Search Results: Authors starting with V from Bayside Books of Maryland, IOBA

Underwood-Miller, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 0x0x0. Stephen Fabian. Signed. Scarce in this signed and numbered edition. Very Good+ hardcover, signed and limited edition from Underwood-Miller, 1977. On the title page: handwritten limitation "96/111" and signed by Jack Vance (author) and Steve Fabian (illustrator). Illustrated map endpapers. Fifteen full page B&W illustrations by Fabian, one of which ("Retreat of the rat-folk") is repeated as the frontispiece. Some smudges to the top edge of the page block, and a pinhead sized dark spot to the lower fore edge. No other writing or marks inside or out; binding is solid and square. Unclipped dust jacket is in Very Good+ to Near Fine condition, with only fault some sunning of the spine. Colors are bright and sharp. Collects seven stories set in Vance's Dying Earth, and featuring the exploits of Cugel the Clever.

Underwood Miller, 1982. First Edition. hardcover. Fine/Fine. 9x6x0. Signed. As New hardcover, a collector's grade copy. One of 200 in a limited edition and signed by the author on the limitation page. First published in magazine format as Planet of the Damned (Space Stories, December 1952) then in book format as Slaves of the Klau (an Ace Double, with Big Planet also by Vance, D-295, 1958). This Underwood-Miller edition restores the text to the author's original version as published in the 1952 magazine publication. Recently obtained from a private collector who purchased it new from Underwood-Miller in 1982, and he left it sealed in the original publisher's shrinkwrap. Opened during cataloging to verify the limitation and signature, and to take photos. A collector's grade copy; I can pretty much guarantee there is no better condition copy out there.

Underwood Miller Inc, 1984-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 9x6x1. Signed. Rhialto the Marvelous by Jack Vance, published by Brandvwyne Books, 1984. Stephen E. Fabian, cover and interior illustrations. Signed deluxe hardcover, limited to 1000 unnumbered copies, with dust jacket in slipcase, all in collector grade As New condition. Still sealed in the publisher's original shrink wrap.

Underwood Books, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 0x0x0. Signed. Deluxe signed limited edition in publisher's original traycase. All in As New, collector's grade condition. Signed by the author to the limitation page, and numbered 11/600. Fine hardcover, full bound in pale yellow cloth with green lettering and design to the front and spine. Clean inside and out, with no markings of any kind. Binding is solid and square. Unclipped dust jacket is in Fine condition, with no wear or other faults. Traycase box is in mustard yellow cloth, with copper lettering and design to front and spine; top is very slightly bowed as is common with this edition. From Kirkus Reviews (10/1/1996): "Another adventure/drama set in Vance's inimitable far-future Gaean Reach (Throy, 1993, etc.), encompassing thousands of inhabited planets. During a field trip to planet Camberwell, philosopher Hilyer Fath and his musicologist wife, Althea, rescue a six-year-old boy, Jaro, from a severe beating at the… Read More

Underwood Miller, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 12x9x0. Alicia Austin. Signed. ISBN 0934438358, 1980. 115 pages. "This first cloth edition is published in November, 1980, limited to 1200 copies, of which 200 specially bound copies were signed and numbered by author and illustrator and 20 specially bound copies were signed and lettered A-T by the author." This is #130 of 200, signed and numbered by Jack Vance and artist Alicia Austin on the limitation page, and again by the artist on an additional laid in signature card. In As New condition. Fine large format hardcover full bound in dark blue cloth with silver lettering to front and spine. Clean inside and out, with no markings of any kind. Binding is solid and square. Unclipped dust jacket is in Fine condition. Four full page color illustrations, ten full page B&W illustrations, and several smaller in text illustrations. "Toward the end of a stormy summer afternoon, with the sun finally breaking out under ragged black… Read More

Underwood-Miller, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 9x6x1. Signed. AS NEW condition, a collector's grade copy. A signed copy in slipcase, and limited #8/300. The hardcover book is in Fine condition, full bound in blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to the spine. Clean inside and out with no markings of any kind; binding is solid and square. The unclipped dustjacket is in Fine condition; cover art by Ilene Meyer is bright and glossy. The slipcase is bound in yellow cloth, and is in Fine condition. Collects five novellas: "Abercrombie Station", "Cholwell's Chickens", "Gift Of Gab', "Rumfuddle" and "Chateau d'If".

Underwood/Miller, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Signed. A hardcover set of two of Vance's mysteries, in a single slipcase. A signed, limited (#37/500) edition from Underwood-Miller, 1985. Signed and numbered to the limitation page, which is bound in to Strange Notions. Both copies are in As New condition, and fit into a brown cloth slipcase that is in Near Fine condition with just a touch of shelf wear to the bottom edge.

Underwood-Miller, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Signed. Hardcover, signed and limited trade edition. Underwood-Miller, 1979. Limited to 500 copies, of which 111 are signed and numbered by the author on a limitation page. This is one of the 389 trade edition copies, but has been signed by the author on the title page. A Fine hardcover, full bound in pale yellow cloth with black lettering to the spine. Clean inside and out, with no markings of any kind; binding is solid and square. Map endpapers at front and rear. The unclipped dust jacket is in Very Good condition, with a thin line of discoloration along the bottom edge of the spine and some crinkling at the head of the spine. Cover and interior art by Joe Pierson.

Underwood-Miller, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Signed. Hardcover, signed limited edition from Underwood-Miller, 1992. Signed by Dan Temianka and by Jack Vance to the limitation page, and numbered 31/175. In As New condition, a collector's grade copy. Fine hardcover, full bound in blue cloth, with red and silver lettering and silver designs. No dust jacket as issued. Slipcover in pale blue/grey cloth, in Fine condition.

Underwood Miller, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 0x0x0. Signed. As New deluxe hardcover edition in slipcase, signed and limited (#27/500). Recently obtained from a private collector who purchased it new from Underwood-Miller in 1988, and he left it sealed in the original publisher's shrinkwrap. Opened during cataloging to verify the signatures were present, and to take photos. A collector's grade copy; I can pretty much guarantee there is no better condition copy out there. SIGNED on the limitation page by Burton Hatlen, Charles Willerford, J. N. Williamson, L. Sprague de Camp, Thomas Tessier, Thomas M. Disch, Guy N. Smith, Peter Tremayne, Stanley Wiater, Bill Warren, Ben P. Indick, Dennis Rickard, Darrell Schweitzer, & Don Herron. "A collection of essays about the work of the preeminent American writer of horror, Stephen King. Includes an interview with Stephen King by Jo Fletcher; foreword by Dennis Etchison; introductions by Whoopi Goldberg, Marv Wolfman & Frank… Read More

Garland, 1990-10-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 1990 Hardcover, no dustjacket. Would be Near Fine condition, except for some underlining to first 39 pages. Proceedings from the World Congress on Victimology. Divided into three topic sections: Research Findings; Treatment; and Policy. A total of 26 chapters, representing the work of 36 contributors. 421 pages, with Name Index and Subject Index. Some of the topics covered include: cultural perceptions and portrayals of victims, child and adolescent developmental issues, arson, dowry deaths in India, violence and abuse within the family, sexual abuse, rape, armed robbery, families of hostage victims, ritual genital mutilation, teaching parenting to abuse victims, compensation, mediation, Victims' Rights movement, workplace violence, and counseling.

CHILTON BOOKS, 1965. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 1965, Chilton. Near Fine hardcover, in Good dustjacket. Full bound brick red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Binding is solid and square, with no writing inside or out. A couple of tiny dark spots to foreedge. Dustjacket shows original price of $4.50 to inside front flap. Rubbing to front and rear panel, very minor wear to head and heel of spine. Scrapes along upper left front (along the hinge), with sme color loss and a few spots worn through the paper. "The intimate, smetimes shcking life stry f one of the wrld's truly great singers.... In this moving and human book, she tells in detail of her failures and privations and sufferings, even her despair. She also writes of her courage and of course her love affairs. But most imprtant f all, she tells of the songs for which she became world famous.

Mondadori Education, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Hardcover, ISBN 9788861840331, 2009. 167 pages. Very Good hardback, in Good dustjacket. No highlighting or underlining; binding solid and square. Checkmarks next to five entries in the table of contents. DJ worn at top and bottom edges. Collects 22 speeches from the 2008 Meeting in Rimini, Italy. "The Meeting For Friendship Among Peoples, which takes place at the end of August in Rimini (Italy) is a week of events, testimonies, exhibitions, shows, debates, sport manifestations and a place of meeting for hundreds of thousands of persons. It was initiated thirty years ago by a group of friends belonging to Communion and Liberation, a Catholic movement founded by fr. Luigi Giussani (1922 - 2005).

Ann Arbor Media Group, 2007-05. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Hardcover, ISBN 1587264307, 200 pages with bibliography. Book is in Fine codition, with full bound black boards and gilt lettering to spine. Binding is solid and square. Dustjacket in Very Good condition, with two small indents to front panel, crease to upper corner of front flap, and vertical crease to rear flap. A fascinating history of the deep water Great Lakes wreck divers - men like David Trotter, John Steele and Paul Ehorn. It also tells the highly personal story of Danny Fader and his ill-fated last wreck dive, 200 feet down on the 1840's side wheel steamer Detroit. It is a story of bravery and the quest for a dream, of skill and experience pitted against an unforgiving environment that can kill in mere seconds. It is a story of luck, and what happens when the luck runs out.

Ann Arbor Media Group, 2007-05. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair/Fair. Hardcover, ISBN 1587264307, 200 pages with bibliography. Book is retired library copy with typical markings. Full bound black boards and gilt lettering to spine. Binding is solid and square. Dustjacket in Fair condition, with library sticker to lower spine and upper left rear corner; front and rear inner flaps attached to boards; wrinkling to two pages. A fascinating history of the deep water Great Lakes wreck divers - men like David Trotter, John Steele and Paul Ehorn. It also tells the highly personal story of Danny Fader and his ill-fated last wreck dive, 200 feet down on the 1840's side wheel steamer Detroit. It is a story of bravery and the quest for a dream, of skill and experience pitted against an unforgiving environment that can kill in mere seconds. It is a story of luck, and what happens when the luck runs out.