Search Results: Science Fiction from Callaghan Books South

Avenel Books, 1986. First Edition . Cloth. Fine/Near Very Fine. Introduction by Isaac Asimov. Large, sturdy book, quality dark blue cloth, 651 lightly browned pages with contributors including Asimov, Norton, Silverberg, Lieber, Van Vogt, Zelazny, Aldriss, Gene Wolfe and many more. DJ beneath mylar, a color-illustration of moon and twisted tree, a man with rifle and in foreground an infant with star shining on forehead, black spine and back. DJ has light wear to spine bottom edge. Near Very Fine DJ/Very Fine book.

Avenel Books, 1986. 4th . Cloth. Fine/Very Fine. Large, heavy, thick book, shiny black cloth, very bright gilt lettering on spine, 651 lightly browned pages. DJ glossy with color-illustration of orange moon, man with rifle and baby with tiny star shining on forehead on front. DJ and book, both Very Fine.

Dell Book, 1969. 1st Ptg. . Mass Market Paperback. Good. Commercial paperback, glossy wrappers with explosion shaped like human skull illustrated on front wrapper, 286 pages. Very tiny surface wear spots at bottom front tip, spine bottom right edge. (Stories by Frank Herbert, Fritz Leiber, Isaac Asimov and others.) Good copy.

Del Rey/Ballantine. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Slightly smaller book, dark blue cloth spine, blue boards, embossed illustration of spaceship at bottom front, gilt lettering bright on spine, blue inside covers and adjacent end papers, 291 browned pages plus brief biography. DJ price-clipped, beautiful color-illustration of space baby, Jupiter, monolith and spaceship on front, quotation from Carl Sagan also, color photo of Clarke on back. DJ and book, both Very Fine.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Ballantine Publishing Group, 1982. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Larger sturdy book, dark blue cloth spine, blue boards, 291 pages plus 2-page biographical note, ship embossed on front. Bottom tips lightly bumped. DJ beautifully color-illustrated with space baby, space ship and Jupiter, color photo of Clarke on back. DJ has light tiny creases at bottom tips. Near Fine DJ/Near Fine book.

Del Rey/Ballantine, 1982. Soft cover. Very Good. Large softcover, color-illustrated wrappers with stunning color-illustration of looming Jupiter, the monolith, a moon and the bone-shaped spacecraft, 291 pages. A color photo portrait of Clarke on back wrapper. Light creases to three tips, very light wear to spine top left edge, Very Good.

Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.: Ballantine Books, 1988. First Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. Large, heavy book, black cloth spine, black boards, tiny white line near bottom of long front edge, gilt lettering very bright on spine, black inside covers and adjacent end papers, 279 pages plus brief biographical note. DJ has startling color-illustration on front of portals and glowing astronaut, color photo of Clarke on back. DJ and book, both As New.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Ballantine Publishing Group, 1997. Hardcover. Fine/Very Fine. (5th) Very Fine DJ/ Fine book. (Spine slightly askew)

Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.: Ballantine Books, 1997. Hardcover. Fine/Near Very Fine. (1st, 6th ptg.) Large, heavy book, very bright gilt lettering on spine, 263 pages. DJ glossy and colorfully designed and illustrated. DJ has very tiny crease at spine top right edge. Near Very Fine DJ/Very Fine book.

The Dial Press/Davis Publications, 1980. 1st Ptg. . Hardcover. Fine/Fair. (1st ptg.) Slightly smaller book, darker blue boards, very bright gilt lettering and design on spine, 284 pages, very tiny light brown spots on exterior page edges. Stories by David Gerrold, Zelazny, Alan Dean Foster, Anderson and Asimov, among others. DJ is glossy with color illustration of flying source on alien landscape on front and spine, contributors on back. DJ is worn and torn at most edges. Fair DJ/Very Fine book.

Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovitch, 1983. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Very Good. Sturdy book, blue cloth spine, dark gray boards with embossed white stars at top front, silver lettering bright on spine, 197 pages. DJ beneth mylar, price-clipped, glossy silver spine, dark gray front and back with lighter gray background to title and author's name. DJ has very slight wear to three tips, 3/8" tear at bottom front tip, micronick with very slight wear to spine top edge, very slight wear along spine bottom edge. Near Very Good DJ/Very Fine book.

Harper & Row, 1988. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. Sturdy book, lemon yellow cloth spine, black boards, black lettering and border very fine on spine, dark gray color inside covers and adjacent end papers, 246 pages. DJ glossy beneath mylar with color-illustration of girl in front of panel with face, a hand on her shoulder on front, dark gray spine, lighter gray back with praise for "Earthbound." DJ and book, both As New.

Ace Books, 1995. First Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. (1st edition, 1st printing) Tall, sturdy book, blue spine, rose boards, very bright gilt lettering on spine. DJ glossy beneath mylar, silver background with color-illustration of a jar at bottom left and on spine, black, blue and white lettering, praise at bottom front from William Gibson, praise for "Night Relics" from Dean Koontz and others. DJ and book, both As New.

Nelson Doubleday, 1972. Book Club (BCE/BOMC) . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. (Book Club edition) Slightly smaller book, yellow shiny boards, 218 lightly browned pages. DJ glossy with same color-illustration on front and back: a boy child on the back of blonde-haired woman in crowd of women, spine colorfully designed. DJ has very slight surface wear to bottom back. Very Good DJ/Very Fine book.

Baen Books, 2002. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. (1st printing, 1st edition) Large, sturdy book, black covers, silver lettering very bright on spine, 328 pages. DJ glossy black background with color-illustration of man and gigantic serpent with shiny blue sky on front, praise in shades of blue at center back from Kim Stanley Robinson, Science Fiction Age, Chciago Sun-Times and others. DJ has light wear to top tips. Fine DJ/Very Fine book.

Daw Books, 1985. 1st Ptg. . Hardcover. Fine/Good. (1st ptg.) DJ creased at top front tip, light wear at bottom tips, publisher defect: raised crease down spine. Good+ DJ/Very Fine book.

Houghton Mifflin, 1988. First Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. Sturdy book, black cloth spine, black boards, bright silver lettering on spine, red color inside covers and adjacent end papers, 324 pages plus a small illustration on final end paper, DJ beneath mylar, an illustration of white hand holding the red title and author's name on front, an image of man in sweater with other hand palm upward on back. DJ and book, both As New.

Tor Books, 1998. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Good. Smaller sturdy book, black covers, very bright purple lettering on spine, 349 pages. DJ has glue remnant at top front, tiny pin dents and light scratches too. DJ glossy white background, gray design behind title, an apostrophe design to front and spine top, black spine, praise from Poul Anderson, New York Times Review of Science Fiction and others. Near Very Good DJ/Very Fine book.

Walker & Company, 1974. Book Club (BCE/BOMC) . Hardcover. Fine/Near Very Good. Dillon, Leo and Diane. (Book Club edition) Foreword by Michael Critchton. Eleven uncollected stories. Slightly smaller book, orange boards, black lettering very fine on spine, 184 lightly browned heavy pages. DJ illustrated by Diane and Leo Dillon with glossy purple background, montage of faces in a design of white and black that includes a photo of Ellison, b/w photo in his office on back. DJ has light wear along bookfold edges, micronick and microtear at spine top edge, slight wear to spine bottom left and right edge, spine lightly faded, light wear to back tips. Near Very Good DJ/Very Fine book.

Eugene, Oregon, U.S.A.: Harvest House Publishers, 1989. Soft cover. Very Good. Larger softcover, glossy with color-illustration of man's face above Kremlin and Capitol Building, 332 lightly browned pages. Light wear to tips, slight wear at spine top edge. Very Good.