Big Time
by Leiber, Fritz
The Big Time (1957) is a short science fiction novel by Fritz Leiber. It won the Hugo Award in 1958. The Big Time is a vast, cosmic back story, hidden behind a claustrophobic front story with only a few characters. The storyline involves two factions which both have time travel who are at war with each other. Their method of battle involves changing the outcome of events throughout history. The two sides are nicknamed the Spiders and the Snakes.
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The Big Time (Inscribed By Author)
by Leiber, Fritz
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First British Hardcover Edition 1st Printing
- Published
- 1976
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780727802187
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Pasadena, California, USA
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$360.00
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London (1958; 1961): Severn House, 1976. First British Hardcover Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 171 Pp. Purple Boards, Gilt. First Uk Hardcover Edition, Inscribed By The Author. A Bright, Clean Book With Two Small Dents Along Bottom Edge Of Boards, Otherwise Fine. Dust Jacket Not Price-Clipped, With Rubbing At Top And Bottom Of Spine And… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Big Time
by Leiber, Fritz
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- Used
- Published
- 1976
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- Hardcover
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- 9780727802187
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Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear, GBR
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$56.77
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London; Severn House Publishers, 1976., 1976. Hardcover. FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo. 171 pp. Book Condition: Near Fine. Jacket Condition: Very Good. Maroon cloth with gilt titles to spine in unclipped pictorial dust-jacket. A very clean copy with no annotation or inscriptions; cover cloth bright. Jacket has a few minor nicks & creases to edge otherwise also near-fine. Hugo Award-… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Big Time
by Fritz Leiber
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- Used
- Edition
- First hardcover edition, later (probably second) printing
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- 1976
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- Dark green cloth with spine stamped in red and gold
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New York, New York, USA
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$350.00
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LEIBER, Fritz. The Big Time. With a New Introduction by Robert Thurston. Boston: Gregg Press, 1976. 8vo, xv 129pp. Dark green cloth with spine stamped in red and gold. Spine ends minutely rubbed else a fine copy without dust jacket as issued. Signed by the author, Fritz Leiber. Scarce signed.
First hardcover edition, later (probably second) printing. 1958 Hugo Award Winner… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Big Time
by Leiber, Fritz
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- Used - Very Good
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- Reprint
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- 1967
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- Paperback
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, CAN
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$5.00
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U.S.: Ace G-627, 1967. Solid with light wear on the covers.. Reprint. Paperback. Very Good. Item Price
$5.00
The Big Time
by Leiber, Fritz
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- Used - Very Good
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- very good -
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- Later printing
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- 1982
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, CAN
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$5.87
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New York: Collier Books, 1982. Later printing. Very Good/very good -. 130 p.; small HC; VG+ in VG unclipped DJ, slight rubbing at edges. Black boards. Interior clean, unmarked. Book Club edition. Originally published in 1958 (Galaxy Magazine) and 1962 (ACE). Foreword to this edition by Fritz Leiber. Hugo Award winner, 1958. A locked-room mystery in a R… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Big Time
by Leiber, Fritz (jacket art by Michael R. Carter)
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- Used - Fine
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- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
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- 1976
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780727802187
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Kellerberrin, Western Australia, AUS
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$160.00
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London: Severn House Publishers 1976 First Hardcover Edition cr.8vo 171pp ISBN 0-7278-0218-6, 1976 Fine original purple cloth, in VG slightly rubbed & slightly edgeworn DW, protected in Brodart sleeve. Wrap-around jacket design by Michael R. Carter. Item Price
$160.00
The Big Time
by Leiber, Fritz
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- Used - Fine in Fine dust jacket
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- First Edition; First Printing
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- 2000
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- Hardcover
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- 9780312890797
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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$27.95
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New York: Tor Books. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2000. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0312890796 . International orders may require additional postage. ; Full number line. ; 8.30 X 5.60 X 0.20 inches; 128 pages . Item Price
$27.95
The Big Time
by Fritz Leiber
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- Used - Fine
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- 1988
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Longmont, Colorado, USA
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$48.00
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The Easton Press, The Masterpieces of Science Fiction, 1988. First Thus; Collector's Edition. Illustrated by Charles Lang. Hardcover. Issued without dust jacket. Used - Fine, Like New condition. Appears unopened / unread. Bound in full (genuine) leather with hubbed spine. Text block is tight, bright, crisp, and clean with no ownership markings or bookplates. Embossed in 22kt gold on the… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Big Time
by Leiber, Fritz
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
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- 1982
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- Hardcover
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Campbell River, British Columbia, CAN
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$19.95
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New York: Collier Books, 1982. The winner of the 1958 Hugo Award winner for Best Novel. This is a great copy, with interiors tightly bound and square. Dustjacket is unclipped and mylar protected, showing light chipping to the spine points. A very nice copy of this classic story.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Paul Lehr… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Big Time
by Leiber, Fritz
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- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- N/A
- Edition
- First Paperback Edition
- Published
- 1961
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- Paperback
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- 1
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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, GBR
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$6.31
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Ace Books, New York, New York, U.S.A, 1961. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. Good/N/A. red titles spine; first Ace paperback printing; "A Superior adventure-mystery about the strangely assorted crew of men & women, snatched out of their lives by emissaties from the far future who fight & scheme to change the structure of time &… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Big Time
by Leiber, Fritz
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- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1976
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780839823346
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- 1
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Salem, Oregon, USA
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$200.00
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Gregg Press, 1976. Hardcover. Very Good. 8x5x0. Signed. Does not match stock photo - red buckram with gold spine titling in black title window, very good with light rubbing to edges. Spine square. Binding sound. No jacket, as issued. Inscribed by Leiber to a previous owner at title page. Pages bright, text unmarked. Item Price
$200.00
Big Time
by Leiber, Fritz
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- Used - Good
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- 1976-12-16
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780727802187
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Bradford, West Yorkshire, GBR
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$16.51
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Severn House Publishers Ltd, 1976-12-16. Hardcover. Good. 2.8179 in x 23.1724 in x 16.6773 in. Ex-library book, usual markings. Hardback with dust cover. Clean copy, sound binding. Item Price
$16.51
THE BIG TIME
by Leiber, Fritz
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- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1976
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Rochester, Michigan, USA
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$737.84
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THE BIG TIME, Gregg Press, 1976, first hard-cover edition, fine without dust-wrapper as issued. HUGO winning novel. Introduction by Robert Thurston. 1/362 copies. Authors SIGNED book-plate laid in. Item Price
$737.84
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THE BIG TIME
by Leiber, Fritz, Illustrated by Charles Lang
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- Used - Very Fine
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- No Jacket As Published
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- Collector's Edition
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- 1961
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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COSTA MESA, California, USA
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$71.50
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Norwalk, Conn.: The Easton Press,, 1961. Previous owners bookplate on front pastedown.. Collector's Edition. Full-Leather, Gilt Edged Pages. Very Fine/No Jacket As Published. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition. Item Price
$71.50
The Big Time
by Fritz Leiber
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- Used - Fine with no dust jacket
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- FIRST HARDCOVER EDITION -- SIGNED; First Printing
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- 1976
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- Hard Cover
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- 1
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Phoenix, Arizona, USA
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$1,250.00
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Gregg Press. Fine with no dust jacket. 1976. FIRST HARDCOVER EDITION -- SIGNED; First Printing. Hard Cover. First Hardcover Edition of this Hugo Award Winner for 1958. Only 362 Copies Printed. Like New. Inscribed -- To Terry, / With best wishes / Fritz Leiber . ; Gregg Press Science Fiction Series; Autograph; 8vo 8" - … Read more about this item Item Price
$1,250.00
The Big Time
by Leiber, Fritz
- Condition
- Collectible - Like New
- ISBN
- 9780312890797
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- 1
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Frederick, Maryland, USA
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$14.62
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Tor Books. Collectible - Like New. First edition copy. Collectible - Like New. Very Good dust jacket. (Science Fiction, Sci-Fi, Fantasy) Item Price
$14.62
THE BIG TIME
by Leiber, Fritz
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- Used - A fine copy without dust jacket as issued. (10114)
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- First hardcover edition
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- 1976
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Laurel, Maryland, USA
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$1,500.00
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Boston: Gregg Press, 1976. First hardcover edition. A fine copy without dust jacket as issued. (10114). Octavo, cloth. Signed inscription by Leiber on the front free end paper. Winner of the 1958 Hugo award for best novel. First published in book form as a paperback original in 1961. Item Price
$1,500.00
The Big Time
by Leiber, Fritz
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
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- First Edition/First Printing
- Published
- 2000
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780312890797
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Lewisville, Texas, USA
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$14.50
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Tor Books, 2000. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition/First Printing. A square solid tight clean unread copy. The 21.95 priced jacket has some light soil else fine. Reissue of the novel. THIS COPY IS IN MY POSSESSION AND NORMALLY SHIPS NEXT DAY.. Item Price
$14.50
THE BIG TIME
by Leiber, Fritz
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- Used - Fine in Fine dust jacket
- Published
- 1982
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- Hardcover
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Edmonton, Alberta, CAN
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$6.50
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Collier Books. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1982. Hardcover. HC/DJ - fine. Clean, tight and unmarked, a little scuffing jacket. Book club edition. Winner of the 1958 Hugo award for best novel. "The most important work of Leiber's Change War series is the Hugo Award-winning novel The Big Time, in which doctors, entertainers, and wounded soldiers … Read more about this item Item Price
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The Big Time
by Leiber, Fritz
- Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Edition
- 3rd Printing
- Published
- 1972
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- Paperback
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- 1
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, CAN
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$5.00
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United States: Ace, 1972. Solid with light wear on the covers.. 3rd Printing. Paperback. Very Good +. Item Price
$5.00