(s)

Seller ID: 004096

ISBN: 076531259X

Condition: Fine

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Hardcover first edition, first printing. Signed by Drake on the title page. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. Page block lightly toned due to age, else very fine (unread) copy in very fine jacket. Full color, wrap-around jacket illustration by Donato. View more info

A WIZARD ALONE

By: Duane, Diane

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Harcourt, Inc.: 2002

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 004268

ISBN: 0152045627

Condition: Fine

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Hardcover first edition, first printing. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. Very lightly bumped at tips and head and heel of spine panel with associated jacket crinkling, else a fine copy in near fine jacket. A clean, square copy without price-clipping. The sixth book in Duan's extremely popular Young Wizards series. Scarce to find this Young Adult title without the usual dedications to children. Award History: 2003 Locus Poll Award Nominee for Best Young Adult Novel (lost to Coraline by Neil Gaiman). View more info

PAST IMPERATIVE: ROUND ONE OF THE GREAT GAME

By: Duncan, Dave

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Avonova Morrow: 1995

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 003612

ISBN: 068814361X

Condition: Fine

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Hardcover first edition, first printing. Not a remainder, book club or ex-library copy. Jacket faintly bumped at tips and head and heel of spine panel, else fine copy in near fine jacket. View more info

DRAGONFLY

By: Durbin, Frederic S.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Arkham House: 1999

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 005001

ISBN: 0870541757

Condition: Fine

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Hardcover first edition, first printing. Stated First Edition on copyright page. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. Copy is clean and square. Jacket is intact, but slightly sunned on the spine panel. A Fine copy in near fine jacket. Limited to 4,000 printed copies. Full color, wrap-around jacket illustration by Jason Van Hollander. View more info

MAUREEN BIRNBAUM, BARBARIAN SWORDSPERSON: THE COMPLETE STORIES

By: Effinger, George Alec

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Guild America Books: 1994

Edition: Book Club (BCE/BOMC)

Seller ID: 004414

ISBN: 1568651015

Condition: Near Fine

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Book Club edition, first printing and first hardcover edition. Code #03994 on rear jacket. Not a remainder or ex-library copy. Jacket is scuffed in places, but otherwise intact without tears. A near fine copy in near fine jacket without previous owner's marks. Introduction by Mike Resnick. Collection of eight stories (one original to this collection), featuring Maureen "Muffy" Birnbaum, transported out of the shopping mall into various barbarian worlds, including Barsoom, Pellucidar and the Horseclans among others. (Effinger added later adventures and placed Maureen into these universe... View more info

UNTITLED (POSTCARD) (SIGNED)

By: Eggleton, Bob

Price: $20.00

Publisher: 0

Edition: First Edition

Inscription: Signed by Author(s)

Seller ID: 003315

Condition: Very Fine

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Full color postcard (6" x 8.5" in size) featuring an untitled illustration by Bob Eggleton. Signed by Eggleton. Promotional card for galleries, news and events at Bob Eggleton's website. View more info

DEATHBIRD STORIES

By: Ellison, Harlan

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Bluejay Books: 1983

Edition: Book Club (BCE/BOMC)

Seller ID: 003759

Condition: Fine

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Book Club Edition. Code 039 on page 294 and code #1100 on rear jacket panel. Not a remainder or ex-library copy. First Thus. This reissue of Ellison's celebrated short story collection that was originally published in 1975 by Harper & Row. (Revised by Ellison, this Book Club edition restores missing material to match Ellison's preferred text. Many of the stories had been liberally edited over time causing mistakes and errors to creep into the text.) Award History: 1978 British Science Fiction Award Winner; 1976 Locus Poll Award Nominee (lost to The Wind's Twelve Quarters by Ursula K. Le Guin);... View more info

ANGRY CANDY

By: Ellison, Harlan

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company: 1988

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 004573

ISBN: 0395483077

Condition: Fine

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Hardcover first edition, first printing. Full number line with "1" present. Collects 17 of Ellison's short fiction stories, several are award-winning stories (including "Soft Monkey" and "Palladin of the Lost Hour" that won the 1986 Hugo Award), with an Introduction by Ellison. Faint jacket wear at edges and head of spine panel, with faint age-related wear on page block (normal handling for a book this age). Jacket is complete without tears and $18.95 price intact. A straight, square copy in excellent condition for collectible title such as this one. Not a book club, re... View more info

FAR SIDE OF EVIL [THE]

By: Engdahl, Sylvia Louise

Price: $175.00

Publisher: Atheneum: 1971

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 004265

Condition: Near Fine

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Hardcover first edition, first printing. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. Stated First Edition with original $6.50 price on jacket flap intact. Grey boards with a etch of flying saucer in red on front board. Interior drawings by Richard Cuffari. Closed, but jagged tear at top edge of spine panel near hinge. Moderate foxing to page block edges. Aside from these defects a straight, square copy and very scarce without the library stamps and markings usually found on copies of this book. Second of the Elana novels and sequel to Enchantress From the Stars (1970). Anatomy of Wonder (19... View more info

ANTELOPE WIFE [THE]

By: Erdrich, Louise

Price: $30.00

Publisher: HarperFlamingo: 1998

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 001419

ISBN: 0060187263

Condition: Very Fine

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Hardcover first edition, first printing. Very fine (unread) copy in very fine jacket. Stated First Edition with "1" present in complete number line. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. A clean, straight unclipped copy not price-clipped. Difficult to find copies in very fine condition without remainder marks. Award History: 1998 World Fantasy Award Winner for Best Novel. View more info

DEADHOUSE GATES: BOOK TWO OF THE MALAZAN BOOK OF THE FALLEN

By: Erikson, Steven

Price: $90.00

Publisher: Tor Books: 2005

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 004548

ISBN: 0765310023

Condition: Near Fine

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Trade paperback, first printing. Stated First Edition "February, 2005" with "1" present in complete number line. Advanced Reading Copy (ARC) for the first US hardcover edition published in 2005 by Tor, which was also the first hardcover. (Originally published in trade paperback by Bantam Press UK in 2000.) The author's name appears as "Steven Eriks" instead of "Steven Erikson" on the spine panel. A set of three parallel smudge streaks on the top edge of the page block. Not the result of handling. Page block is square, bright and the tips are sharp. An unread cop... View more info

FAERIE TALE

By: Feist, Raymond E.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Doubleday: 1988

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 004374

ISBN: 0385236239

Condition: Near Fine

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Hardcover first edition, first printing. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. Stated first edition. Tanned page block, normal for a book this age. The jacket is missing. A solid, square copy without previous owner's marks. A wonderful copy to marry to a superior jacket. Award History: 1989 Locus Poll Award Nominee for Best Horror Novel (lost to Those Who Hunt the Night by Barbara Hambly). View more info

FOURTH BEAR: A NURSERY CRIME (SIGNED)

By: Fforde, Jasper

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Viking Press: 2006

Edition: First Edition

Inscription: Signed by Author(s)

Seller ID: 004579

ISBN: 0670037729

Condition: Fine

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Hardcover first edition, first printing and first US edition. (Previously published in the UK by Hodder & Stoughton.) Signed "Jasper" on the front free end-paper as is the author's preference. Faint bumping at head of spine panel, else fine (unread) copy in near fine jacket. A "Signed Copy" sticker is fixed to the front jacket. (Jacket is un-laminated, so very prone to scuffs and marks, which are absent from this copy.) Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. The second novel in the "Nursery Crimes" series featuring Jack Spratt. View more info