CASTLE CRESPIN.
Pp. 238; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed and split; outer leaves and edges lightly foxed; Hutchinson, London, 1982. First edition. More
Science Fiction & Fantasy
THE SIMULTANEOUS MAN.
Pp. [viii]+232; edges of boards slightly bruised; dust wrapper, lightly soiled, edges slightly creased; free endpapers faintly offset, edges of leaves foxed; Andre Deutsch, London, 1970. First U.K. edition. More
CIVIL CAMPAIGN.
A comedy of biology and manners. Pp. [viii]+408; med. 8vo; tiny bruise to bottom edge of lower board; dust wrapper; edges of leaves faintly foxed; Baen, New York, 1999. First edition. *A Vorkosigan Saga science fiction novel. More
DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY.
Pp. [vi]+312(last blank); med. 8vo; dust wrapper; Baen, New York, 2002. First edition. *A Vorkosigan Saga science fiction novel. More
THRUMP-O-MOTO.
A Fantasy. Designed & illustrated by George Sharp. With Typography by Ken Wilson. Pp. [vii]+89, illustrated in colour throughout (some double page); tall demy 4to; red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, upper board in blind; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed; Hodder & Stoughton, Sydney, 1986. First Australian edition. *'A..... More
THE BRIDGE IN THE CLOUDS.
Being the Fourth and Last Book of The Magician's House. Pp. [viii]+288(last blank), full page sketch map; pictorial glazed papered boards, a trifle soiled and scuffed; The Bodley Head, London, 1992. First edition. More
BEYOND THE GASLIGHT.
Science in popular fiction, l895-l905. With illustrations from the Mary Evans Picture Library. Pp. 160, text illustrations, pictorial endpapers; cr. 4to; dust wrapper; Vanguard Press, New York, 1977. First U.S. edition. More
THE SOUL OF KOL NIKON.
Pp. viii+260+[4](advertisements); navy cloth, lettered in red, the boards slightly canted and scuffed, edges lightly worn, spine faded; fore and bottom edges uncut; inked ownership and gift inscriptions on upper free endpaper, [library?] stamps partially removed from pastedowns, hinges starting, a few small edge chips, scattered foxing and occasional slight..... More
THE ETERNAL MOMENT and other stories.
Pp. [viii]+188; maroon cloth, lettered and ruled in gilt, edges lightly rubbed; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, hinges starting, outer leaves lightly offset, top edges slightly soiled, faint blind impression near bottom edge of last couple of leaves, a little faint foxing; Sidgwick & Jackson, London, 1928. First..... More
THE BRICK MOON
from the papers of Captain Frederic Ingham. With illustrations by Michael McCurdy and an Introduction by Alden P. Johnson. Pp. 80, text illustrations printed in brown; sup. roy. 8vo; two colour cloth, upper board decorated in gilt; within slipcase; printed at The Spiral Press, New York, for members of the..... More
RUNEMARKS.
Pp. [xiv]+506; title and text decorations printed in grey, 3 full page maps, med. 8vo; dust wrapper; a couple of spots of foxing; Doubleday & Company, London, 2007. First edition. *Signed by the author on the title page. First novel in a fantasy trilogy by the author of Chocolat. More
HIGHER THINGS.
Pp. 188(last blank); spine cloth faintly faded, corners a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed, the back panel slightly soiled; Macdonald, London, n.d.[194-]. First edition. More
FACIAL JUSTICE.
Pp. 256; top fore-corner of boards a trifle bruised; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed and split, the back panel slightly soiled; edges of leaves lightly foxed; Hamish Hamilton, London, 1960. First edition. *From the library of Australian journalist and critic Neil Jillett, with his bookplate, by Spooner, on the..... More
THE DARK RIVER.
Book Two of The Fourth Realm Trilogy. Pp. xii+368, pictorial double title page and headpiece decorations printed in grey & black; med. 8vo; pictorial glazed papered boards; dust wrapper, with 3 small circular die-cut holes to front panel, revealing part of the illustration on the board below; Doubleday & Company..... More
GRAY MATTERS.
A novel. Pp. boards a trifle bowed and faintly scuffed; dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed and creased, the back panel faintly soiled; endpapers slightly offset, edges of leaves lightly foxed; Science Fiction Book Club, Newton Abbot, 1974. Readers Union edition. *'A projection of life in the 25th century where people..... More
DISCOVERY.
Pp. 304(last blank); med. 8vo; qr. cloth, the gilt lettered spine slightly creased, papered boards; dust wrapper, a trifle soiled; Simon & Schuster, New York, 1989. First edition. More
MAPHEAD 2.
Pp. 224(last blank); dust wrapper; Walker Books, London, 1997. First edition. More
A FOR ANDROMEDA.
A novel of tomorrow. Pp. 206; boards a trifle canted; price-clipped dust wrapper, lightly soiled and worn, edges rubbed and slightly chipped, with piece torn from backstrip (affecting first four letters of title); edges of leaves foxed; Souvenir Press, London, 1962. First edition. *Novelisation of the television science fiction series..... More
A CRYSTAL AGE.
Pp. [iv]+288(last blank); black cloth boards, lettered and decorated in red, rebacked, with later black cloth spine and red leather title label, the boards lightly scuffed, upper joint starting, corners chipped and worn; uncut; later endpapers and binder's blank, the text block slightly browned, a little light foxing and occasional..... More
GREEN MANSIONS:
A Romance of the Tropical Forest. With an Introduction by John Galsworthy. Pp. xviii+350; maroon cloth, spine and upper board lettered in green, publisher's device in blind on lower board, corners slightly rubbed; top edges maroon, others uncut; inked ownership inscription on upper free endpaper, bookseller's sticker at foot of..... More
SOUTH AMERICAN ROMANCES:
The Purple Land; Green Mansions; El Ombu. Pp. [viii]+824(last blank); dark green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, boards slightly flecked, spine cloth a trifle faded; text block faintly browned, the upper free endpaper slightly creased, a little light foxing; Duckworth, London, 1930. First edition. Payne A56a. *Omnibus edition of three..... More
MY DIRTY LITTLE BOOK OF STOLEN TIME.
Pp. [vi]+312(last blank), full page illustrations; dust wrapper; ribbon marker; top edges of leaves faintly foxed; Bloomsbury, London, 2006. First edition. *Signed by the author (in gilt ink) on the title page. 'Outlandishly entertaining novel, in which the seemingly insurmountable obstacle of spacetime proves no match for human ingenuity and..... More
BODY POLITIC.
Pp. [vi]+250; bottom fore-corner of lower board slightly bruised; dust wrapper; edges of leaves faintly foxed; St. Martin's Press, New York, 1999. First U.S. edition. *Set in the year 202. Winner of the John Creasey Award for the best first crime novel of the year. With the publisher's folded publicity..... More