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FAR FROM HOME.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1981. Octavo, boards. First edition. A collection of thirteen SF and fantasy stories, some from GALAXY of the 1960s, "others of more recent vintage. The earlier tales are mostly routine genre pieces, the later ones are more unusual and demanding. This is the only collection by the talented author of THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH (1963)." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 131. Tevis is better known for mainstream fiction, THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT (1983), THE HUSTLER (1959), and THE COLOR OF MONEY (1984), a sequel to THE HUSTLER.
THE HUSTLER.
[New York: Avon Books, 1976]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. Later edition, first Avon printing. Avon 31278. Signed and inscribed by Tevis to his book editor at Doubleday. This edition has a new author's note dated 1976 of which he comments on the pool players in his novel and ends with "That is ridiculous. I made up Minnesota Fats-name and all---as surely as Disney made up Donald Duck." [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-378].
THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH.
[Lakewood, CO]: Centipede Press, [2022]. Octavo, cloth. New edition. One of 500 numbered copies signed by Lee Desimini and Stanislav Dikolenko (illustrators), Justin Humphreys and Norman Spinrad (introductions), and a facsimile of Walter Tevis. This is copy number 1. Introductions by Justin Humphreys and Norman Spinrad. Also includes a picture gallery of various covers of the book, and an interview with Walter Tevis.
THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH.
[New York: Avon Books, 1976]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. Later edition, first Avon printing. Avon 27276. Signed and inscribed by Tevis to his book editor at Doubleday. First published in 1963, this edition is a tie-in for the 1976 film with an image of David Bowie on the cover. Story concerns an alien who comes to Earth seeking to bring his people here as they are suffering from extreme drought. Basis for the 1976 film by Nicholas Roeg with David Bowie, later a made for television film (1987) and a television series (2022). [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-378].
THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT.
New York: Random House, [1983]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Basis for the acclaimed Netflix series.
THE IFTH OF OOFTH (SHORT STORY) in GALAXY SCIENCE FICTION, April, 1957.
[New York: World Editions, Inc., 1957]. Small octavo, single issue, cover by Jack Coggins, pictorial wrappers. Digest sized magazine. First published science fiction story by Walter Tevis. [Reference: Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 290-309].