Search Results: Science Fiction from Charles Agvent

Los Angeles: Limited Editions Club, 1962. Hardcover. Fine in glassine and a Very Good slipcase with some rubbing to the sides and fading to the backstrip. Edward Wilson. Quarto (7" x 11") bound in white English vellum with boards covered in hand-marbled paper imported from France and a spine label lettered in gold leaf. Copy #333 of 1500 numbered copies printed at the Plantin Press with an introduction by Ray Bradbury and illustrated with plates by Edward Wilson with pochoir hand-coloring. SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in.

Los Angeles: Limited Editions Club, 1962. Hardcover. Fine in glassine and a Near Fine slipcase. Edward Wilson. Quarto (7" x 11") bound in white English vellum with boards covered in hand-marbled paper imported from France and a spine label lettered in gold leaf. Copy #887 of 1500 numbered copies printed at the Plantin Press with an introduction by Ray Bradbury and illustrated with plates by Edward Wilson with pochoir hand-coloring. SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page.

London: Faber and Faber Limited, (1955). First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper with a short closed tear at the front near the spine. The first in a series of science fiction titles edited by Edmund Crispin. Many of the contributions mark their first appearance in book form, including James Blish's "A Case Of Conscience," a Hugo Award winner.

n.p., 1983. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Light soiling. Near Fine and uncommon in this edition. Pictorial wraps; [4], 80 pages. Edited by Robert M. Price with cover illustration by Steve Fabian. Introduction by Marc A. Cerasini and Charles Hoffman.Part of the Cromlech series. Stated limitation of 400 copies, this is one of 25 numbered copies SIGNED on the title page by Price, Fabian, and Glenn Lord who is acknowledged on the copyright page for his help and cooperation. We were not able to find out anything about the publisher or place of publication. OCLC locates only 4 copies.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, (1988). First American Edition. wraps. Near Fine. Uncorrected proof in light blue wraps by the author of CRASH.

Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1875. First Illustrated American Edition. Hardcover. Illustration at page 64 lacking and apparently never bound in; pencil ownership name on front endpaper dated 1876. Splitting to front hinge but covers still firm. Fraying to spine tips. Very Good. Original brick cloth stamped in black and gilt. Second American Edition but the first that is illustrated. First published in the U.S. as DR. OX, AND OTHER STORIES in 1874, the same year as the First English Edition, which had the same title as the present edition. Profusely illustrated.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1970. Hardcover. Fine in glassines and a typically rubbed, about Very Good slipcase. Robert Shore. Two quarto volumes (7" x 10-3/4") bound in ochre buckram-backed boards stamped in green and gold leaf and covered with a segment of a map of the lunar surface. This is copy #333 of 1500 with an introduction by the author's grandson and illustrated with color plates by Robert Shore. SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page.

London: Jonathan Cape, (1981). First Edition. wraps. Fine. Uncorrected proof in orange wraps decorated with the publisher's logo of an early science fiction title by the author of CRASH.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1967. Hardcover. Lacking the insert for the title page, as usually the case; spine a touch sunned. About Fine in a Near Fine slipcase with some discoloration on the backstrip. Charles Mozley. Tall octavo (7-1/2" x 11-1/2") bound in full maroon buckram, with spine stamped in burgundy and lettered in gilt, top edge stained red; 212 pages. Designed by Sir Francis Meynell. Introduction by Bernard Bergonzi. Illustrated with full-page black-and-white line drawings and 12 full-page color lithograph plates by Charles Mozley. Copy #887 of 1500 copies SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1967. Hardcover. Lacking the insert for the title page, as usually the case; spine evenly sunned. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. Charles Mozley. Tall octavo (7-1/2" x 11-1/2") bound in full maroon buckram, with spine stamped in burgundy and lettered in gilt, top edge stained red; 212 pages. Designed by Sir Francis Meynell. Introduction by Bernard Bergonzi. Illustrated with full-page black-and-white line drawings and 12 full-page color lithograph plates by Charles Mozley. Copy #457 of 1500 copies SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1967. Hardcover. Lacking the insert for the title page, as usually the case; spine evenly sunned. Near Fine, lacking the slipcase. Charles Mozley. Tall octavo (7-1/2" x 11-1/2") bound in full maroon buckram, with spine stamped in burgundy and lettered in gilt, top edge stained red; 212 pages. Designed by Sir Francis Meynell. Introduction by Bernard Bergonzi. Illustrated with full-page black-and-white line drawings and 12 full-page color lithograph plates by Charles Mozley. Copy #473 of 1500 copies SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page.

Avon, CT: Limited Editions Club, 1974. Hardcover. Fine in glassine, lacking the slipcase. Attractive edition of this classic in new condition. Joseph Mugnaini. Quarto (7-1/4" x 10-3/8") bound in full silk-screened black buckram. Designed by Ernst Reichl with 11 color lithographs drawn directly on the metal by Joseph Mugnaini with the prints pulled from his plates. One of 2000 copies SIGNED by both the author and the artist on the colophon page, this copy unnumbered and acquired directly from the publisher's archives, never circulated in public.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1978. First Illustrated Edition. Hardcover. Issued without dustwrapper. Light foxing to title page and rear endpaper. Near Fine. Alex Nino. Quarto in red cloth with pictorial inset. The graphic story version adapted by Doug Moench of this winner of an International Fantasy Award for Best Novel and one of Pringle's 100 Best Science Fiction Novels. Illustrations by Alex Nino. This is one of an unknown (to us) limitation with a large label reproducing the cover art and SIGNED by Sturgeon affixed to the front free endpaper and a smaller plain label SIGNED by Nina affixed to the front pastedown.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987. First Edition. Softcover. Very slight crease to top corner of front cover. Still Fine. Advance Reader's Edition in decorated wraps.