Simak, Clifford D[onald]
SKIRMISH: THE GREAT SHORT FICTION OF CLIFFORD D. SIMAK
New York: Published by Berkley Publishing Corporation Distributed by G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1977
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New York: Published by Berkley Publishing Corporation Distributed by G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1977. Octavo, orange wrappers printed in black. Advance copy (uncorrected proof) of the first edition. An important collection of Simak's fiction. "Ten stories ranging from 'Huddling Place' (1944) to 'The Ghost of a Model T' (1975). High point is the Hugo-winning novelette 'The Big Front Yard' (1958), about inter-dimensional trading. Charming stuff, and contains only three overlaps with the nearly contemporary British-published volume THE BEST OF CLIFFORD D. SIMAK (1975)." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 330. Simak is acclaimed for his fiction featuring robots, most of which are benign servants of mankind. "Skirmish" is a darker tale that reveals a plot by malevolent aliens from a machine civilization who are bent on liberating the machines of Earth. Publisher's publicity sheet laid in. A fine copy. A scarce proof. (#168908)
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A DOZEN TOUGH JOBS [with] THEM BONES
Waldrop, Howard Willimantic, Connecticut, 1989 Willimantic, Connecticut: Mark V. Ziesing, 1989. Octavo, two volumes, cloth. First edition and first hardcover edition respectively. Both volumes limited to 350 numbered copies signed by Waldrop and dust wrapper artists Arnie Fenner and Terry Lee (latter signed Them Bones only). First book is an original short novel, second the author's first solo book, a novel first published as a paperback original in the new Ace Science Fiction Special series in 1984. A fine set in fine dust jackets and cloth slipcase. (#168938)- $100
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BIG PLANET ..
Vance, John Holbrook, writing as "Jack Vance. San Francisco, California, Columbia, Pennsylvania, 1978 San Francisco, California, Columbia, Pennsylvania: Underwood-Miller, 1978. Octavo, cloth. First printing of the unabridged text. One of 111 numbered copies with bookplate signed by Vance and artist Steve Hickman affixed to the limitation leaf. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, Additions. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#168894)- $450
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THE DRACULA BOOK OF GREAT HORROR STORIES
Shepard, Leslie (editor) Secaucus, N. J., 1983 Secaucus, N. J.: The Citadel Press, 1983. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First paperback edition. Collects fourteen stories by Charles Dickens, Edgar Allan Poe, Lord Lytton, William Hope Hodgson, L. P. Hartley, Algernon Blackwood and others. Trade paperback priced $6.95. Copyright 1981 and perhaps preceded by a hardbound edition. A fine copy. (#168906)- $15
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LAVONDYSS: JOURNEY TO AN UNKNOWN REGION
Holdstock, Robert London, 1988 London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1988. Octavo, boards. First edition. Signed on the title page by Holdstock. Sequel to MYTHAGO WOOD (1984). Winner of the British Science Fiction Association Award, Novel, 1989. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#168889)- $100
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MERLIN’S BOOKE ..
Yolen, Jane Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1986 Minneapolis, Minnesota: Steel Dragon Press, 1986. Octavo, cloth. First hardcover edition. Limited to 1200 copies of which this is one of 200 numbered copies signed by Yolen and artist Thomas Canty. Collects thirteen stories and poems. 1987 World Fantasy Convention nominee for best anthology/collection. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#168898)- $150
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THE HANDMAID’S TALE
Atwood, Margaret Boston, 1986 Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1986. Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First U.S. edition, first printing with code "V 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1" on copyright page. "Dystopian novel of a world ruled by militaristic fundamentalism in which sexual pleasure is forbidden." - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-57. Made into a film in 1990. Winner of the 1985 Governor General's Award. 1986 Nebula nominee. First winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award. Broderick and Di Filippo, Science Fiction: The 101 Best Novels, 1985-2010 #1. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 426. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. A lovely copy. The publisher's "bookcard" for THE HANDMAID'S TALE is laid in. (#168891)- $750
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WHISPERS III
Schiff, Stuart David (editor) Garden City, 1981 Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1981. Octavo, boards. First edition. A partially original anthology collecting fourteen stories by Ramsey Campbell, Roger Zelazny, Fritz Leiber, and others. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-361. Light remainder spray to bottom edge of text block, else a fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#168910)- $25
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A GAME OF THRONES [with] A CLASH OF KINGS [with] A STORM OF SWORDS [with] A FEAST FOR CROWS [with] A DANCE OF DRAGONS ..
Martin, George R. R. New York, Toronto, London, Sydney, Auckland, 1996 New York, Toronto, London, Sydney, Auckland: Bantam Books, 1996. Octavo, five volumes, boards. First U.S. editions, all books with number lines ending with "1." First five books of the "A Song of Ice and Fire" series. A fine set in fine dust jackets. Accompanied by the 2005 teaser for A FEAST FOR CROWS. A lovely set. (#168884)- $2,000
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THE DYING EARTH ..
Vance, John Holbrook, writing as "Jack Vance. San Francisco, California, Columbia, Pennsylvania, 1976 San Francisco, California, Columbia, Pennsylvania: Underwood-Miller, 1976. Octavo, cloth. First hardcover edition. "Cycle of stories set in a decadent far future when civilization has virtually disappeared and magic has reclaimed the world." - Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 5-296a. "Little noticed at initial publication, this work launched a whole subgenre of fictional futures in which magic replaces science ..." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-185. The author's first book. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1162. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 3-345. Cawthorn and Moorcock, Fantasy: The 100 Best Books 70. Pringle, Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels 11. Schlobin, The Literature of Fantasy 1066. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature I, pp. 441-46. Survey of Science Fiction Literature II, pp. 665-70. Tymn (ed), Fantasy Literature, pp. 168-69. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#168893)- $250
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NINE HUNDRED GRANDMOTHERS
Lafferty, R[aphael] A[loysius] London, 1975 London: Dennis Dobson, 1975. Octavo, boards. First British (and first hardcover) edition. Collects twenty-one stories. "The first and best of Lafferty's collections ..." - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-622. Includes two utopian stories, "Primary Education of the Camiroi" and "Polity and Custom of the Camiroi." Also has a robot AI story, "All the People," and "What's the Name of That Town?," an Eipktistes story. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, pp. 300; 304. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. A lovely copy. (#168885)- $250
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CONSIDER PHLEBAS
Banks, Iain London, 1987 London: Macmillan, 1987. Octavo, boards. First edition. Signed on the title page by Banks. "Conflict between two dystopian cultures, one Islamic, the other communist. First of his novels of the Culture, few of which have explicitly utopian content but can collectively be seen as utopian." - Sargent, British and Utopian Literature, 1986-2009. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-72. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#168905)- $750
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TO SAY NOTHING OF THE DOG ..
Willis, Connie New York, London, Toronto, Sydney, Auckland, 1998 New York, London, Toronto, Sydney, Auckland: Bantam Books, 1998. Octavo, boards. First edition. Winner of the 1999 Hugo award for best novel. 1998 Nebula award nominee. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1268. Hartwell, 200 Significant SF Books by Women, 1984-2001. Publisher's publicity sheet laid in. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#168892)- $100
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WRITING SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY
Dozois, Gardner and others (editors) New York, 1991 New York: St. Martin's Press, 1991. Octavo, pp. viii, 264, boards. First edition. Twenty original and reprint articles and essays by Robert A. Heinlein, Isaac Asimov, James Patrick Kelly, Jane Yolen, Connie Willis, Poul Anderson, Hal Clement, John Barnes, Norman Spinrad, Dozois, and others. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) 14-16. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#168911)- $25
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THE CRIMSON CAPSULE
Coblentz, Stanton A[rthur] New York, 1967 New York: Avalon Books, 1967. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Time travelers are transported to a far future Earth dystopia where they are captured by ape-like mutants ruled by mutant "Grand Regulators." Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 303. A fine copy in fine price-clipped dust jacket. (#168914)- $100
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THE BRIDGE
Banks, Iain London, 1986 London: Macmillan, 1986. Octavo, boards. First edition. Signed on the title page by Banks. "THE BRIDGE (1986), perhaps his finest early work, once again conflates the literal with 'metaphorical' displacements treated with a knowing literalness characteristic of the work of late twentieth-century writers of significance, regardless of their marketing 'identity;' in this tale, a comatose man relives (or anticipates) his own life, which is represented in matrix form as an enormous bridge; among the interstices of this potent Icon he engages in a rather hilarious parody of sword-and-sorcery conventions." - John Clute and David Langford, SFE (online). The author's third book. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 4A-17. Pringle, Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels 95. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#168902)- $350
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THE CASTLE OF THE OTTER
Wolfe, Gene Willimantic, Connecticut, 1982 Willimantic, Connecticut: Ziesing Brothers, 1982. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Limited to 520 copies of which this is one of 420 trade copies. A book about The Book of the New Sun. Includes essays, lexicon, self interview and a bibliography, the latter compiled by Gordon Benson, Jr. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#168896)- $100
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SONG OF KALI
Simmons, Dan [New York], 1985 [New York]: Bluejay Books Inc., 1985. Octavo, cloth. First edition. The author's first book, "a stunningly original horror novel, one of the best published in the 1980s." - Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 6-337. Winner of the 1986 World Fantasy Award for best novel. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-272. Jones and Newman (eds), Horror: 100 Best Books 94. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#168900)- $350
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GODBODY
Sturgeon, Theodore New York, 1986 New York: Donald I. Fine, 1986. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 350 numbered copies comprising the "Collector's Edition." Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 4-545. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 4A-240. A fine copy in cloth slipcase without dust jacket as issued. (#168907)- $45
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LINCOLN’S DREAMS
Willis, Connie Toronto, New York, London, Sydney, Auckland, 1987 Toronto, New York, London, Sydney, Auckland: Bantam Books, 1987. Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First edition. The author's first solo novel. Winner of the John W. Campbell Award for best novel. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 4A-269. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#168886)- $75
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THE FOREVER WAR
Haldeman, Joe London, 1975 London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1975. Octavo, boards. First British edition. "Tough, slick narrative of an interstellar war which lasts [over] 1000 years. To the soldier hero, it seems to last about ten years, thanks to the time-dilation effect of faster-than-light travel. Good, realistic, military SF which actually subverts many of the clichés of that category ... (he was a Vietnam veteran, which helped). Initially rejected by 18 publishers, it has since sold over a million copies." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), pp. 141-2. Haldeman's first SF novel. Winner of the 1975 Hugo award for best novel. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-479. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 360. Survey of Science Fiction Literature II, pp. 813-8. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. Uncommon thus. (#168888)- $250
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