Nineteen Eighty-Four - George Orwell
Secker & Warburg, London, 1949
First Edition, First Printing An outstanding copy with a crisp fine/near fine book with a superb very good red variant dust jacket with the extremely scarce unfaded spine still retaining the majority of the red tones.
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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Seas - Jules Verne
Sampson Low, Marston, Low & Searle 1873.
SCARCE FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, preceding the first U. S. edition, and perhaps even rarer than the famous jellyfish vignette binding. The first edition in English was actually published in November 1872 (but dated 1873 to the title page and the publisher's catalogue dated 1872) preceding the more usual American first edition by James Osgood in Boston in 1873, using the English edition illustrations. Fully illustrated with 303 pages and "The End" on page 303. More Info »
The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien, 1937 1st Edition, 2nd Impression
George Allen & Unwin, London, 1937
First Edition, Second Impression, 1937 A near fine very clean unrestored copy. More Info »
Nineteen Eighty-Four - George Orwell
Secker & Warburg, London, 1949
First Edition, First Printing A clean crisp book with the original dust jacket in the scarce red variant color. More Info »
Nineteen Eighty-Four - George Orwell
Secker & Warburg, London, 1949
First Edition, First Printing A stunning, near fine clean example of this title with a near fine vibrant dust jacket. More Info »
Foundation Trilogy - Isaac Asimov, Signed on a laid in signature
Gnome Press, New York, 1951, 1952, and 1953
FIRST STATE of the First Edition, First Printings Near Fine, clean crisp books, Signed with laid in signature, near fine unclipped dust jackets. More Info »
Animal Farm - George Orwell
Secker & Warburg, London, 1945
First State, First Edition, First Printing A near fine book with a beautiful scarce near fine first state dust jacket. The dust jacket has the requisite "An Early List for 1945" to the rear panel with the "Search light" motif to the reverse of the jacket. Crisp, clean book. More Info »
The Mysterious Island Trilogy - Set of 3 UK 1ST/1STS, Dropped From The Clouds, Abandoned, The Secret Of The Island
Sampson Low, Marston, Low & Searle, London 1875
Sampson Low, Marston, Low & Searle, London 1875
Sampson Low, Marston, Low & Searle, London 1875
FIRST Edition, FIRST UK printings: of the three books which when combined create THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND Trilogy by Jules Verne. This is the Scarce complete set of First UK Editions, First printings of the three books. The UK Sampson Low printings preceded the US printings, and are extremely scarce. More Info »
Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
Chatto & Windus, London, 1932
First Edition, First Printing Beautiful clean book near fine, with a stunning near fine vibrant original dust jacket.
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I Robot - Isaac Asimov, Signed
Gnome Press, New York, 1950
Stated First Edition, First Printing Beautiful fine/near fine book with a scarce original stunning near fine dust jacket. Only 5,000 copies of the first edition were printed of this iconic title in which Asimov's "Three Laws of Robotics" were postulated for the first time. Signed by Isaac Asimov on a laid-in signature. More Info »
When Worlds Collide, With After Worlds Collide Both In Their Scarce Original Dust Jackets - Edwin Balmer
Frederick A. Stokes Company, New York, 1933
Frederick A. Stokes Company, New York, 1934
A superb and very scarce set comprising of "When Worlds Collide", and "After Worlds Collide", both first edition, first printings in their original first printing dust jackets. See below for set details by book title. These famous catastophe novels were a huge commercial success with over 1/2 million copies sold. This book was made into a film in 1951 which won awards for special effects, and then sparked the 1950's sci-fi boom. Please see our 22 images of the set:
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Nineteen Eighty-Four - George Orwell
Secker & Warburg, London, 1949
First Edition, First Printing A clean crisp book with the original dust jacket in the scarce red variant color. More Info »
King Kong In Original Scarce Dust Jacket - Edgar Wallace & Merian Cooper
Grosset and Dunlap 1932
First photoplay edition of KING KONG, with its scarce near fine original dust jacket. Published by Grosset and Dunlap, 1932. Conceived by Edgar Wallace and Merian Cooper. This was the novelization of the screenplay and is considered to be the rarest of the photoplay editions.
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The Time Machine - H.G. Wells, First Printing, First Issue
Heinemann, 1895
First UK Edition, First Printing, First Issue A handsome copy of this title. A first edition, first printing, first issue, with 152 pages and the 16 page publisher's catalogue with first page headed "THE MANXMAN" inserted at rear. More Info »
The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien
Houghton Mifflin Company, 1938
First Edition, First printing, Second State A near fine copy of the FIRST printing, in the second state dated 1938 to the title page with the "sitting elf" playing the flute. (First Printings in the first state have a "bowing elf"). More Info »
Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury, signed
Ballantine Books, New York, 1953
First Edition, First Printing. Boldly signed, inscribed and dated by Ray Bradbury in black felt tip directly onto the front fly leaf page Stunning near fine crisp book with vibrant boards with a beautiful dust jacket. Curry binding D (no priority), the true first edition hardbound issue. Expanded from the novella "The Fireman", published in 1951. Filmed in 1966 by Francois Truffaut. More Info »
Childhood's End - Arthur C. Clarke, Important Presentation Copy, Signed and Inscribed to His Agent
Ballantine Books, New York, 1953
SIGNED Stated First Edition, First printing An IMPORTANT presentation copy! Near fine book SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by Arthur C. Clarke to his Agent, Les Flood "To Les Flood, With All Good Wishes / Arthur C. Clarke / 15 July '54". Leslie "Les" Flood was a British literary agent, who founded the Fantasy Book Centre, and the UK's first SF bookstore. He took over Ted Carnell's literary agency when Carnell died. He was one of the creators of the International Fantasy Award in 1951. More Info »
Slaughterhouse-Five - Kurt Vonnegut, Signed
Delacorte Press, New York, 1969
Stated First Edition, First printing SIGNED by Vonnegut FINE condition book and original dust jacket in near fine condition, SIGNED by Kurt Vonnegut on the first black page. More Info »
Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury, signed
Ballantine Books, New York, 1953
First Edition, First Printing: Boldly signed by Ray Bradbury on a loosely laid in bookplate. Stunning near fine crisp book with vibrant boards with a beautiful dust jacket. Curry binding D (no priority), the true first edition hardbound issue. Expanded from the novella "The Fireman", published in 1951. Filmed in 1966 by Francois Truffaut.
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Stranger In A Strange Land - Robert Heinlein, Signed
G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1961
First Edition, First Printing, Signed Beautiful, crisp, clean near fine book with bright fine/near fine dust jacket. Signed by Robert Heinlein on a laid in signature. All required points for a first edition, first impression book including the C22 code in gutter on page 408, no other impressions and dates listed on the copyright page. More Info »
