Signed titles
MOONSTONE AND TIGER-EYE.
Eugene, OR: Pulphouse Publishing, Inc., [1992]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 300 numbered clothbound copies in cloth signed by Charnas. Collects two stories. Author's Choice Monthly, Issue Twenty-nine.
CHERNEVOG.
Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, [1990]. Octavo, frontispiece by Keith Parkinson, full leather, a.e.g. Limited edition. One of an unspecified number of copies signed by Cherryh. Introduction by James Gunn. Second book of a fantasy series set in ancient Russia, preceded by Rusalka (1989). Part of the Easton Press signed first edition series.
GLASS AND AMBER.
Cambridge, MA: The NESFA Press, 1987. Octavo, boards. First edition. Of a limitation of 1000 copies this is one of 225 numbered copies signed by Cherryh and artist Barclay Shaw of from a limited edition of 1000. Commemorative book for Boskone 24. Collects seven stories and five essays (several from speeches). At least one story is revised for this collection.
GLASS AND AMBER.
Cambridge, MA: The NESFA Press, 1987. Octavo, boards. First edition. Of a limitation of 1000 copies this is one of 225 numbered copies signed by Cherryh and artist Barclay Shaw of from a limited edition of 1000. Commemorative book for Boskone 24. Collects seven stories and five essays (several from speeches). At least one story is revised for this collection.
HEAVY TIME.
Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, [1991]. Octavo, frontispiece by Frank Mayo, full leather, a.e.g. First limited edition. One of an unspecified number of copies signed by Cherryh. SF novel set in the "Merchanter" universe. Introduction by James Gunn. Part of the Easton press signed first edition series. Hartwell, 200 Significant SF Books by Women, 1984-2001.
RUSALKA.
Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, [1990]. Octavo, frontispiece by Keith Parkinson, full leather, a.e.g. Limited edition. One of an unspecified number of copies signed by Cherryh. Introduction by James Gunn. First book of a fantasy series set in ancient Russia. Part of the Easton Press signed first edition series.
VISIBLE LIGHT.
Huntington Woods, MI: Phantasia Press, 1986. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 300 numbered copies signed by Cherryh. Collects seven stories including the Hugo winner "Cassandra." Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 4-133.
HAWK OF THE WILDERNESS.
New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1936. Octavo, pp. [1-8] 1-308 [309-312: blank] [note: last two leaves are blanks], original green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black, fore and bottom edges rough trimmed, pictorial endpapers. First edition. Signed by and dated by Chester on the title page. Fantastic adventure story set in an unknown Arctic region north of Siberia. The first "Kioga" novel, first published as a serial in BLUE BOOK in 1935-1936. Filmed as a Republic Films serial. Angenot and Khouri, "An International Bibliography of Prehistoric Fiction," SFS, VIII (March 1981), 42. Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 3-11. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 157. In 333. Bleiler (1978), p. 42. Reginald 02927.
STORIES OF YOUR LIFE AND OTHERS.
New York: Tor, 2002. Octavo, printed wrappers. Advance uncorrected proof. Signed by Chiang on the title page. The author's first book. Collects eight stories, including "Liking What You See: A Documentary," a story original to this collection. Two of these stories, the title story and "Tower of Babylon" (his first published story) won Nebula awards and "Hell Is the Absence of God" won both Hugo and Nebula awards. "Story of Your Life," inspired the hit film Arrival, considered one of the best films of 2016, and winner of the 2017 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation. "...one of the most remarkable single collections to have been published in the sf field. Chiang received the John W Campbell Award for best new writer in 1992." - SFE online. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-239.
COLD BLOOD.
Shingletown, CA: Mark V. Ziesing, 1991. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 500 numbered copies signed by editor Chizmar, introducer Douglas E. Winter, and the twenty-five contributors. Original anthology with stories from Nancy Collins, Richard Laymon, F.P. Wilson, Joe Lansdale and 22 others.
THE TWENTY-SECOND CENTURY.
[London]: Grayson & Grayson Ltd., [1954]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Signed by Christopher on the title page. The author's first SF book. A collection of twenty stories. "At this stage in his career Christopher's narrative craft was nearly mature." "He told stories with pace, suspense, sanity and clarity." - Pederson (ed.): The St. James Guide to Science Fiction Writers (4th ed.), pp. 185-87. Many of these stories preview the themes of his later novels.
A CRY IN THE NIGHT.
New York: Simon and Schuster, [1982]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Signed inscription by Clark on the title page. Produced as a made for television film in 1992.
STILLWATCH.
New York: Simon and Schuster, [1984]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Signed by Clark on the title page. Produced as a made for television film in 1987.
2010: ODYSSEY TWO.
Huntington Woods, MI: Phantasia Press, 1982. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 650 numbered copies signed by Clarke. In this sequel to 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968), "a joint Russian/American expedition to Jupiter resurrects HAL and discovers life on Europa; then the intelligence controlling the monoliths of 2001 begins to move in its characteristically mysterious way, sending a messiah to Earth to save humankind and issuing a new commandment forbidding access to Europa. The combination of technological realism and awed mysticism works as well in these novels as anywhere else in Clarke's work, and the religious imagery is even more pronounced than in CHILDHOOD'S END (1953)." - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-254. Made into a film in 1984 directed by Peter Hyams. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 4-110.
AGAINST THE FALL OF NIGHT.
[New York]: Gnome Press, Inc., [1953]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Inscribed and signed by Clarke on the front free endpaper. Expanded and rewritten as THE CITY AND THE STARS (1956). This earlier version utilizing the archetypal youth's quest and coming of age theme, a theme lost in the revised version, is still preferred by many readers. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-245. Survey of Science Fiction Literature I, pp. 374-77.
CHILDHOOD'S END.
New York: Ballantine Books, [1953]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Signed on the title page by Clarke. An enormously popular novel presaging Clarke's major thematic statements in 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY. Recently aired as a miniseries on the SyFy channel in December 2015. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-246. Pringle, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels 9. Survey of Science Fiction Literature I, pp. 337-41.
CHILDHOOD'S END.
New York: Ballantine Books, [1953]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. An enormously popular novel presaging Clarke's major thematic statements in 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY. Aired as a miniseries on the SyFy channel in December 2015. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-246. Pringle, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels 9. Survey of Science Fiction Literature I, pp. 337-41.
THE EXPLORATION OF SPACE.
London: Temple Press, 1951. Octavo, color and black and white illustrations, original black cloth, spine stamped in gold. First edition. Signed by Clarke on the title page. Clarke's second book on rocketry and space travel. "... this book by the charman of the British Interplanetary Society is written for a wider public" (Ley). International Fantasy Award, 1952 winner for non-fiction.
ISLANDS IN THE SKY ...
Philadelphia, Toronto: The John C. Winston Company, [1952]. Octavo, jacket and endpaper illustrations by Alex Schomburg, cloth. First edition. Signed by Clarke on title page. As his prize for winning a TV quiz show in the second half of the twenty-first century, a young man is given the opportunity to visit an orbiting space station. His adventures there include a runaway rocket ship, the making of a space film, and a confrontation with space pirates. A "plausible and accurate fictional tour of the space stations which are probably in our very near future." - Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Part of the classic Winston science fiction series for young readers published between 1952 and 1961. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-251.
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SKY.
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1958. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Inscribed and dated by Clarke to collector Stephen Takacs in the year of publication on the front free end paper. The authors own selection of stories from the period 1947-1957. Included are "The Nine Billion Names of God" and "The Star". The final story in this collection, "The Songs of A Distant Earth" was later developed into the novel of the same name. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-252.
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SKY.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1961. Octavo, boards. First British edition. Inscribed and dated by Clarke to Malcolm (Edwards) on the title page. Edwards has a long history in the science fiction field as an editor, notably with Victor Gollancz. The authors own selection of stories from the period 1947-1957. Included are "The Nine Billion Names of God" and "The Star". The final story in this collection, "The Songs of A Distant Earth" was later developed into the novel of the same name. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-252.
JONATHAN STRANGE & MR NORRELL.
[London]: Bloomsbury, [2004]. Octavo, boards. First British edition. Signed by Clarke on the title page. The U.S. edition preceded the UK edition by two weeks. Alternate world fantasy. Winner of the 2005 Hugo Award, the 2005 World Fantasy Award, the Locus Award for best first novel, a Nebula nominee, and a Booker Prize long list candidate. A 2012 BBC made for TV movie was based on this novel.
THE ABANDONED.
Baltimore: Cemetery Dance Publications, 2005. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 750 numbered copies signed by Clegg. Horror novel.
NEEDLE.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1950. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Signed on the title page as Clement and Stubbs. Author's first book. An alien cop takes over the body of a human. "An adequately exciting tale of possession from outer space, by a writer who is well versed in the hard sciences. Clement's first novel, it introduced the word "symbiote," use ever since by SF writers..." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 251. Anatomy of Wonder 3-110.
MISSION OF GRAVITY.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1954. Octavo, boards. First edition. Signed on the title page by Stubbs as "Hal Clement" and Harry C. Stubbs. "At the behest of human space-farers, flat centipede-like creatures set out on a heroic mission across the surface of the heavy planet Mesklin. Scrupulously thought out, this is one of the best-loved examples of hard SF." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 241. Runner-up for the 1955 International Fantasy Award. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-260. Pringle, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels 15. Survey of Science Fiction Literature III, pp. 1424-28.