Signed titles
FOUNDATION'S EDGE.
[Binghamton]: Whispers Press, 1982. Octavo, leather-backed linen. Limited edition. One of 1000 numbered copies signed by Asimov and publisher Stuart Schiff, this is copy #799). "A belated sequel to the 'Foundation Trilogy,' marking Asimov's return to his distinctive brand of cerebral space opera after more than twenty years. In this yarn (and the related novels THE ROBOTS OF DAWN, ROBOTS AND EMPIRE, FOUNDATION AND EARTH and PRELUDE TO FOUNDATION) Asimov explains the galactic history of THE STARS LIKE DUST and the "Foundation" series as a plot by the robots (from the otherwise unconnected 'Robot' stories) to ensure the survival and happiness of the human race, and hints that the history-altering time travelers of THE END OF ETERNITY set up the whole thing." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 143. Winner of the 1983 Hugo award. 1982 Nebula nominee. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-47. Sargent, British and American Literature, 1516-1985, p. 410.
THE GODS THEMSELVES.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1972. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Inscribed and signed by Asimov on the front free end paper. "In the twenty-second century, Earth and men of a para-universe establish an ideal energy exchange. Through Earthmen's electron pump and the para-men's position pump, the energy needs of both worlds are satisfied without energy loss to either. A few probing skeptics, men and para-men, learn that in time the exchange will explode our Sun, but both scientific establishments ignore their alarm. The 'fathers' of the energy pumps, puffed with pride and selfishness, will not allow their reputation, doctrine, and achievement to be jeopardized ... The blind egotism and leaden conscience of his [Asimov's] scientific establishments offer no promise that a world ruled by scientists rather than politicians would be more free of it." - Berger, Science Fiction and the New Dark Age, p. 130. THE GODS THEMSELVES ... which was only the second genuine singleton of his career and which won both Hugo and Nebula awards, proved to be his finest single creation, a complex tale involving potentially catastrophic energy transfers between alternate universes and -- rarely for him -- intriguing alien beings (they are considerably more interesting than the humans in the cast)." - John Clute / Malcolm J. Edwards, SFE (online). Written with a verve and economy that are missing from Asimov's later novels." - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-48. Winner of the 1972 Nebula award and 1973 Hugo award for best novel. Survey of Science Fiction Literature II, pp. 909-14.
GOOD TASTE.
[Topeka, KS: Apocalypse Press, 1976]. Octavo, decorated wrappers, sewn. A chapbook. First edition. Limited to 1012 copies of which this is one of 500 numbered copies signed by Asimov.
GOOD TASTE.
[Topeka, KS: Apocalypse Press, 1976]. Octavo, decorated wrappers, sewn. First edition. Limited to 1012 copies of which this is one of 500 numbered copies signed by Asimov. A chapbook. Short story.
PEBBLE IN THE SKY.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1950. Octavo, jacket art by Richard Powers, cloth. First edition. Signed inscription by Asimov in the year of publication: "For: Dave / Speaker / Regards, in / two installments / Isaac Asimov / 12/3/50." The author's first book and first sf novel. In the far future "Earth is largely a radioactive wasteland, populated by a few million inhabitants who are discriminated against by the rest of the galactic empire which has forgotten that Earth was humanity's original home." - Brians, Nuclear Holocausts: Atomic War in Fiction, 1895-1984, p. 122. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-51. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 237.
PEBBLE IN THE SKY.
New York, London, Toronto, Sydney, Auckland: Doubleday, 1950. Octavo, jacket art by Richard Powers, cloth. Reprint edition. Limitation of 1500 numbered and signed copies by Asimov, this is one of an undetermined number marked "P.C.". Facsimile reprint of the 1950 first edition of the authors first book on the 40th anniversary of publication. Laid in is the accompanying 4 page booklet with a new foreword by Asimov and an editor's note. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-51. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 237. In 333.
ROBOTS AND EMPIRE.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1985. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First trade edition. Signed by the author on the title page. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 4-21.
ROBOTS AND EMPIRE.
West Bloomfield, Michigan: Phantasia Press, 1985. Octavo, leather. First edition. Copy "C" of 35 lettered copies signed by Asimov specially bound in black leather with silver stamping and red and blue leather inlays. Robots renegotiate the laws of robotics and set humankind on the road to galactic empire. Sequel to ROBOTS OF DAWN and prequel to the Foundation books Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-52.
TALES OF THE BLACK WIDOWERS.
Garden City, NY: Published For The Crime Club By Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1974. Octavo, boards. First edition. Signed inscription by Asimov to a mystery publisher and bookseller. The first collection of "Black Widowers" stories, a fictional club of mystery solvers. Pronzini and Muller, 1001 Midnights, pp. 29-30.
THE UNION CLUB MYSTERIES.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1983. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Signed presentation inscription by Asimov on the title page to a mystery publisher and bookseller. Review slip laid in. Story collection.
THE WINDS OF CHANGE.
Garden City: Doublday & Company, Inc., 1983. Octavo, boards. First edition. Signed by Asimov on the title page. Collects twenty-one stories.
BEAST MARKS.
Willimantic, Connecticut: Mark V. Ziesing, 1984. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 250 numbered copies signed by Attanasio and artists Rick DeMarco and Rich Schindler. Collects seven short stories, including a Sherlock Holmes story.
THE TALL DOLORES.
New York: Henry Holt and Company, [1953]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Signed inscription by Avallone; "For--/all the best,/ all ways/ Michael Avallone." Author's first book and first Ed Noon mystery.
THE WINDUP GIRL.
[Burton, MI]: Subterranean Press, 2011. Octavo, imitation leather. First edition. One of 500 numbered copies signed by Bacigalupi. This is copy 183, one of the first 200 copies with color artwork, bound in imitation leather in slipcase. The author's first novel. Dystopian future novel. This edition also includes the stories "The Calorie Man" and "The Yellow Card Man." Winner of the 2010 Hugo award (tied with Miéville's THE CITY & THE CITY) and the 2009 Nebula award for best novel. The novel also won the Locus, Campbell, and Compton Crook awards. Broderick and Di Filippo, Science Fiction: The 101 Best Novels, 1985-2010 #96.
THE CRYSTAL WORLD.
London: Jonathan Cape, [1966]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Signed by the author on the title page. Author's fourth novel. Nebula award nominee, 1966. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 4-26.
AGAINST A DARK BACKGROUND.
[London]: Orbit, [1993]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Signed by Banks on the title page. "In a colonized solar system far away, the threatened heroine rebuilds her combat team of virally linked "neurobondees" and goes in search of something called a Lazy Gun." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 4. The author's first non-Culture SF novel, drafted before his debut novel, THE WASP FACTORY (1984).
CONSIDER PHLEBAS.
London: Macmillan, [1987]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Copy 160 of 176 numbered copies signed by Banks. "Conflict between two dystopian cultures, one Islamic, the other communist. First of his novels of the Culture, few of which have explicitly utopian content but can collectively be seen as utopian." - Sargent, British and Utopian Literature, 1986-2009. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-72.
BOOKS OF BLOOD V.
Santa Cruz: Scream/Press, 1989. Octavo, imitation leather. First thus. One of 333 numbered copies signed by Barker and artist Harry O. Morris.
BOOKS OF BLOOD Volumes 4-6 (three books).
London and Sydney: Sphere Books Limited, [1985]. Small octavo, three books, pictorial wrappers. First editions. Paperback originals. Each volume signed by Barker to "Tim [Underwood]" and date 30th July 1985. The second set of three volumes of short fiction. Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror 6-21.
THE BOOKS OF BLOOD, VOLS. 1 & 2.
London: Sphere, 1984. Octavo, Hardcover. First combined edition & First hardcover edition. Signed by Barker.
CABAL.
New York, London, Sydney, Toronto, Tokyo: Poseiden Press, [1988]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition, trade issue. Signed inscription by Barker on the title page. Comprises the title novella and four short fictions (these four comprise volume 6 of the Books of Blood). Cabal was filmed as NIGHTBREED. Barron (ed.): Horror Literature 4-21.
CLIVE BARKER'S SHADOWS IN EDEN. Edited by Stephen Jones.
[Lancaster, PA: Underwood-Miller, 1991]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 500 numbered copies signed by Barker, this being copy number 1. Exploration of the career of Clive Barker with writings by and about Barker which includes interviews, introductions and articles by Barker and articles and essays about Barker by Ramsey Campbell, John Brosnan, Michael A. Morrison, Stanley Wiater, Douglas E. Winter, Kim Newman and many others. Introduction by Stephen King. Includes a detailed primary bibliography of Barker's work in all media produced from March 1984 to June 1990. Well-illustrated with artwork by Barker, photographs and stills.
CLIVE BARKER'S SHADOWS IN EDEN. Edited by Stephen Jones.
[Lancaster, PA: Underwood-Miller, 1991]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Signed by Barker on the title page. Exploration of the career of Clive Barker with writings by and about Barker which includes interviews, introductions and articles by Barker and articles and essays about Barker by Ramsey Campbell, John Brosnan, Michael A. Morrison, Stanley Wiater, Douglas E. Winter, Kim Newman and many others. Introduction by Stephen King. Includes a detailed primary bibliography of Barker's work in all media produced from March 1984 to June 1990. Well-illustrated with artwork by Barker, photographs and stills.
THE DAMNATION GAME.
New York: An Ace / Putnam Book Published by G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1987]. Octavo, boards. First U.S. edition. Signed by the author on the half-title page. The author's first novel. Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror 6-23. Jones & Newman: Horror: 100 Best Books #95.
THE INHUMAN CONDITION.
New York: Poseidon Press, 1986. Octavo, Hardcover. First U.S. edition. Signed by the author. Published in Britain as BOOKS OF BLOOD, VOL. 4.