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GRUMPY OLD MONSTERS: ISSUE 1 (SIGNED)

By: Anderson, Kevin J. and Rebecca Moesta

Price: $15.00

Publisher: IDW Publishing: 2003

Edition: First Edition

Inscription: Signed by Author(s)

Seller ID: 003346

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Fine

Graphic novel and first printing. Issue No. 1 published in November 2003 and precedes the trade papeback published in 2004 under the same title. Very fine (unread) copy. Signed by both authors, Kevin Anderson and Rebecca Moesta in blue ink on the front cover.
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BROTHER TERMITE

By: Anthony, Patricia

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Harcourt Brace & Company: 1993

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 000401

ISBN: 0151144222

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Fine

Hardcover first edition, first printing. Very fine (unread) copy in very fine jacket. A clean, straight copy without price-clipping. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. Second novel by the author of Cold Allies. Tale of alien mind control in the White House. "Anthony is a fine prose stylist with a knack for creating believable characters in a small space." Barron (ed.) Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 4-13. This novel has been sold to a major studio for motion picture treatment.
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COLD ALLIES

By: Anthony, Patricia

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Harcourt Brace & Company: 1993

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 000669

ISBN: 0151185034

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Fine

Hardcover first edition, first printing. Stated First Edition with "A" present indicating a first printing. Very fine (unread) copy in very fine jacket. A clean, straight copy without price-clipping. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. Anthony's first novel. She's also the author of Brother Termite, Happy Policeman and Flanders. "A fine first novel." Barron, Anatomy of Wonder 5, II30. Clute, Science Fiction: The Illustrated Encyclopedia, Debuts, pg. 207. Anthony's novel Flanders made the Publisher's Weekly Best of 1998 list. Award History: 1994 Locus Award Winner for...
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OMNIVORE

By: Anthony, Piers

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Ballantine Books: 1969

Edition: Book Club (BCE/BOMC)

Seller ID: 003736

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Book Club Edition, first printing and first US hardcover edition. (Originally published in paperback by Ballantine Books in 1968. The first hardcover was published in the UK by Faber & Faber in 1969 per L. W. Curry, Science Fiction and Fantasy Authors: A Bibliography of First Printings of Their Fiction, 1979.) Not a remainder or ex-library copy. Science Fiction Book Club first printing with printing code 20 K on page 187 and Code #1825 on rear jacket flap. Dark blue boards lettered in white. Small jacket tear out (0.5 cm x 1 cm square) at lower spine panel. Light jacket crinkling at head and h...
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ISLE OF WOMAN

By: Anthony, Piers

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Tor: 1993

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 003852

ISBN: 0312855648

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Fine

Hardcover first edition, first printing. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. Very fine (unread) copy in very fine jacket. A clean, square copy without price-clipping. The first book in the Geodyssey series.
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SERPENT'S SILVER

By: Anthony, Piers and Robert E. Margroff

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Tor: 1988

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 003790

ISBN: 0312931034

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Hardcover first edition, first printing. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. Page block shows the usual age-related tonning with some added handlling-related wear. Spine ends and corners have some light bumping and rubbing. Very small nick at bottom edge of front jacket panel. Aside from the normal wear on a book this age, a straight, square copy without the usual price-clipping. Sequel to Dragon's Gold and the second book in the Adventures of Kelvin Rud fantasy series. Another fun and fantastical jacket illustration by Darrell K. Sweet.
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EMPRESS OF THE ENDLESS DREAM [THE]

By: Arden, Tom

Price: $60.00

Publisher: Gollancz: 2001

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 002182

ISBN: 0575063742

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Fine

Hardcover UK, first printing and true first edition. (No US publication for any book in this excellent fantasy series.) Very fine (unread) copy in very fine jacket. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. The Fifth Book of The Orokon series. The final volume in Arden's five-volume apocalyptic fantasy epic comprising macabre humor, horror, dark fantasy and mysticism all set in a world equivalent to our 17th century Europe, where the world-saving youth begins the quest as a remarkably unlikable and immature young man, a refreshing break from the one dimensional, wholesome hero-types we us...
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AFRICA ZERO

By: Asher, Neal

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Cosmos Books / Wildside Press: 2005

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 004523

ISBN: 1587154471

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

Trade paperback, first printing. Originally serialized in Threads (2001), this book collects together these stories into a single novel. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. One single, heavy crease at lower front tip, about 1" in length with a very faint vertical crease near spine (read once and carefully), else covers are intact and in fine condition. Page block is bright and square without soiling. Publisher's ISBN label affixed to back cover.
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ROBOTS AND EMPIRE

By: Asimov, Isaac

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Doubleday: 1985

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 004451

ISBN: 0385190921

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Fine

Hardcover first edition, first printing. Very fine (unread) copy in fine jacket. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. Stated First Edition with code P032 on page 382 and code 0985 on rear jacket flap. If these points are not present it is not a first printing. (Again, it is not a Book Club edition, but was published by Doubleday simultaneous with the Phantasia Press limited edition.) Faint wear at tips of jacket. There is a single 1 cm closed tear at bottom tip of rear jacket panel, else the jacket is clean without marks or price-clipping. The page block is crisp, clean and square. A...
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PRELUDE TO FOUNDATION

By: Asimov, Isaac

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Doubleday Foundation: 1988

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 004352

ISBN: 0385233132

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Fine

Hardcover first edition, first printing and first trade edition. (Preceded by the limited edition published by Phantasia Press.) Very fine (unread) copy in fine jacket. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. Published without the "First Edition" statement on the copyright page - one of the few Doubleday books that has no statement of printing on the copyright page. (The "First Edition" statement was sold to Phantasia Press for the limited edition.) First Printing with code #0588 on rear jacket flap indicating a May, 1988 printing. This copy is clean, square and without ...
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ROBOTS AND EMPIRE

By: Asimov, Isaac

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Doubleday: 1985

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 000080

ISBN: 0385190921

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Fine

Hardcover first edition, first printing. Not a remainder, Book Club or ex-library copy. Stated First Edition with code P 032 on page 382 and code 0985 on rear jacket flap. (Again, it is not a Book Club edition, but was published by Doubleday simultaneously with the Phantasia Press edition.) Faint jacket crinkling at bottom and top corners of spine panel. One very small (0.5 cm in length) closed tear at top edge of rear jacket panel. A single 3 inch closed tear running diagonally upward from the lower tip up towards the center of the jacket which was "repaired" by a previous owner with ...
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FOUNDATION AND EARTH

By: Asimov, Isaac

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Doubleday: 1986

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 004665

ISBN: 0385233124

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Hardcover first edition, first printing. Stated First Edition on copyright page. This is not a Book Club Edition. True first printing with all points present: Navy boards with red cloth with gold-lettered spine. Code "1086" on rear jacket flap indicating an October, 1986 printing and code "BB27" on page 356. Original $16.95 price is intact on front jacket flap. Not a remainder, book club or ex-library copy. The text block is clean and square, with minimal wear. Jacket shows several tiny closed tears and associated moderate crinkling at corners and along edges at head and heel o...
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MYTH-ING PERSONS

By: Asprin, Robert

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Donning Starblaze: 1984

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 003234

ISBN: 0898653797

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Trade paperback, first edition and first printing. Not a remainder or ex-library copy. Moderate shelfwear on bottom edge of textblock, else fine copy. The pages are clean, the corners are square and the spine is straight. The fifth book in the funnily absurdist "Myth" series. Reputedly inspired by the Bob Hope-Bing Crosby "Road" movies, this is pure entertainment. Fun full color, wrap-around jacket and very funny interior illustrations by Phil Foglio.
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SHATTERED SPHERE [THE]

By: Asprin, Robert Lynn and Lynn Abbey (eds)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Nelson Doubleday: 1986

Edition: Book Club (BCE/BOMC)

Seller ID: 004172

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Book Club Edition, first printing and first hardcover edition. First Printing code Q50 on page 727 and code 10469 on rear jacket panel. Very fine (unread) copy in very fine jacket. Not a remainder or ex-library copy. Omnibus, it collects the popular shared-world Thieves World anthologies The Dead of Winter (1985), Soul of the City (1986) and Blood Ties (1986). First hardcover appearances for each novel and are the seventh, eighth and ninth books in series respectively. This book club edition includes endpaper maps of the city and surrounding area. A very nice copy, unusual to find BCE this age...
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HUNTING THE GHOST DANCER: A NOVEL

By: Attanasio, A.A.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Grafton Books: 1991

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 004384

ISBN: 0246135751

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Fine

Hardcover UK, first printing and first UK edition. (Preceded by the HarperCollins US edition.) Very fine (unread) copy in very fine jacket. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. Stated First Edition with number line complete.
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DROWNED CITIES [THE] (SIGNED)

By: Bacigalupi, Paolo

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Little, Brown & Company: 2012

Edition: First Edition

Inscription: Signed by Author(s)

Seller ID: 004536

ISBN: 0316056243

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Fine

Hardcover first edition, first printing. Very fine (unread) copy in very fine jacket. Signed by the author blue ink on the half-title page. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. Stated First Edition with "1" present in complete number line.
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PUMP SIX AND OTHER STORIES (SIGNED)

By: Bacigalupi, Paolo

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Night Shade Books: 2010

Edition: First Edition

Inscription: Signed by Author(s)

Seller ID: 004797

ISBN: 1597802026

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Fine

Trade Paperback, first edition and first printing. Stated First Edition on copyright page. Signed by Bacigalupi in the title page. Very fine (unread) copy without jacket as issued. Follows the first hardcover edition published in 2008. Collects 10 of Bacigalupi's short stories, many of which won awards, including the Sturgeon Award. Award History: 2009 Locus Poll Award Winner for Best Collection.
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WINDUP GIRL [THE] (SIGNED)

By: Bacigalupi, Paolo

Price: $60.00

Publisher: Night Shade Books: 2010

Edition: First Edition

Inscription: Signed by Author(s)

Seller ID: 004397

ISBN: 1597801585

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Fine

Trade paperback, first printing. First Printing stated on title page. (Copies are in seventh printings to date.) This trade paperback edition follows the hardcover first edition. Signed by Bacigalupi on the title page. Very fine (unread) copy in very fine covers (without jacket as issued). Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. A clean, square copy. Award History: 2010 Hugo Award Winner; 2010 Nebula Award Winner; 2010 John W. Campbell Award Winner; 2010 Locus Poll Award Nominee for Best SF Novel (lost to Boneshaker by Cherie Priest); 2010 Locus Poll Award Winner for Best First N...
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MACHINE'S CHILD: THE NEW COMPANY NOVEL [THE]

By: Baker, Kage

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Tor: 2006

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 004158

ISBN: 0765315513

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Hardcover first edition, first printing. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. Faint handling-related edge wear, else fine copy in very fine jacket. A clean, square copy. A Company novel and the second to last in the series prior to Ms. Baker's passing in 2010.
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GODS AND PAWNS: STORIES OF THE COMPANY

By: Baker, Kage

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Tor: 2007

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 003618

ISBN: 0765315521

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Fine

Hardcover first edition, first printing. Stated First Edition with "1" present in complete number line. Very fine (unread) copy in very fine jacket. A pristine, As New copy in protective Brodart wrapper. A clean, square copy in bright jacket with protective brodart cover. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. Collection of seven Company stories, two original to this collection.
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