Boston: Beacon Press, 2004. Later printing. Paperback. 264 Pages. Octavo [20.3cm x 13.6cm]. Matte illustrated wraps, black spine with white lettering. Dana, a modern black woman, is celebrating her twenty-sixth birthday with her new husband when she is snatched abruptly from her home in California and transported to the antebellum..... More
New York: Grand Central Publishing, 2007. Reprint. 746pp. Octavo [20.5cm]. Photographic wraps. "The acclaimed trilogy that comprises Lilith’s Brood is Hugo and Nebula award-winner Octavia E. Butler at her best. Presented for the first time in one volume with an introduction by Joan Slonczewski, Ph.D. Lilith Iyapo is in the Andes, mourning..... More
New York: Grand Central Publishing, 2020. First trade paperback edition. Paperback. 217pp. Octavo [20.5cm]. Illustrated wraps. "In the far future, the human race is divided into two groups striving for power. The Patternmaster rules over all, the leader of the telepathic Patternist race whose thoughts can destroy or heal at..... More
New York: Seven Stories Press, 2005. Second edition. Paperback. 224 Pages. Octavo [18.41cm x 12.7cm]. Matte illustrated wraps. Scarlet spine with white lettering. A perfect introduction for new readers and a must-have for avid fans, this New York Times Notable Book includes “Bloodchild,” winner of both the Hugo and the..... More
New York: Grand Central Publishing, 2019. Reprint. Paperback. 423pp. Octavo [20cm]. Illustrated wraps. "Originally published in 1998, this shockingly prescient novel’s timely message of hope and resistance in the face of fanaticism is more relevant than ever. In 2032, Lauren Olamina has survived the destruction of her home and family, and..... More
New York: Grand Central Publishing, 2019. Reprint. Paperback. 345pp. Octavo [20cm]. Illustrated wraps. "When global climate change and economic crises lead to social chaos in the early 2020s, California becomes full of dangers, from pervasive water shortage to masses of vagabonds who will do anything to live to see another..... More
Paris: Contact Editions, Three Mountains Press, 1925. First edition. Paperback. 304pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Brown paper spine with pale green and black printed wraps. Poor condition. There are large losses from the paper of the spine, there are a couple of small losses from the fore edge of the front..... More
New York: William Morrow & Company, 1968. First American edition. Hardcover. 220pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] 1/4 lavender cloth with black paper over boards. Ex-library, with evidence of tape removal from boards and card removal from endpapers. The text block is only just beginning to crack at the title page. The..... More
Berlin: Bruno Cassirer Verlag, [1932]. Josef Capek. First edition thus. Hardcover. 168pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Orange cloth over boards with black ink stamped titles on the spine and front cover, and a black ink stamped vignette on the front cover. Publisher's blue top stain. Very good. The covers are mildly..... More
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Praha [Prague]: Fr. Borovy, 1938. Early Czech language edition. Hardcover. 253pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Black cloth covered boards with red ink stamped titles and designs on the spine and front cover. With a pictorial dust jacket and in a plain stiff card slipcase with a printed paper title label on..... More
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Praha [Prague]: Fr. Borovy, 1937. Early Czech language edition. Hardcover. 253pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Gray cloth printed in red and black on the spine and front cover. Light yellow top stain. Very good plus, with a very minor slant to the spine, and marginal rubbing and bumping at the spine..... More
Praha (Prague): 1924. Russian language edition (presumably the first edition in Russian?). Paperback. 217pp. Duodecimo [18 cm] Gray and blue pictorial wrappers. Top edge trimmed; other edges deckled. The wraps are a bit creased and chipped, and subtle tissue repairs have been made to the hinges and wraps. According to..... More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1937. First American edition. Hardcover. 348pp. Octavo [21 cm] Tan cloth with black ink stamped titles. Very good. The covers are lightly soiled. The spine ends and corners of the covers are gently bumped. The endsheets are heavily darkened. The front pastedown has a...... More
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1940. Josef & Karel Capek. First UK edition. Hardcover. 160pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Green cloth over boards with a black ink stamped title on the spine. Very good. Ex-library, with only a perforated library stamp on the last page of the text. Heavy sunning..... More
New York: A. A. Wyn, Inc, 1948. First American edition, Omnibus Edition. Hardcover. 469pp. Octavo [20 cm] Orange cloth over boards, with the title and author in black on the spine and front cover. Publisher's orange top stain. Very good. The extremities are mildly bumped and rubbed, and the spine..... More
London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd, 1948. First UK edition, Omnibus Edition. Hardcover. 469pp. Octavo [20 cm] Orange cloth over boards, with the title and author in black on the spine and front cover. Publisher's orange top stain. Very good, with heavy sunning to the spine. There are a handful..... More
Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company, 1954. First edition. Hardcover. 208pp. Octavo [22 cm] Black cloth. Jacket and endpaper designs by Alex Schomburg. A square, tight and unmarked copy. Light scuffing to bottom edges of the boards. The price-clipped jacket is bright, and the panels are lightly rubbed. Jacket illustration..... More
New York: Tom Doherty Associates, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 675 pp. Hardbound in paper-covered boards, pictorial dust jacket. Signed on the title page. Personal incription on the half title, "All the flotsam & jetsam of my career" to Elizabeth Pope, a Utah collector who was very active in Science..... More
New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates Books, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED - Octavo. Pink boards quarterbound in a burgundy colored cloth spine. Light bumping at the head of the spine. Signed and inscribed by the author on the half title page in black pen: "to ----- / The..... More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1979. Book Club. Hardcover. SIGNED. 208pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] Bound in blue paper-covered boards. Near fine condition. The pictorial dust jacket, designed by Neo Concepts, is in very good condition, with mild rubbing. Signed by Card on the half-title page. More
New York: Ballantine Books, 2000. Later printing. Paperback. 342 pp. Octavo. Pictoral. On the mysterious Well World, the evil tyrant Josich and his dark agents search desperately for the eight scattered pieces of the fabled Straight Gate. Whoever possesses the Gate will wield enormous power, traveling between universes at the..... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1910. Edmund Frederick. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 281pp plus 8 pages of ads at the rear. Octavo [19.5 cm] Green cloth boards with titles printed in white to front cover and spine, decorative embossing to front cover and spine, and color illustration to..... More
New York and London: D. Appleton & Co., 1910. Later printing. Hardcover. 142pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Light green cloth covered boards with gilt lettering and embossed ornamentation on the spine and front cover, and an illustrated oval paper label on the front cover. Decorative light green and white endpapers illustrated..... More
New York and London: D. Appleton and Company, 1915. Henry Hutt. Second printing. Hardcover. 292pp. Octavo [19 cm] Light green cloth over boards with gilt lettering and decorative blind stamping on the backstrip and front board, and an oval illustrated paper label mounted to the front cover. Color frontispiece. The..... More
United States of America: Daw Books, 2008. First printing. Paperback. 426pp. Ocatvo [23 cm]. Illustrated wraps. From the publisher: "The Beyond started with the Stations orbiting the stars nearest Earth. The Great Circle the interstellar freighters traveled was long, but not unmanageable, and the early Stations were emotionally and politically dependent..... More