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First Edition of Fletch Won; Signed by Gregory McDonald
MCDONALD, Gregory.
Fletch Won.
New York: Warner Books, 1985.
First edition of this work in the author's classic Fletch series. Octavo, original boards. Signed by Gregory McDonald on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, mark to the bottom.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 143771
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First edition of George Alfred Henty's Condemned as a Nihilist: A Story of Escape From Siberia
HENTY, George Alfred [G.A.].
Condemned As A Nihilist: A Story of Escape From Siberia.
London: Blackie & Son, Limited, 1893.
First edition of Henty's classic adventure tale. Octavo, original publisher's decorated cloth with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, all edges gilt, illustrated by Walter Paget. In near fine condition.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 199244
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First Edition and Publisher's Presentation Copy of The Ice Harvest; Signed by Scott Phillips and Illustrator Michael Kellner
PHILLIPS, Scott.
The Ice Harvest.
Tuscon: Dennis McMillan Publications, 2000.
First edition and publisher's presentation copy of Phillip's debut novel. Octavo, bound in the original quarter morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles to the spine. Dust jacket and interior artwork by Michael Kellner. Signed and dated by the author on the limitation page, "Scott Phillips 11/11/00" and with an original drawing of a melting block of ice. Additionally singed by the illustrator on the copyright page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Housed in the original slipcase.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 101301
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First Edition of Edgar Rice Burroughs' Escape on Venus
BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice.
Escape on Venus.
Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc, 1946.
First edition of the fourth book in the 'Venus' series. Octavo, original cloth, top edge red, frontispiece and four illustrated plates by John Coleman Burroughs, cartographic endpapers designed by the author. Near fine in a good dust jacket.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 145058
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"a species that all got along perfectly with each other would never make it to the stars": Buzz Aldrin and John Barnes' Encounter with Tiber; Inscribed by Buzz Aldrin
ALDRIN, Buzz and John Barnes.
Encounter with Tiber.
New York: Aspect Warner Books, Inc, 1996.
First edition, early printing of this incredible science fiction saga made in collaboration with Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin and 'Mother of Storms' author John Barnes. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated by Andy Andres and John Solie. Presentation copy, inscribed by Aldrin on the title page, "To Ben Hacker Ad Astra Via Mars Buzz Aldrin." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Don Puckey. Jacket illustration by Bob Eggleton.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 147214
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First Edition of P.G. Wodehouse's Something Fishy
WODEHOUSE, P.G.
Something Fishy.
London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1957.
First edition of Wodehouse's ceremoniously funny mystery novel. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket, bookplate to the front pastedown.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 145019
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First edition of Isaac Asimov's How Did We Find Out About Life in the Deep Sea?
ASIMOV, Isaac.
How Did We Find Out About Life in the Deep Sea?
New York: Walker and Company, 1982.
First edition of this work by the award-winning author. Octavo, original boards, illustrated by David Wool. Near fine in a very good clipped dust jacket. Jacket illustration by David Wool.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 142815
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"I'm drawn to characters who see the future, or think they do": First Edition of Avenue of Mysteries; Signed by John Irving
IRVING, John.
Avenue of Mysteries.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2015.
First edition of the award-winning author's fourteenth title. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by John Irving on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Emily Pracher. Jacket photograph by Karina Juárez. Author photograph by Everett Irving.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 145157
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First Edition of Archer Mayor's Borderlines; Lengthily Inscribed by Him
MAYOR, Archer.
Borderlines.
New York: Putnam, 1990.
First edition of the author’s second mystery in his acclaimed Joe Gunther series. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, Lengthily inscribed and dated by the author in the year of publication, "To ______- Unofficial booster extraordinaire. May all your reading of my purple prose be white-knuckled affairs. All the best- Archer Mayor Dec. 1990." Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Walter Harper.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 117
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First Edition of John Gardner's For Special Services
GARDNER, John.
For Special Services.
London: Jonathan Cape and Hodder and Stoughton, 1982.
First edition of this Bond novel. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket painting and design by Bill Botten.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 28021
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First edition of Lawrence Durrell's Quinx or The Ripper's Tale; Signed by Him
DURRELL, Lawrence.
Quinx or The Ripper’s Tale.
London: Faber and Faber, 1985.
First edition of the fifth and final volume in the author's Avignon Quintet. Octavo, original cloth. Signed and dated by the author in the year of publication on the title page, "Lawrence Durrell 1985." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket watercolor by David Gentleman. Jacket design by Pentagram.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 115874
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Original Star Wars Limited 20th Anniversary Collector's Edition Monopoly Game
[LUCAS, George].
Monopoly: Star Wars Limited Collector’s Edition: Twenty Years 1977-1997.
Rhode Island, U.S.A.: Hasbro, Inc./Lucasfilm Ltd., 1996.
Star Wars Limited 20th Anniversary Collector's Edition Monopoly Game. In the original shrink wrap and with a £69.99 price tag from Forbidden Planet London. In near fine condition. Accompanied by a first edition Star Wars Episode I Play-a-Sound book [Lansing, Margaret. Illustrated by DiCicco Digital Arts. Lincolnwood, Illinois: Publications International, Ltd., 1999]. In fine condition and in the original shrink wrap.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 145241
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First edition of Douglas Rutherford's Grand Prix Murder
RUTHERFORD, Douglas.
Grand Prix Murder.
London: Collins Crime Club, 1955.
First edition of Rutherford's early murder mystery. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket which is in near fine condition with a few small closed tears. Uncommon in this condition.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 119604
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"There was a blizzard early in November and, while the snow still lay unthawed in the gutters and gardens, another fiercer and colder." First edition of John Christopher's The World in Winter
CHRISTOPHER, John.
The World in Winter.
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1962.
First edition of the author's post-apocalyptic work in which an new Ice Age descends on England. Octavo, original cloth. Good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Stein.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 96196
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First edition of Charles Osborne's The Unexpected Guest
OSBORNE, Charles [Agatha Christie].
The Unexpected Guest.
London: HarperCollins, 1999.
First edition of this classic mystery. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Andrew Davidson.
Price: $95.00 Item Number: 137528
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First Edition of Octavia Butler's Imago
BUTLER, Octavia E.
Imago.
New York: Warner Books, 1989.
First edition of the gripping climax to Butler's acclaimed Xenogenesis trilogy. Octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Don Puckey. Cover illustration by Wayne Barlowe.
Price: $80.00 Item Number: 144356
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First Edition of Graham Greene's The Comedians
GREENE, Graham.
The Comedians.
London: The Bodley Head, 1966.
First edition of this novel set in Haiti under the rule of “Papa Doc” Duvalier, which explores the political suppression and terrorism through the figure of an English hotel owner, Brown. Octavo, original green cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing. Jacket design by Ivan Lapper.
Price: $80.00 Item Number: 115681
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First Edition of Edgar Rice Burroughs' The Girl from Hollywood
BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice.
The Girl from Hollywood.
New York: The Macaulay Company, 1923.
First edition of Burroughs' contemporary fiction novel. Octavo, original red cloth, frontispiece by P. J. Monahan. In near fine condition.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 145116
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"The young adventurers we called ourselves. Doesn't seem real now, does it?" Agatha Christie's Postern of Fate
CHRISTIE, Agatha.
Postern of Fate.
London: Book Club Associates, 1973.
First Book Club edition of the Christie's final novel. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacker design by Margaret Murray.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 133405
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"Do you know what love is? I'll tell you: it is whatever you can still betray": First Edition of John LeCarre’s The Looking-Glass War
LE CARRE, John.
The Looking-Glass War.
London: Heinemann, 1965.
First edition of the author's fourth novel. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a very good dust jacket with some toning to the spine.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 146216
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First expanded edition of Jason Fry's Star Wars: The Last Jedi
FRY, Jason. Based on a story by Rian Johnson.
Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
London: Century, 2018.
First expanded edition of the international bestselling author's novelization of the eighth installment in the Star Wars film franchise. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with an 8-page color photo insert of images from the film. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 145011
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“There are always loose ends in real life": FIRST EDITION OF ROBERT GALBRAITH'S SILKWORM
GALBRAITH, Robert. [J.K. Rowling].
The Silkworm.
London: Sphere, 2014.
First edition of the second novel in Rowling’s Cormoran Strike Series, published under the pen name Robert Galbraith. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Sian Wilson.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 137033
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First edition of Isaac Asimov's Banquets of the Black Widowers
ASIMOV, Isaac.
Banquets of the Black Widowers.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1984.
First edition of the fourth book in Asimov's Black Widowers series. Octavo, original half cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Al Nagy.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 142875
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"THE AIR WAS SWEET WITH NIGHT SCENT": First Edition of John Gardner's Licence Renewed
GARDNER, John.
Licence Renewed.
London: Jonathan Cape , 1985.
First edition of John Gardner's License Renewed. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Mon Mohan, using a commissioned watercolor painting by Richard Chopping.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 127673
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“The more bare a life is, the more we fear change"; First Edition of Graham Greene's A Burnt-Out Case
GREENE, Graham .
A Burnt-Out Case.
London: Heinemann, 1961.
First edition of this Greene novel set in a leproserie on the upper reaches of a tributary of the Congo River in Africa. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Dust jacket design by Lacey Everett.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 115799
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First edition of the Star Wars: Punch-Out and Make-It Book; designed by Ib Penick and illustrated with Instructional Drawings by Charlotte Staub
PENICK, Ib [Designer]. Illustrated by Patricia Wayne; Instructional Drawings by Charlotte Staub.
Star Wars: Punch-Out and Make-It Book. Based on the film by George Lucas.
Glasgow and London: Collins, 1978.
First edition of this classic 70s punch-out and make-it book. Quarto, original pictorial wrappers. Designed by Ib Penick. Illustrated by Patricia Wayne. Instructional Drawings by Charlotte Staub. In fine condition.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 145053
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First Edition of Archer Mayor's Open Season
MAYOR, Archer.
Open Season.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1988.
First edition of the author's first novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear. Jacket design by Walter Harper.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 140494
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First Edition of Archer Mayor's Borderlines; Inscribed by Him
MAYOR, Archer.
Borderlines.
New York: Putnam, 1990.
First edition of the author's second mystery in his acclaimed Joe Gunther series. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Archer Mayor on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Walter Harper.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 2747
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First Edition of Graham Greene's The Comedians
GREENE, Graham.
The Comedians.
London: The Bodley Head, 1966.
First edition of this novel set in Haiti under the rule of “Papa Doc” Duvalier, which explores the political suppression and terrorism through the figure of an English hotel owner, Brown. Octavo, original green cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing and wear. Jacket design by Ivan Lapper.
Price: $60.00 Item Number: 123659
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First Edition of Eric Ambler's The Care of Time; Warmly inscribed by Him
AMBLER, Eric.
The Care of Time.
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1981.
First edition of this novel by the author of The Mask of Dimitrios. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "Anna Sklar, with best wishes from the conspirator, Eric Ambler." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Janet Halverson. Jacket photograph by Stephen Cornwell.
Price: $55.00 Item Number: 106379
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First Edition of Archer Mayor's Borderlines; Inscribed by Him
MAYOR, Archer.
Borderlines.
New York: Putnam, 1990.
First edition of the author's second mystery in his acclaimed Joe Gunther series. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Archer Mayor on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Walter Harper.
Price: $55.00 Item Number: 143897
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First edition of Alan Dean Foster's Star Wars: The Force Awakens
FOSTER, Alan Dean.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
London: Century, 2016.
First edition of the New York Times bestselling author's novelization of the seventh installment in the Star Wars film franchise. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with an 8-page color photo insert of images from the film. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $55.00 Item Number: 145010
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“It's best to be ruthless with the past": First Edition of Stephen King's Rose Madder
KING, Stephen.
Rose Madder.
New York: The Viking Press, 1995.
First edition of this King thriller. Octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Neil Stuart. Author photograph by Tabitha King.
Price: $55.00 Item Number: 116997
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"You only live twice: Once when you're born And once when you look death in the face": Ian Fleming's You Only Live Twice
FLEMING, Ian .
You Only Live Twice.
London: The Book Club, 1964.
First book club edition of the final James Bond novel published during Fleming's lifetime and the eleventh in the series. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $55.00 Item Number: 147129
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"History's most romantic airplane - the fabulous flying clipper": First edition of Ken Follett's Night Over Water; from the collection of Erica Jong
FOLLETT, Ken.
Night Over Water.
New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc, 1991.
First edition of the New York Times bestselling author's classic novel of international suspense. Octavo, original half cloth, cartographic endpapers. From the collection of Erica Jong with her invitation to the book's publication party laid in. Erica Jong remains best known for her 1973 novel Fear of Flying which became famously controversial for its portrayal of female sexuality and figured prominently in the development of second-wave feminism. Written in the first person and narrated by its protagonist, 29-year-old American poet Isadora Wing, Fear of Flying was written in the throes of the Sexual Revolution of the 1970s and encapsulated the…
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 142574
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First edition of John Le Carre's The Naive and Sentimental Lover
LE CARRE, John.
The Naïve and Sentimental Lover.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1971.
First edition of le Carré's classic sixth novel. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Tony Geddes.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 146206
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First Edition of Sebastian Faulks' Devil May Care
FAULKS, Sebastian writing as Ian Fleming.
Devil May Care.
London: Penguin 007, 2008.
First edition of this James Bond continuation novel. Octavo, original boards, pictorial endpapers. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light shelfwear.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 43644
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LATER PRINTING OF PHILIP PULLMAN'S THE SHADOW IN THE NORTH; INSCRIBED BY HIM
PULLMAN, Philip.
The Shadow in the North.
London: Scholastic Ltd, 1999.
Later printing of Philip Pullman’s second book in his Sally Lockhart Quartet. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Inscribed by the author on the title page, “Good luck to Eileen, Philip Pullman.” In near fine condition.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 88119
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“Everything about life is a joke. Don't you know that?”: First Edition of Kurt Vonnegut's Bluebeard
VONNEGUT, Kurt.
Bluebeard.
New York: Delacorte Press, 1987.
First edition of Vonnegut's best-seller, which describes the late years of fictional Abstract Expressionist painter Rabo Karabekian. Octavo, original half cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Jeff Adams.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 146222
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First Edition of Kurt Vonnegut's Deadeye Dick
VONNEGUT, Kurt.
Deadeye Dick.
New York: Delacorte Press, 1982.
First edition of this work by the award-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by James L. McGuire. Author photograph by Jill Krementz.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 146409
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First edition of Beryl Bainbridge's Watson's Apology
BAINBRIDGE, Beryl.
Watson’s Apology.
London: Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd., 1984.
First edition of the award-winning author's investigation of the Stockwell Murder. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 126810
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First Edition of Graham Greene's The Human Factor
GREENE, Graham.
The Human Factor.
London: The Bodley Head, 1978.
First edition of this espionage novel, which was later adapted into the 1979 film, directed by Otto Preminger using a screenplay by Tom Stoppard. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Michael Harvey.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 10098
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"The American dream was not supposed to look like this": First Edition of Nelson DeMille's The General's Daughter
DEMILLE, Nelson.
The General’s Daughter.
New York: Warner Books, 1992.
First edition of this unforgettable military mystery novel and basis for the 1999 film of the same name, starring John Travolta and Madeleine Stowe. Octavo, original half cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Anthony Russo. Jacket illustration by Stanislaw Fernandez.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 146906
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First Folio Society of The Spy's Bedside Book
GREENE, Graham and Hugh.
The Spy’s Bedside Book.
London: The Folio Society, 2006.
First Folio Society edition of this sampler of excerpts from some of the greatest spy novelists of all time. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine slipcase.
Price: $35.00 Item Number: 141349
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First Edition of Arthur C. Clarke's 2010: Odyssey Two
CLARKE, Arthur C.
2010: Odyssey Two.
New York: Ballentine Books, 1982.
First edition of the second volume in Clarke's acclaimed Odyssey series. Octavo, original half cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Gary Friedman. Cover painting by Michael Whelan.
Price: $30.00 Item Number: 145180
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First Edition of Nelson Demille's Wild Fire; Signed by Him
DEMILLE, Nelson.
Wild Fire.
New York: Warner Books, 2006.
First edition of this novel by DeMille. Octavo, original boards. Signed by Nelson DeMille on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by George Cornell and Anne Twomey.
Price: $30.00 Item Number: 44839
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“To expect the universe to be benevolent was like imagining one could always win at a game of pure chance:" First Edition of Arthur C. Clarke's The Songs of Distant Earth
CLARKE, Arthur C.
The Songs of Distant Earth.
New York: Ballantine Books, 1986.
First edition of the author's first book after '2010: Odyssey Two.' Octavo, original blue half cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket painting by Michael Whelan. Jacket design by Anthony C. Russo.
Price: $25.00 Item Number: 145176
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First edition of Evelyn Anthony's The Silver Falcon
ANTHONY, Evelyn.
The Silver Falcon.
London: Hutchinson, 1977.
First edition of Anthony's suspenseful Derby novel. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Patrick McCreeth. Jacket photograph by Gerry Cranham. Author photograph by Mark Gerson.
Price: $25.00 Item Number: 124384
