| Author | Title | Edition | Condition | Price | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas Adams | Last Chance To See | Heinemann 1990 First Edition First Printing | Bruised at top of spine and page edges a little browned else Fine copy in slightly rubbed Dust Jacket with the price removed. | £5.00 | "...Now, animal by animal, tree by tree, the world is being demolished around us... it was time to think about life on this planet, and the absurdities of what we are doing to it... " |
| Brian Wilson Aldiss | Bury My Heart At W. H. Smith's A Writing Life | Hodder & Stoughton 1990 First Edition Thus First Printing | Bruised at top and base of spine else Fine copy in slightly creased and rubbed Dust Jacket. | £5.00 | "... his story of a writing life, of his adventures with publishers, booksellers, agents, other authors and, above all, readers... Aldiss... has a number of good stories to tell. The book is, however, more than a string of anecdotes. It also discusses the complex question of what makes and unmakes a writer, why so many writers are strange, and why literature remains necessary... " |
| Brian Wilson Aldiss | Trillion Year Spree | Gollancz 1986 First Edition First Printing Limited Lettered State Signed by Both Authors - Issued Without Dust Jacket Letter G of 26 copies | Fine Copy in like Box Inscribed to John + Ruth (Richard Cowper/Colin Murry & Wife) | £75.00 | The limited issue has a limitation leaf and 5-page "Introduction to the Limited Edition" by Aldiss not included in trade copies. |
| J. O. Bailey | Pilgrims Through Time And Space Trends and Patterns in Scientific and Utopian Fiction | Argus 1947 First Edition First Printing | Bumped at top and base of spine and corners, pages browned and a little marked - Good Copy in chipped, torn, browned, marked and worn reinforced Dust Jacket | £5.00 | "... first, trail-blazing historical and analytical study of science fiction and the utopian and scientific romances that describe a world remade by science... it analyses... similarities in the way the stories are told... the substance... the imaginary inventions and in the creeds of the authors... " |
| Charles Barren | Foundation The Review of Science Fiction Nos. 4-77 | The Science Fiction Foundation 1973--2000 | Mostly Very Good or better Copies | £2.00 | Nos. 51, 57, 77 @ £1; 13, 20 -24, 31-32, 35, 37-39, 41-42 @ £2; 4, 6, 25, 27-29 @ £3; 14-16, 18-19 @£4; 4, 5, 6, 17 @£5; 11&12 £6, 7&8 @ £8; 26 (special PKD issue) @ £10; Index 1-8 £3 - prices reflecting age, condition and scarcity. |
| Joseph N. Bell | Seven Into Space The Story of the Mercury Astronauts | Ebury Press 1960 First Edition First Printing | Bruised at top and base of spine and top page edges a little marked else Fine copy in slightly worn and creased Dust Jacket with a couple of short (3mm) tears | £5.00 | "... the first complete story... of the man-into space programme... man's first ride into space... In conclusion, he tell what we can expect in the way of space travel in the coming years - a manned orbit of the moon, a 'soft' landing on the moon and return, building of space stations, and probes to the planets... " |
| Gregory Benford (Also as Sterling Blake) | Deep Time How Humanity Communicates Across Millennia | Avon 1999 First Edition First Printing | Slightly bumped at top and base of spine else Fine copy in like Dust Jacket with a little wear at the top and base of the rear fold | £7.50 | "... Combining the logical rigour of a scientist with the lyrical beauty of a novelist, Gregory Benford explores... fascinating questions in a provocative analysis of humanity's attempts to make its culture immortal, to cross the immense gulf that... deep-time messages must span... " |
| Ben Bova | Viewpoint | NESFA 1977 First Edition First Printing Limited State (No 331/800) | Fine copy in like Dust Jacket. Signed by the Author on the Title Page | £7.50 | "... the most frightening task in the science fiction field - following the late John W. Campbell as editor of Analog... four successive Hugos for Best Editor... selected some of his editorials his first five years... " |
| Poppy Z. Brite | Courtney Love: The Real Story | Orion 1995 First Edition in the UK First Printing | Fine copy in like Dust Jacket. | £5.00 | "... renowned both as the driving force behind the greatest of the grrl rock bands, Hole, and as the widow of... the legendary lead singer of Nirvana who tragically committed suicide at the height of his international fame... With over thirty photographs... and extracts from ... letters and journals... first full account... " For the completist? |
| John Brosnan | Future Tense The Cinema of Science Fiction | Macdonald & Jane's 1978 First Edition First Printing | Slightly bumped at top and base of spine else Fine copy in slightly worn and spine faded, price clipped, Dust Jacket with one tear. | £5.00 | "... Starting with Georges Meliès' 1902 film A trip to the Moon, in which the moon travelers dispose of lunar inhabitants by tapping them with umbrellas, John Brosnan tells the story of cinematic time and space travel up to Star Wars, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and beyond... " |
| John K. H. Brunner (Also as Keith Woodcott) | Childless Couples and Delinquent Children | Science and Public Policy 1985 - Volume 12 Number 3 June (Paper) | Slightly browned and marked - Near Fine Copy | £5.00 | Three page article written by John Brunner. Stapled sheets provided by the Publisher as the Author's complimentary copies. Rare. |
| John K. H. Brunner (Also as Keith Woodcott) | The Educational Relevance of Science Fiction | Physics Education Reprint - Volume 6 1971 (Paper) | Spine a little faded - Near Fine Copy From the Library of the Author with his bookplate inside front cover. | £10.00 | Three page article written by John Brunner and separately bound by The Institute of Physics - presumably one of the 5 or 6 of the Author's complimentary copies. Rare. |
| Judith Raphael Buckrich | George Turner A Life | Melbourne University Press 1999 First Edition First Printing | Bruised at top and base of spine else Fine copy in slightly creased Dust Jacket. | £30.00 | "... by far the most important science fiction writer Australia has produced... " Biography; Epilogue; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index |
| Barbara Cartland | I Seek The Miraculous | Sheldon Press 1978 First Edition First Printing | Bruised at base of spine, light spine crease, page edges a little marked and gift inscription on prelim page else Fine copy in slightly spine-faded Dust Jacket with a small (2 x 3mm) print lamination chip missing from top of spine Apparently Signed and Inscribed by the Author on the Title Page | £10.00 | "... This book is not an autobiography. I have set down the many incidents when I have been inspired, when I have had a glimpse of the World Behind the World. Also the times when I was disappointed and disillusioned. It has been a thrilling and absorbing search... " |
| Arthur C. Clarke | Greetings, Carbon-Based Bipeds! A vision of the 20th century as it happened | Voyager 1999 First Edition First Printing | Bruised at top and base of spine else Fine copy in like, slightly creased, Dust Jacket. | £7.50 | Collected Essays 1934-1998 "... his most significant and prophetic non fiction writings... each essay has a new introduction... " |
| I. F. Clarke | The Pattern of Expectation 1644-2001 | Cape 1979 First Edition First Printing | Bruised at top and base of spine else Fine copy in like Dust Jacket. | £7.50 | "In this fascinating survey the reader will be able to trace the pattern of expectation over the past three centuries and gauge the course of prediction in the future." |
| Robert Conquest | The Abominations of Moab | Temple Smith 1979 First Edition First Printing | Bruised at top of spine else Fine copy in slightly rubbed and marked Dust Jacket. | £10.00 | Essays on Literature - including 52 pages on Science Fiction - Far Out: The Lessons of Science Fiction; Before The Deluge; Spectra; Dragons and All Deeps; Hard and Soft; Space Odysseys: Apollo 8 and 2001 and The SF Story... |
| Basil Copper | The Vampire In Legend Fact And Art | Citadel Press 1990 (Trade Paper) | Edges slightly rubbed, top rear corner creased - Very Good to Near Fine Copy Signed by the Author on the Title Page | £5.00 | Acknowledgements, Foreword, In Legend, In Literature, In Film and Theatre and In Fact. With an Epilogue, Selected Bibliography and Index |
| Jonathan Cott | Pipers At The Gates of Dawn The Wisdom of Children's Literature | Viking 1984 First Edition in the UK First Printing | Bruised at top and base of spine else Fine copy in like, rubbed and slightly creased Dust Jacket. | £5.00 | Seven essay-interviews with creators of children's literature: Maurice Sendak; Dr Seuss; William Steig; Astrid Lindgren; P. L. Travers; Chinua Achebe and Ona and Peter Opie |
| Jonathan Cowie | Essential Science Fiction A Concise Guide | Porcupine Books 2005 First Edition First Printing (Paper) | Fine Copy Can be signed by both Authors (& Publisher) if wanted - please specify | £8.00 | "... criteria for inclusion in the guide are... what the many... consider best... Hugo Award-winning novels and films, or Locus Awards... the Blackwood film poll... a systematic distillation of a mass of primarily Anglophone literature, cinematic production, TV series and graphic SF... " Introduced by Vinc Clarke, and with checklists, Index and notes. |
| Joseph W. De Bolt | The Happening Worlds of John Brunner Critical Explorations in Science Fiction | Kennikat Press 1975 First Edition First Printing | Bruised at top and base of spine, top corners bumped and page edges a little marked else Fine copy in worn Dust Jacket. John Brunner's copy, with his bookplate on the front fixed end paper | £7.50 | Preface by James Blish, Essays by Eight Academics on Brunner's Prose and Poetry; Economics and Politics and Science and Technology, Response by John Brunner, Brunner Bibliography, Index of Works by John Brunner, Index of Persons and Contributors |
| L. Sprague De Camp | Science Fiction Handbook, Revised | McGraw-Hill 1977 First Edition in Paperback | Covers slightly marked, pages lightly browned - Very Good Copy | £5.00 | A Guide to Writing Imaginative Literature Based on the 1953 Science Fiction Handbook - It introduces the general reader to the fascinating field of imaginative fiction, and offers the apprentice writer an overview of the pleasures and problems of writing imaginative fiction... |
| Colin Greenland | Michael Moorcock: Death is No Obstacle | Savoy 1992 First Edition First Printing | Bruised at top and base of spine and page edges a little marked else Fine copy in like Dust Jacket. | £10.00 | Six Days to Save the World: Sword and Sorcery; From Portobello to the End of Time: Comedy and Science Fiction; Black Hats and White Masks: Comic Strips and Comedia dell'Arte; What Would You Do: Didactic Fiction; An Unfamiliar Good Time: Non-Linear Fiction; Structural faults: Where it all Went Wrong and The Chance to do Better Tomorrow |
| John Griffiths | Three Tomorrows American British and Soviet Science Fiction | Macmillan 1980 First Edition First Printing | Bruised at top and slightly bumped and at base of spine and a little shelf-wear else Fine copy in slightly rubbed, price-clipped, Dust Jacket. | £7.50 | "... lucidly and objectively summarises the origins of SF and discusses the changes and developments of recent years. With an unpretentious knowledge, John Griffiths examines the main features of the genre and makes fascinating comparisons between the Western and Soviet versions." |
| John Griffiths | Three Tomorrows American British and Soviet Science Fiction | Macmillan/Papermac 1980 First Edition in Paperback First Printing | Covers slightly rubbed else Fine Copy | £5.00 | "... lucidly and objectively summarises the origins of SF and discusses the changes and developments of recent years. With an unpretentious knowledge, John Griffiths examines the main features of the genre and makes fascinating comparisons between the Western and Soviet versions." |
| Sally Gunnell | Running Tall | Bloomsbury 1994 First Edition First Printing | Slightly bumped at top of spine else Fine copy in slightly creased, price clipped, Dust Jacket. | £5.00 | "Sally's own story of the long road to Olympic gold, World Championship and World Record" Told with the assistance of Christopher Priest, and quite possibly the hardest job he's ever undertaken... |
| Robert P. Holdstock (Also as Ken Blake; Robert Black; Chris Carlsen; Steven Eisler; Richard Kirk & Robert Faulcon) | Encyclopedia of Science Fiction | Octopus 1978 First Edition First Printing | Slightly worn at top and base of spine and page edges slightly marked else Fine copy in slightly rubbed Dust Jacket. Signed by the Editor on the reverse of the front free end paper. | £10.00 | With a Foreword by Isaac Asimov, Locations by Robert Holdstock, Marriage of Science and Fiction by Brian Stableford, Major Themes by Douglas Hill, Pulps & Magazines by Michael Ashley, Screen Trips by Alan Frank, Machine As Hero by Harry Harrison, Alien Encounter by Chris Morgan, Art & Artists by David Hardy, Fiction to Fact by Patrick Moore, Etc., |
| David Hughes | The Greatest Sci-Fi Movies Never Made | Titan 2001 First Edition First Printing | Shallow damp mark along lower edge of rear board else Fine copy in slightly rubbed Dust Jacket with similar damp-mark | £10.00 | Foreword by H. R. Giger: afterword from Harry Knowles. Includes The Stars My Destination; Childhood's End; I Am Legend; Watchmen; Silver Surfer; Death of Superman; Six Million Dollar Man; The Hitchhiker's Guide; Thunderbirds; and others |
| Diana Wynne Jones | The Tough Guide To Fantasyland | Vista 1996 First Edition First Printing (Paper) | Edges slightly rubbed - else Fine Copy | £7.50 | "... a comprehensive guide for those undertaking Tours of fantasyland. This authoritative A-Z constitutes an essential source of information for all who dare to venture into these imaginative hinterlands, providing acute insights into such mysteries as how HORSES reproduce, the varying types of Virgin and the importance of CLOAKS... " |
| Robert Jordan | The World of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time | Orbit 1997 First Edition in the UK First Printing | Slightly bumped at top and base of spine else Fine copy in slightly creased Dust Jacket. With artwork by Todd Cameron Hamilton, Elissa Mitchell, John M. Ford, Thomas Canty and Darrell K. Sweet. | £5.00 | "... This essential companion to The Wheel of Time is for everyone interested in the history and the background of this incredible series - never-before-told legends, previously unknown peoples and lands, exotic beasts and portents of what may come to pass. With more than seventy full-colour paintings... world maps... portraits... indispensible... " Covers Books 1-7. |
| Jane Killick | The Making of Judge Dredd | Boxtree 1995 First Edition First Printing (Paper) | Slightly rubbed at the top of the spine else Fine Copy | £4.00 | "... From the first stroke of a comic book artist's pen to the last snip of the film editor's scissors, this is the complete story of the year's most visually stunning movie." |
| Ursula K. Le Guin | Dancing At The Edge Of The World Thoughts on Words, Woman, Places | Gollancz 1989 First Edition in the UK First Printing | Slightly bumped at base of spine and page edges a little marked else Fine copy in slightly marked Dust Jacket with a 3mm tear at the lower edge of the front panel and a 2mm one at the top edge of the rear panel. | £5.00 | "... a collection of articles, reviews and papers from one of our most widely respected contemporary authors... " |
| Joseph McCabe | Hanging Out With The Dream King: Conversations With Neil Gaiman And His Collaborators | Fantagraphics 2004 First Edition First Printing (Paper) | Corners slightly rubbed - Near Fine Copy | £7.50 | Introduction by Neil Gaiman; 27 interviews with his collaborators including Alice Cooper, Stephen Jones, Dave McKean, Kim Newman, Terry Pratchett, Brian Talbot, Charles Vess, Gene Wolfe with many illustrations and photographs - 16 pages in colour. |
| Arthur Metzger | An Index And Short History of Unknown | T. K. Graphics 1976 First Edition First Printing (Paper) | Spine worn, bright pink covers slightly faded and worn, original price crossed-through in pen and £1.30 written below - Good Copy | £3.00 | Stapled booklet - Index, arranged by author and by title, of fiction published in Unknown / Unknown Worlds, with four-page historical introduction. Includes a list of important fiction reprinted in books, and a list of cover artists... |
| David Morrell | Lessons From a Lifetime of Writing a novelist looks at his craft | Writer's Digest 2002 First Edition First Printing | Bruised at base of spine else Fine copy in slightly rubbed Dust Jacket. | £5.00 | First Day of Class; Why Do You Want to Be a Writer?; Getting Focussed; Plot; Character; The Importance of Research; The Tactics of Structure; A Matter of Viewpoint; The First Person; The First Page; The Psychology of Description; What Not to Do in Dialogue; Dealing With Writer's Block; Getting Published and the Business of Writing... |
| Marcie Muir | Australian Children's Books A Bibliography Volume One 1774-1972 and Volume Two 1973-1988 | Melbourne University Press 1992 All Are First Edition First Printing Thus (Two Volumes) | Slightly bumped and rubbed at top and base of spine else Fine copy in like, slightly rubbed Dust Jacket with a short (2mm) tear at the top edge of the rear panel. | £50.00 | Introduction; Acknowledgements; Locations; References; Abbreviations; Bibliography Australia; A Select Bibliography of the South West Pacific Area; Title Index; Illustrator Index for Vol 1 & Introduction; An Outline of the Bibliography; Acknowledgements; Select List of References; Abbreviations; Bibliography; Title Index; Illustrator Index for Vol 2. |
| Peter Nicholls | The Encyclopedia Of Science Fiction | Granada 1979 First Edition First Printing | Bruised at top and base of spine and blue stain on top page edges slightly faded else Fine copy in slightly torn, creased and worn Dust Jacket. | £7.50 | ... more popular than the Celestial Home Care Omnibus, better selling than Fifty-three More Things to do in Zero Gravity... although it is shorter and has many omissions... it scores over the newer, more pedestrian work in two important respects - firstly it contains many illustrations, and secondly it doesn't have the words 'Don't Panic' in large friendly letters on the cover... |
| Patrick Parrinder | H. G. Wells The Critical Heritage | Routledge & Kegan Paul 1972 First Edition First Printing | Slightly bumped at top and base of spine, cloth slightly faded and top page edges a little foxed else Fine copy in faded Dust Jacket with date on front flap | £10.00 | "... a selection of contemporary writing on H. G. Wells, from the first enthusiastic response to his work in 1895 to 946, the year of his death... " Essays by Havelock Ellis, Joseph Conrad, E. M. Forster, Henry James, Virginia Woolf, T. E. Lawrence, F. R. Leavis, T. S. Elliot and others |
| David Pringle | Imaginary People A Who's Who Of Modern Fictional Characters | Grafton Books 1987 First Edition | Fine copy in a fine Dust Jacket | £10.00 | !... a delightfully stimulating and richly informative who's who of approximately 1300 people (and some animals) who never were - the great products of the creative imagination whose names have become famous during the last two and a half centuries... from novels... short stories... plays... opera... ballet... films... comic strips..." |
| John R. Reed | The Natural History of H. G. Wells | Ohio University Press 1982 First Edition First Printing | Slightly bumped at top and base of spine else Fine copy in slightly rubbed Dust Jacket with 3mm tears at top of spine panel and top of rear fold, two staple-hole in rear panel and date on front flap With Publisher's Review Slips | £7.50 | "... a general reassessment of H. G. Wells as a writer and thinker it concentrates on the close relationship between Wells's developing philosophy and his literary techniques... metaphysical assumptions and his approach to his craft... " |
| Ronin Ro | Tales To Astonish Jack Kirby, Stan Lee and the American Comic Book Revolution | Bloomsbury 2004 First Edition in the US First Printing | Slightly bumped at top and base of spine and top corners else Fine copy in like Dust Jacket. | £5.00 | "For fifty years Jack Kirby drew more pages than any other comic book artist... responsible for many of the best-known and most beloved superheroes... Captain America... Sandman... Fantastic Four, the Incredible Hulk, the X-Men, Thor, Iron Man, the Avengers, and the Silver Surfer... " |
| H. M. Saxby | A History of Australian Children's Literature 1841-1941 & 1941-1970 | Wentworth Books 1969-71 All Are First Edition First Printing | Slightly bumped at top and base of spines and page edges a little browned and marked else Fine copies in slightly worn Dust Jackets. | £20.00 | "... a guide for parents, teachers, librarians and students... outlines possible trends and patterns... an essential tool and a vital work of reference... " |
| Miranda Seymour | Mary Shelley | John Murray 2000 First Edition First Printing | Bruised at top and base of spine and page edges a little marked else Fine copy in like Dust Jacket. | £7.50 | "... The Mary Shelley we meet here, brilliantly brought to life from unexplored and intriguing sources, is a woman we can engage with and understand... Her world, so rich in its settings and its cast of characters... she, at its centre, is flawed, brave, generous, impetuous... " |
| Helen Sharman | Seize The Moment the Autobiography of Helen Sharman | Gollancz 1993 First Edition First Printing | Bruised at top of spine else Fine copy in like Dust Jacket. Signed by Christopher Priest on the Title Page | £7.50 | "... Project Juno was to be a Soviet space mission in which a UK cosmonaut would take part. When it was announced 13,000 people applied... after a series of physical and psychological tests, Helen Sharman was one of the four final candidates - and then one of the two who were selected for cosmonaut training in the USSR... " |
| Michael Swanwick | Being Gardner Dozois An Interview By Michael Swanwick | Old Earth Books 2001 First Edition First Printing | Slightly bumped at top and base of spine else Fine copy in like Dust Jacket. Signed by the Author on the Title Page | £10.00 | "... an in-depth critical look at the fiction of an author whose editing career has overshadowed his thoughtful and interesting writing... Critical commentary, history, biography... bravura homage to a friend... " |
| George Turner | In The Heart or In The Head an Essay in Time Travel | Norstrilia Press 1984 First Edition First Printing | Bruised at top and base of spine else Fine copy in like Dust Jacket. | £20.00 | "... a brilliant literary memoir in which George Turner chronicles his chaotic growing-up in a family for whom fact and fantasy were equally acceptable and often indistinguishable... interleaved with... an equally remarkable and witty essay on the growth of science fiction... " |
| Marshall B. Tymn | A Teacher's Guide To Science Fiction | Tymn 1981 First Edition First Printing (Paper) | Front cover and lower rear corner slightly creased - Near Fine copy | £3.00 | An early version of Tymn's self-published A Teacher's Guide to Fantastic Literature (1982), later further revised as Science Fiction A Teacher's Guide & Resource Book |
| Tim Underwood | Bare Bones: Conversations on Terror with Stephen King | New English Library 1989 First Edition in the UK First Printing | Bruised at top of spine else Fine copy in like Dust Jacket. | £4.00 | "... a cornucopia of rare insights into Stephen King, the man and the writer... a series of revealing interviews King... discusses his life, his work, his fears and dreams. He talks in detail about his books... and what he plans for the future." |
| Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. | Fates Worse Than Death An Autobiographical Collage of the 1980s | Cape 1991 First Edition in the UK First Printing | Slightly bumped at top and base of spine and across board fore-edges and biro 'D' on rear fixed end paper else Fine copy in slightly scratched Dust Jacket. | £5.00 | "... freewheeling memoir of ideas, anecdote and opinion... he examines issues and events, both personal and cultural, ranging freely through time, fusing memory and imagination with characteristically diffident mastery... Ronald Regan, Salman Rushdie... Andrew Lloyd Weber... unicorns... Alcoholics Anonymous... " |
| H. G. Wells (Also as Reginald Bliss) | First And Last Things A Confession of Faith and Rule of Life | Watts 1929 First Edition Thus First Printing (Brown boards pictorially blocked in black) | Slightly bumped at top and base of spine and corners, and free end papers browned - Very Good to Near Fine Copy | £10.00 | The Definitive Edition. The Thinker's Library, No 1. Metaphysics; Of Beliefs; Of General Conduct; Some Personal Things. |
| H. G. Wells | Washington And The Hope Of Peace | Collins 1922 First Edition First Printing (Variant with Red Boards) | Bumped, worn and torn at top and base of spine, corners and lower board edges, page edges and end papers age-darkened/browned and a little foxed - Good? | £15.00 | "These twenty-nine papers do not profess to be a record or description of the Washington Conference... They record - and in a very friendly and appreciative spirit - the birth and unfolding of the 'Association of Nations' idea, the Harding idea, of world pacification... and they study the chief difficulties on its way to realisation... " |
| Anthony West | H G Wells Aspects Of A Life | Random House 1984 First Edition First Printing | Spine creased and boards slightly bowed else Fine copy in slightly creased and rubbed Dust Jacket | £7.50 | Controversial biography of Wells by his son with Rebecca West... |
| Carl B. Yoke | Journal Of The Fantastic In The Arts | JOTFITA 1988-1999 | Very Good to Near Fine Copies | £4.00 | Vol. 1/1 - £5; Vol. 2/2 - £3; Vol. 5/1 - £3; Vol. 5/3 - £3; Vol. 9/4 - £3; Vol. 10/1 - £4; Vol. 10/2 - £5; Vol. 10/3 - £4; |
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