Search Results: Titles starting with W from Top Shelf Books

Morrow, 1989. Book. Illus. by Jainschigg, Nicholas. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Hardcover first edition, first printing. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. Stated First Edition with "1" present in complete number line. <b>Signed by Slonczewski on the title page.</b> Copy is bright, square and unread condition. The jacket has two small (0.5 cm in length) closed tears at top edge of front jacket panel with associated horizontal crease, one 1cm closed, but jagged tear near top right corner of front jacket with some chipping and crinkling at top edge of spine panel. Aside from these jacket defects, jacket bright with $18.95 price intact. A fine (unread) copy to marry to a superior jacket. The author's third book. "Her novel can be seen as a welcome rejoinder to the current glut of military SF novels." - Anatomy of Wonder 4 (1995) 4-426..

Doubleday & Company, 1977 Book. Illus. by Marcesi, Steve. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover first edition, first printing. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. State first edition. Some light foxing to the page block edges, else fine copy in fine jacket. A straight, square copy without price-clipping and jacket intact. Fine condition for a book this age. The second book in the Dirsham the Godkiller series, preceded by The Lerios Mecca (1973)..

Ballantine Del Rey, 1996 Book. Illus. by Gnemo. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover first edition, first printing. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. Jacket faintly bumped at head and heel of spine panel (normal for book this age), else a fine (unread) copy in fine jacket. A clean, straight copy without price-clipping. Excellent <a href=http://www.topshelfbooks.com/home/pages/warriorreturns_full.html>full color, wrap-around jacket illustration</a> by Gnemo..

Gollancz, 2001 Book. Illus. by Sudworth, Anne. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover UK, first printing and true first edition. (Preceded the US edition by Tor.) Very fine (unread) copy in very fine jacket. A clean, square copy in pristine jacket with UK price intact. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. The Third Volume in the Chronicles of Magravandias. Magic, sexuality, and political intrigue in an opulent epic fantasy. Classify it as Gothic fantasy, but really sociological and psychological storytelling at its best, set in the fantastical land of Magravandia. Another beautiful, full color, wrap-around jacket illustration by Anne Sudworth..

Baen, 2005 Book. Illus. by Miller, Kurt. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Hardcover first edition, first printing. Full number line with "1" present. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. <b>Signed by Weber on the title page.</b> (Weber signatures are becoming more scarce to due limits caused by orthopedic surgery on his hand following a serious injury.) Faint jacket crinkling at head and heal of spine panel with age-related tanning to page block edges (normal for books printed with acid-based pages), else a fine (unread) copy in fine jacket. A clean, square copy without price-clipping. The fourth book in the Empire of Man series, preceded by March to the Stars (2003)..

AvoNova Morrow, 1993. Book. Illus. by Craft, Kinuko Y.. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover first edition, first printing. Fine copy with only trace of shelfwear in very fine jacket. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. A clean, straight copy without price-clipping. Hazel's fourth book. Hazel's book The Winter King was nominated for the 1986 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel. (Lost to Song of Kali by Simmons.).

Corwin Greenberg, 1952 Book. Illus. by Weber, Nettie. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover first edition, first printing and First Thus edition. First published by Hadley Publishing Company in 1947. This edition published in 1952 features revised text from the 1947 Hadley edition. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. Light green boards with black lettering on spine. Near fine copy in very good jacket. Light, age-related dust soiling to top edge of page block. Bottom edge of spine lightly scuffed. Jacket spine panel is sunned, but complete without tears and with original $2.75 price intact, which is rare as often jackets are price-clipped. Boards straight and square, pages clean and bright. A nice, bright copy. Originally published as a magazine serial in 1943, later published in hardcover by Hadley Publishing in 1947. Re-published by Corwin Greenburg in 1952 as a "fix-up" with revised text fixing numerous errors in the previous Hadley edition. (A. E. van Vogt coined the… Read More

Orion Dolphin Press, 1997 Book. Illus. by Fangorn. Very Fine. Pictorial Cover. First Edition. Hardcover copy in pictorial boards without jacket as issued. First edition and first printing. Very fine (unread) copy. Book 3 in The Web juvenile series. Other authors in this shared-world series include Stephen Baxter, Stephen Bowkett, Eric Brown, Peter Hamilton and Maggie Furey..

Phoenix Pick, 2013 Book. Very Fine. Trade Paperback. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Trade paperback, first printing. First time in print. Originally published in ebook format in 2012. Series edited by Mike Resnick. No. 4 in the Stellar Guild series, matching best-selling authors with new authors. Includes the sequel novella The Last Mandalla Sweeps by Alvaro Zinos-Amaro. Signed by Silverberg and Zinos-Amaro on the title page..

Alchemy Press, 2000 Book. Illus. by Starshine, Sylvia. Very Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Hardcover first edition, first printing. Very fine (unread) copy in very fine jacket. <b>Limited edition to 500 signed/numbered copies by this specialty publisher. Signed on limitation page by Kim Newman, Peter Atkins, Sylvia Starshine and Randy Broeker.</b> Cover art by Starshine and interior illustrations by Broeker. Collection of four stories previously published in the Dark Terrors or Dark Stories anthologies. Award History: 2001 British Fantasy Award Winner for Best Collection..

Ballantine Del Rey, 2003 Book. Illus. by Picacio, John. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover first edition, first printing and first US edition. Stated First Edition with "1" present in complete number line. Simultaneous with the UK edition published by Ballantine Books (UK). Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. Moderate crinkling at top and bottom edges of jacket panel with faint traces of wear along top edge of page block, else a fine copy in fine jacket. Page block is square without marks. Jacket is intact without price-clipping. First volume in the Skilgannon the Damned series. David Gemmell, a wonderful talent in the field, passed in 2006..

Tor, 2000 Book. Illus. by Williams, Dean. Very Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Hardcover first edition, first printing. Very fine (unread) copy in very fine jacket. <b>Signed by Murphy on the title page.</b> Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. A clean, square copy in bright, intact dust jacket..

Night Shade Books, 2010 Book. Illus. by Lacoste, Ralph. Very Fine. Trade Paperback. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Trade paperback, first printing. First Printing stated on title page. (Copies are in seventh printings to date.) This trade paperback edition follows the hardcover first edition. <b>Signed by Bacigalupi on the title page.</b> Very fine (unread) copy in very fine covers (without jacket as issued). Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. A clean, square copy. Award History: 2010 Hugo Award Winner; 2010 Nebula Award Winner; 2010 John W. Campbell Award Winner; 2010 Locus Poll Award Nominee for Best SF Novel (lost to Boneshaker by Cherie Priest); 2010 Locus Poll Award Winner for Best First Novel; 2010 Compton Crook Award Winner; 2010 British Science Fiction Award Nominee (lost to The Dervish House by Ian McDonald)..

Origin, 1997 Book. Fine. Pictorial Cover. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Trade paperback. Official Strategy Guide for the Wing Commander: Prophecy PC game. Original manual only, the game software IS NOT included. The guide is clean, square and without any previous owner's marks. A very nice associational item for the popular and cutting-edge (for the 1990's) space combat PC game featuring Mark Hamill returning to his role as Christopher "Maverick" Blair..

Daw Books, 2011 Book. Illus. by G-Force Design. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover first edition, first printing and first US edition. (Simultaneous with the UK edition by Gollancz, but the time zone difference makes the UK edition the true first.) Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. Daw Collectors #1540. First Printing with DAW Book Collectors No. 1540 and the date 2011 on the copyright page with no other dates or later printings listed. No First Edition Statement on copyright page. This is the true first printing and the rare variant without the standard number line or first edition statement printed on the copyright page, confirmed by Rothfuss on his website. Black boards with gold lettering on spine. Near fine (unread) copy in near fine jacket. Jacket shows light crinkling wear at top edge and top and bottom of spine panel, else is clean with $29.95 price intact. Page block is square and solid, but with two very small, pencil tip specks at lower side edge of page block,… Read More

Voyager, 2002 Book. Illus. by Howe, John. Very Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover UK, first printing and true first edition. Very fine (unread) copy in very fine jacket. (The first US edition was published later by Ballantine/Del Rey as The Witch Queen.) Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. The compelling conclusion to this excellent fantasy trilogy. Wonderful full color, wrap-around jacket illustration by John Howe..

Harcourt, Inc., 2002. Book. Illus. by Andrews, Vaughn. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover first edition, first printing. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. Very lightly bumped at tips and head and heel of spine panel with associated jacket crinkling, else a fine copy in near fine jacket. A clean, square copy without price-clipping. The sixth book in Duan's extremely popular Young Wizards series. Scarce to find this Young Adult title without the usual dedications to children. Award History: 2003 Locus Poll Award Nominee for Best Young Adult Novel (lost to Coraline by Neil Gaiman)..

Ballantine Del Rey, 1988 Book. Illus. by Morrill, Rowena. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Hardcover first edition, first printing. Stated First Edition with "1" present in complete number line. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. <b>Signed by Brooks on the ffep and inscribed "To Art, Remember - There is a little Wizard Magic inside us all" and dated "10/88", the same month as publication, making this copy unique.</b> Aside from very light, handling-related wear along page block edges, a fine copy in fine jacket. The jacket is clean, intact without tears or chipping with $17.95 price intact. A clean, square copy of a popular book nearly 40 years old. This copy was read once, carefully, then kept on a shelf. The third book in The Landover series. A wonderful copy for collectors because of the inscription. It was once authors' preference to inscribed copies to fans, before the modern trend of signature only. The book is… Read More

Mysterious Press, 1993 Book. Illus. by Singer, Phil. Very Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover first edition, first printing. Fine (unread) copy in very fine jacket. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. A Sharon McCone mystery and the original female private eye. (Muller introduced the female private eye to mystery fiction. Her character creation, Sharon McCone, stands on her own merits.) Award History: 1994 Edgar Award Nominee for Best Novel..

Subterranean Press, 2008. Book. Illus. by De Lint, Charles. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Hardcover first edition, first printing. A signed, limited edition by specialty publisher Subterranean Press. Stated First Edition on copyright page. Un-numbered edition signed by De Lint on the special signature page. Subtitled "Collected Early Stories Volume 3: High Fantasy Stories", it collects 17 of the author's early stories originally published in magazines from the 1970s through the 1990s. Introduction by De Lint. Out of print on publication. Subterranean published 52 lettered copies and an unknown number of trade copies signed by the author. Fine, unread copy in fine jacket. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy..