Signed titles
ANNUAL MACABRE 1997.
Ashcroft, British Columbia: Ash-Tree Press, 1997. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Limited to 500 copies. Collects four supernatural tales by women writers from the early 20th century. Item #11383
THE WINDSCREEN WEEPERS AND OTHER TALES OF HORROR SUSPENSE AND FANTASY.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1969. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Signed presentation copy. Collection of adult fiction by this noted writer. An uncommon title. Item #343
BURNING MARCH.
New York: Dutton, 1994. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Signed by the author. Third novel in the series. Item #6877
THE FEBRUARY TROUBLE.
New York: Walker, 1992. Octavo, boards. First edition. Signed by the author. The second P.I. Dave Garrett novel. Item #6876
THE JANUARY CORPSE.
New York: Walker, [1991]. Octavo, Hardcover. First edition. Signed by the author. The first P.I. Dave Garrett novel. Item #6874
HOTHOUSE.
London: Faber and Faber, [1962]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Signed by Aldiss on the title page. Issued earlier in the U.S. in a shorter version as The Long Afternoon of Earth (1962). Novelization of five Hothouse stories that won the 1962 Hugo award for best short fiction published in 1961. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-3. Pringle, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels 34. Item #16872
EARTHWORKS.
London: Faber & Faber, [1965]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Signed inscription by Aldiss. Item #1834
COLL AND HIS WHITE PIG.
New York, Chicago, San Francisco: Holt, Rinehard and Winston, [1965]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Signed inscription by Alexander on the half title page it is additionally signed by the illustrator Evaline Ness. A childrens story set in Alexander's fantasy kingdom of Prydain, it is based on an incident from the Book of Three (volume 1 in the Chronicles of Prydain). Item #11180
DEEP PURPLE.
[Sevenoaks, Kent]: New English Library, [1989]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Signed by Allbeury on the front free endpaper. Spy thriller involving Soviet defectors. Smith and White, Cloak and Dagger Fiction (3rd ed.) 470. Item #19505
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BACKGROUND TO DANGER. [SPECIAL ADVANCE COPY].
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1937. Octavo, pp. [1-12] [1-2] 3-280 [281-284], printed wrappers. First U.S. edition. Signed inscription by Ambler on the half title page to Otto Penzler: "To Otto, enviously, / I've never even seen / this book at this stage -- / Eric Ambler / 21 IX 81." Signed and dated a second time on the title page. This is an advance reading/review copy. Espionage thriller involving military secrets, Soviet agents, German agents and Rumanian oil. Filmed in 1943, directed by Raoul Walsh with George Raft, Sidney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre and Turhan Bey from a script by W.R. Burnett. Item #18924
WAITING FOR ORDERS: THE COMPLETE SHORT STORIES OF ERIC AMBLER.
New York: The Mysterious Press, 1991. Octavo, cloth. First edition. 1/26 lettered copies signed by the author. One of 26 lettered copies signed by the author. The 26 copy lettered edition is the only signed limited of this title. Ambler would not sign a numbered edition. Introduction by Ambler. Includes eight stories, six feature Dr. Czissar, a refugee Czech detective written during World War II. Item #8535
NIGHT DOGS.
Tucson: Dennis McMillan, 1996. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Trade issue, signed by the author. Item #4818
ORION SHALL RISE.
Huntington Woods: Phantasia Press, 1983. First edition. One of 600 numbered copies signed by Anderson. "A long, complex novel set in the world of Anderson's Maurai stories, centuries after the devastating war known variously as 'The Doom War,' 'The Downfall,' and the 'Death Time.' Among other matters this work details a plot by the Northwest Union (the northwestern portion of the former United States) to develop spacecraft powered by nuclear explosives to challenge the domination of their benevolent rulers who have restricted the development of technology ... A superior political thriller ..." - Brians, Nuclear Holocausts: Atomic War in Fiction, 1895-1984, p. 117. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 4-16. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 416. Item #16884
THE STAR FOX.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1965. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Signed by Anderson on the title page. Militant space opera in which a tough ex-Navy captain protecting the space colony New Europe convinces a wimpy World Federation to mix it up with overbearing aliens. 1965 Nebula nominee; first part 1966 Hugo nominee. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-12. Item #16881
HUMOUR & FANTASY.
London: John Murray, [1931]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Collects the following titles in one volume: Vice Versa, The Tinted Venus, A Fallen Idol, The Talking Horse, Salted Almonds and The Brass Bottle. In these collected volumes, some of which are story collections, there are stories of fantasy and horror, The Tinted Venus concerns a Greek statue that comes to life. Item #11900
ON PIRATES.
[Burton, MI]: Subterranean Press:, 2001. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 250 numbered copies signed by Powers, Blaylock and artist Gahan Wilson. Item #15021
BANQUETS OF THE BLACK WIDOWERS.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1984. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Signed inscription by Asimov to a mystery publisher and bookseller. Review slip and publishers promo flyer laid in. The fourth collection of Black Widower stories. Item #12637
FOUNDATION AND EARTH.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1986. Octavo, full brown leather, all edges gilt. First edition. One of 300 numbered copies signed by Asimov. "The space travelers from FOUNDATION'S EDGE journey from the sentient world of Gaia to Earth via various ancient planets familiar to readers of Asimov's "Robot" stories. More bloated, talky stuff for readers who are well steeped in the author's earlier works." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 143. Includes a continuation of the utopia in FOUNDATION'S EDGE and some dystopia. Item #16895
FOUNDATION AND EARTH.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1986. Octavo, full brown leather, all edges gilt. First edition. One of 300 numbered copies signed by Asimov. "The space travelers from FOUNDATION'S EDGE journey from the sentient world of Gaia to Earth via various ancient planets familiar to readers of Asimov's "Robot" stories. More bloated, talky stuff for readers who are well steeped in the author's earlier works." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 143. Includes a continuation of the utopia in FOUNDATION'S EDGE and some dystopia. Item #17722
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. Item #16894
FOUNDATION'S EDGE.
[Binghamton]: Whispers Press, 1982. Octavo, leather-backed linen. First 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. Item #17725
THE GODS THEMSELVES.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1972. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Signed by Asimov on a tipped in leaf inserted after the front free endpaper. "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. Item #16898
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. Item #17819
PEBBLE IN THE SKY.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1950. Octavo, jacket art by Richard Powers, cloth. First edition. The author's first SF novel. Signed inscription by Asimov in the year of publication: "For: Dave / Speaker / Regards, in / two installments / Isaac Asimov / 12/3/50." Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-15. Item #14665
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. Item #16905