Search Results: Science Fiction & Fantasy from Clearwater Books

Cassell & Co. Ltd., London, 1886. Book. Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. Second impression of the first edition, issued a year after the original impression and probably printed from the standing type. Crown 8vo. vi, 442pp + [xvi] publisher's advertisements dated SG.4.86. Original red fine weave cloth lettered in gilt at the spine, with a black-stamped border and lettering to the upper board, and a blind-stamped border to the rear board. The cloth a little faded at the backstrip, with a touch of wear to several extremities, and small bumps to the corner tips. Former owner inked and pencilled notes to the half-title and adjacent verso, noting the pages at which various animals and species appear. A nice crisp copy of this early reissue of Jefferies' quasi-dystopian / utopian novel, set in England following an unspecified calamity that destroys the great cities and allows nature to re-take cultivated land. 1,000 copies were printed. Miller & Matthews B22.3 (binding A, printing variant B)..

Headline Book Publishing, London, 2001. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 504pp. Black boards lettered in silver at the spine. The backstrip ends gently bruised, the corner tips rubbed, and with a little light spotting to the edges and free endpapers. Title hinge just a fraction tender. A good bright copy in rubbed and a little edgeworn, chafed and creased non-price-clipped dust wrapper. A sound if not spectacular copy of the author's third solo novel, winner of the 2002 Hugo and Nebula Awards..

Rock the Boat / One world Publications, London, 2021. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). This copy signed by both authors of a special ;signed edition' leaf tipped before the half-title. 8vo. 493pp. Black boards lettered in silver at the spine. A fine copy in fine non-price-clipped dust wrapper. The third volume of their Aurora Cycle trilogy, preceded by 'Aurora Rising' (2019) and 'Aurora Burning' (2020)..

Orbit, London, 2018. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First UK Edition (first printing). 8vo. 328pp. Black boards lettered in red at the spine. A fine copy in virtually fine non-price-clipped dust wrapper, marred only by a tiny area of creasing to the upper edge. The author's second novel, winner of the John W. Campbell Memorial Award..

Hutchinson, London, 1971. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition (first printing). 8vo. 351pp. Blue cloth, gilt lettered at the spine. Decorated endpapers. Some extremities of covers fractionally bumped. A very nice, bright copy in handsome double-spread non-price-clipped pictorial dust wrapper, with a small internal stain to one edge and very lightly faded at the spine panel..

Head of Zeus Ltd., London, 2019. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First UK Edition (first printing), issued the same year as the US edition. 8vo, 479pp. Black boards lettered in green at the spine. Ribbon place marker. A fine copy in virtually fine non-price-clipped dust wrapper. Sixteen Chinese science fiction stories, six of which are hitherto unpublished in English, followed by three essays exploring the history of Chinese science fiction publishing and fandom. Includes stories by Liu Cixin, Hao Jingfang and Tang Fei..

Secker & Warburg, London, 1978. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. The first UK edition (first printing). 8vo. 179pp. Blue boards lettered in gold at the spine. A fine copy in non-price-clipped dust wrapper, with some fading to the publisher's blue spine panel colouring. The uncommon English edition of this Lem science fiction novel, published the same year as the US edition but considerably more uncommon..

HarperCollins, London, 2007. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 313pp + a multi-panel fold-out map at the rear. Blue boards lettered in gold at spine. Illustrated with eight colour plates by Alan Lee, and various chapter head and tail drawings. A fine copy in fine non-price-clipped dust wrapper..

Michael Joseph, London, 1956. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing) of the author's second novel. 8vo. 230pp. Black boards lettered in white at the spine. Tip of one corner bumped, edges lightly spotted and with just a trace of additional spotting to several preliminary leaves. A minor slant to the binding. A very good copy in non-price-clipped (10s 6d net) pictorial dust wrapper featuring a handsome design by Trevor Denning, lightly chafed at the head of the spine panel and at the tips of several corners, and just a little dust marked at the predominantly white rear panel. A super copy of the author's post-apocalyptic science fiction novel (re-titled 'No Blade of Grass' for the US edition, in order for it to sound less "like something out of a gardening catalogue")..

Faber, London, 1977. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 245pp. Green boards lettered and ruled in gold at the spine. Half a dozen tiny pinpricks of spotting to the fore edge, else a fine copy in virtually fine non-price-clipped dust wrapper. The author's second novel..

Orbit, London, 2017. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 403pp. Black boards lettered in gold at the spine. A fine copy in fine non-price-clipped dust wrapper. The author's fifth pseudonymous science fiction novel..

Victor Gollancz Ltd., London, 1986. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First UK Edition (first printing), issued a year after the US edition. 8vo. 328pp. Yellow cloth lettered in gold at the spine. Illustrated with sixteen full-page or double-spread black and white Jim Burns illustrations. A trace of bruising to the base of the backstrip, else a fine copy in virtually fine dust wrapper, lightly faded at the spine panel. The dust wrapper is un-priced and hence possibly an export edition. A six-page introduction by the author (where he discusses for the first time the David Lynch adaptation of 'Dune') precedes thirteen short stories, at least three of which, including 'The Road to Dune' (an illustrated collaboration between Herbert and artist Jim Burns), are hitherto unprinted in the UK..

A Star Book / W.H.Allen & Co. Ltd., London, 1977. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. The first English edition, issued two years after the original US edition. 8vo. 214pp + [ii] publisher's catalogue. Card wrappers featuring a splendid Peter Jones design (both the US and this UK editions were originally only issued in paperback format). A hint of toning to the wrappers. Very good indeed, and somewhat more uncommon than the first US edition. The author's third novel - and her most celebrated, heralding the beginnings of feminist science fiction. The blurb on the upper wrapper proudly states that it won the Nebula Award, but in fact it was only nominated, although 'The Female Man' did go on to win, almost inevitably, one of three Retrospective Tiptree Awards in 1996..

Titan Books, London, 2023. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing) - this being the Waterstones Special Edition, signed by the author on a special leaf tipped before the half-title. 8vo. 575pp. White cloth lettered in red at the spine with a red-stamped decorated design to the upper and lower boards, decorated endpapers and a handsome two-colour fore edge decoration. A touch of bruising to the backstrip ends and with several lengthy readership creases to the spine, yet still a very good copy in fine non-price-clipped dust wrapper (the variant white issue). The first volume of the author's 'Threads of Power' sequence, a spin-off to her 'Shades of Magic' series..

Rupert Hart-Davis Ltd., London, 1966. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 254pp. Green cloth lettered in gold at the spine. A trace of dust soiling to the top edge, else a fine copy in lightly rubbed, toned and soiled non-price-clipped dust wrapper. The author's scarce first book..

Ronald Whiting & Wheaton, London, 1967. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. The first UK edition of the author's first book, and also the first casebound issue (originally published in the US in 1965, but only as a paperback). 8vo. 192pp. Red and black patterned boards lettered in silver at the spine. A touch of light staining to the top edge and some very light partial browning to the free endpapers, accompanied by a sliver of near-invisible spotting. Some further very light spotting to the upper margins of occasional text leaves and just the tiniest slant to the binding. A very good copy in very good non-price-clipped pictorial dust wrapper, with just a hint of toning to the predominantly white rear panel and several tiny areas of internal discolouration. "Majestic indeed . as credible a menace as I ever came on" - Brian W.Aldiss..

Doubleday, London, 2004. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). This copy signed by the author on the title page. 570pp. Navy blue boards lettered in gold at the spine. Top edge lightly speckled and with just a trace of bruising to the backstrip ends. Very good indeed in very good non-price-clipped dust wrapper, with a trace of corresponding chafing to the spine panel ends and a small 'signed by the author' sticker to the front panel..

Victor Gollancz Ltd., London, 1975. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 319pp. Purple cloth lettered in gold at the spine. A faint shadow of very light partial toning to the free endpapers. A virtually fine copy in very good non-price-clipped dust wrapper, fractionally faded at the spine panel and with a tiny trace of wear to one or two extremities. The author's first novel, a science fiction and fantasy narrative, which was considerably disparaged upon publication..

Harper & Row, New York, 1975. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. The first American edition (first printing). 8vo. 246pp. Paper-covered cloth lettered in black at the spine. Some faint markings to the boards, else a very crisp and bright copy in slightly rubbed and faded non-price-clipped dust wrapper, with two short closed tears and a little creasing to the base of the front panel. Seven essays on science fiction contributed by Robert Silverberg ('Sounding Brass, Tinkling Cymbal'), Alfred Bester ('My Affair With Science Fiction'), Harry Harrison ('The Beginning of the Affair'), Damon Knight ('Knight Piece'), Frederik Pohl ('Ragged Claws') and Brian Aldiss ('Magic and Bare Bones'); plus appendices and a select bibliography..

Scholastic Press, London, 2001. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. The first printing of the first single-volume edition of Pullman's celebrated fantasy trilogy. 8vo. 1016pp. Black boards lettered in gold at the spine. Ribbon place-marker. The small bump to the upper edge of the rear board. Some toning to the leaf margins, and the binding just a little tender at the half-title. A nice crisp copy in non-price-clipped dust wrapper, marred by a little creasing at the upper and lower edges..