Elizabethtown, NY: Dragon Press, 1977. First Edition. Paperback. Wraps in white spine and rear cover; black and white illustrated front cover. Very slight rubbing at the head and tail of the spine and around the outside edges of the covers. Very faint evidence of handling noticable on the white rear... More
New York: Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 1948. Paperback. 130pp. Quarto [11 cm] Pictorial wraps featuring cover art by Edd Cartier. The extremities are moderately rubbed, there is a short open tear in the surface of the front wrap near the spine, and there are two tiny holes (surrounded by... More
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
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
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
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 date "84." More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1982. First UK edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 361pp. Octavo [22 cm] Blue paper over boards with gilt lettering on the spine. The covers are ever so slightly cocked, and the jacket has minor wear to the surface. Jacket design by Mon Mohan reproducing a detail from The Battle... More
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
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
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
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
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
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1970. First American edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 281pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] Tan cloth over boards with a black ink stamped title on the backstrip. With only minor bumping at the spine ends and fore edges of the covers. In the jacket designed by James McMullan... More
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
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
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
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
New York: Random House, 1973. First American edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 212pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] Blue cloth over boards with gilt lettering on the backstrip, and the author's initials stamped in metallic blue on the front board. The edges of the spine and covers are gently bumped and faded. In a.... More
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 2007. Signed First Edition. Leather bound. SIGNED. 225pp. Octavo [22 cm] Full red leather with raised bands, a gilt stamped title on the spine, and elaborate gilt stamped decorative patterns on the covers. All edges gilt. Moire endsheets. Fine condition. Frontispiece by Vince Natale. #707... More
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
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
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1972. First American edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 224pp. Octavo [20.5 cm] Black cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Beige cloth over boards with a black ink stamped title on the spine. The extremities are gently bumped, and the rear endpaper is slightly darkened along... More
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
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
London: An AVERNUS Original, 1990. The Birthday Edition. Paperback. 126pp. Small quarto [22.5 cm] Black and white printed wraps. With a printed letter signed by Margaret Aldiss (the second wife of Brian Aldiss and one of the main contributors to this book) tucked in. More