The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (Movie Poster)
2013. Poster. [43x29cm]. Mildly wavy and wrinkled. A promotional poster for the second film in Peter Jackson's Hobbit trilogy, based on the much-loved fantasy novel by J.R.R. Tolkien. More
Fantasy & Science Fiction
Other Worlds Science Stories Volume 1, Number 1, November 1949
Evanston, IL. Clark Publishing Company, 1949. Original edition. Paperback. 160pp. Octavo [19 cm] Illustrated wraps. Very good. The covers are lightly rubbed. There is a small letter in pen on the front cover. The pages are mildly browned. There are very short closed tears in the fore edge margins of..... More
Salt Lake City Science Fiction Fantasy Fair (Poster)
Salt Lake City, UT: 1979. Poster. [62x41cm]. Light wear, most noticeably at the lowest 2cm. Sealed and matted. Held in 1979, "Intervention Alpha" featured Robert Silverberg, Katherine Kurtz and Orson Scott Card among others. More
Walt Disney's Fantasia (Re-release Movie Poster)
1970. [40x28inches]. Creases where poster was at one point folded into twelfths. The 1970s technicolor vibrancy remains. From a special New Year's Eve show on Wednesday, December 31 of 1970. More
At the Caligula Hotel and Other Poems
London: Sinclair-Stevenson, 1995. First UK edition. Paperback. SIGNED. 99pp. Small octavo [20 cm] Illustrated wrappers. Inscribed by Aldiss on the half title page: "Dear Pat- Here's to all those discrete hotels! Brian Aldiss '95." More
The Brightfount Diaries
London: House of Stratus, 2001. Reprint. Paperback. SIGNED. 171pp. Octavo [20.5 cm] Red, black, and white printed casebound wraps. Inscribed by the author on the title page. The inscription states, "Dear___. This modern reprint is really a message from the past- my past at that! Regards regardless, Brian, 2001." More
Enemies of the System: A Tale of Homo Uniformis
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1978. First American edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 119pp. Octavo [21.5cm] 1/2 blue cloth with blue paper over boards. The spine ends are gently rubbed and bumped, and the dust jacket shows light edge wear. Boldly signed by Aldiss on the front free endsheet, with the..... More
Helliconia Summer
London: Jonathan Cape, 1983. First UK edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 398pp. Octavo [22 cm] Blue paper over boards with gilt lettering on the spine. The book is bumped at the head of the spine, and the jacket has minor wear to the surface and edges. Jacket design by Mon Mohan reproducing..... More
My Country 'Tis Not Only of Thee: A Story of the World After the Vietnam War
Printed for the Aldiss Appreciation Society, 1986. Limited Edition. Paperback. 27pp. Very slim octavo [21 cm] Saddle-stiched yellow and black printed wrappers. Frontispiece illustration reproducing Gustave Dore's woodcut, "London." One in an edition limited to 100 copies (this copy is not numbered). Inscribed by Brian Aldiss on the title page..... More
A Romance of the Equator
London: Victor Gollanz Ltd, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 345pp. Octavo [22 cm] Blue paper over boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine. The spine ends and corners of the covers are bumped, and there is a minor lean to the spine. The dust jacket is rubbed, and..... More
Seasons in Flight
London: Jonathan Cape, 1984. First UK edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 157pp. Octavo [20 cm] Brown cloth-effect paper over boards, with a gilt stamped title on the backstrip. With a minor slant to the spine. Light scratching to the dust jacket. Uniquely inscribed by the author, with a sketch, on a specially..... More
Somewhere East of Life: Another European Fantasia
London: Flamingo (HarperCollins), 1994. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 390pp. Octavo [24 cm] in boards with gilt-stamped spine. Signed and inscribed by author on title page: "To my good friend P---, who knows how vital it is to be Somewhere Else! Regards, Brian '94". Also with signed Christmas card and warmly..... More
Brothers of the Head
Great Britain and New York: Pierrot Publishing Limited, 1977. Ian Pollock. First edition. Paperback. SIGNED. 119pp. Slim square quarto [26 cm] Pictorial case bound wraps. The spine and covers show mild surface and edge wear. Original fiction illustrated by Ian Pollock. From the publisher- "This is the first book in..... More
Common Clay: 20-Odd Stories
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1996. First American edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 333pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] Blue paper over boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine. The dust jacket has subtle surface and edge wear. Illustrations by Rosamund Chorley and Brian W. Aldiss. Inscribed by Aldiss on the title..... More
The Eighty-Minute Hour: A Space Opera
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1974. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 226pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] Blue cloth covered boards with the title stamped in gilt on the spine. The boards are rubbed, and the spine ends are bumped and rubbed. In a dust jacket with moderate scuffing and soiling to..... More
The Eighty-Minute Hour: A Space Opera
London: Jonathan Cape, 1974. First UK edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 285pp. Octavo [20 cm] Blue cloth-effect paper over boards with the title stamped in gilt on the spine. Publisher's magenta top stain. The front board is just a trifle stained. In the dust jacket illustrated by Alan Tunbridge, with moderate edge..... More
Helliconia Spring
New York: Atheneum, 1982. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 361pp. Octavo [24 cm] Blue boards with orange cloth spine. Publisher's orange top stain. The head of the book's spine is bumped. In a jacket, with light surface and edge wear. With jacket art reproducing a detail from The Battle of Alexander..... More
Helliconia Summer
New York: Atheneum, 1983. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 398pp. Octavo [24 cm] in boards over cloth spine. Signed and inscribed by Aldiss on front free endpaper: "P----, Here's to Moreau! Yours ever, Brian". The second volume of prolific author Aldiss' Helliconia trilogy, a sweeping tale of life on a planet..... More
The Shape of Further Things
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 171pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] Light gray cloth over boards. With two tiny stains on the front board. The dust jacket is age-toned and moderately soiled, and the rear panel has a number of prominent scratches. There is a small..... More
Who Can Replace a Man? The Best Science-Fiction Stories of Brian W. Aldiss
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc, 1966. First American edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 253pp. Octavo [21 cm] Bright green cloth over boards with a silver stamped title on the spine. With moderate bumping to the extremities of the book. The dust jacket is toned and rubbed, and has periodic shallow..... More
The Last Days of Krypton
New York: Harper Entertainment, 2007. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 412pp. Octavo [24 cm] 1/4 white paper with teal blue paper over boards. Very good, in a very good dust jacket, with an "Autographed Copy" sticker on the front panel. Signed by the author on the title page. More
The Peregrine
New York: Ace Books, 1978. Second Ace Edition. Paperback. SIGNED. 184pp. Duodecimo [18 cm] Illustrated wraps. Very good. The back cover has several light creases. Signed by Anderson on the title page. Poul Aderson was awarded the Hugo Award seven times and the Nebula Award three times. More
The Rebel Worlds
London: Coronet Books, 1972. First Coronet Edition. Paperback. SIGNED. 141pp. Duodecimo [18 cm] Illustrated wraps. Very good. The covers are very subtly rubbed. Signed by Anderson on the title page. Poul Aderson was awarded the Hugo Award seven times and the Nebula Award three times. More
Tourmalin's Time Cheques
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1891. Early D. Appleton and Company printing. Hardcover. 192pp. Sextodecimo [17 cm] 1/2 brown cloth with tan paper over boards. The text block is cracked here and there, but it is still very sturdy. There is a contemporary owner's name on the front free..... More
The Gods Themselves
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, [1986]. Collector's edition. Leather bound. 288pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Full black leather with raised bands, and gilt stamped titles and designs on the spine and covers. All edges gilt. In the publisher's unopened shrink-wrap. The Gods Themselves won the Nebula Award for Best Novel in..... More