Brothers of the Head
by Aldiss, Brian W.; Illustrated by Ian Pollock
Pierrot Publishing Limited, 1977. First UK edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. SIGNED. 119pp. Square quarto [27 cm] White paper over boards, with bumping to the fore-edge corners. In a dust jacket, with a 1" closed tear to the top edge of the front panel. An odd story, with curious illustrations, of conjoined twins, who possess a sinister, yet... Read More
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Seasons in Flight
by Aldiss, Brian
London: Jonathan Cape, 1984. First UK edition. Hardcover. Near fine/very good +. SIGNED. 157pp. Octavo [20 cm] Brown cloth-effect paper over boards, with a gilt stamped title on the backstrip. With a minor slant to the spine. Light scratching to the dust jacket. Uniquely inscribed by the author, with a sketch, on a specially tipped-in page, designed and... Read More
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Affairs at Hampden Ferrers: An English Romance (Book inscribed by the author, with the audio tapes also inscribed by the author) -Two volumes
by Aldiss, Brian
London; Tyne & Wear: Little, Brown; Soundings Audio Books, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. SIGNED. 264pp. Olive green cloth-effect paper over boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine. The covers are cocked, and the edges of the spine and covers are a bit dinged. In a dust jacket, with light edge wear. Sold with... Read More
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Best SF Stories
by Aldiss, Brian W.
London: Victor Gollancz, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/Near fine. SIGNED. 328pp. Octavo [22cm]. Black boards, with title stamped in gilt on spine. Extremities mildly bumped. Textblock a bit yellowed. Hinges a touch weakened. Lengthy inscription from Brian W. Aldiss on the front free endpaper. Additionally, the author has affixed a small, black-and-white image next to his... Read More
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Somewhere East of Life: Another European Fantasia
by Aldiss, Brian
London: Flamingo (HarperCollins), 1994. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. SIGNED. 390pp. Octavo [24 cm] in boards with gilt-stamped spine. Signed and inscribed by author on title page: "To my good friend P---, who knows how vital it is to be Somewhere Else! Regards, Brian '94". Also with signed Christmas card and warmly written single-page T.L.S. laid in. In the... Read More
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A Soldier Erect
by Aldiss, Brian W.
New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1971. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good. SIGNED. 272pp. Octavo [22 cm] Magenta cloth over boards. The boards are just a trifle cocked. In the illustrated dust jacket with light rubbing. An honest and unforgettable account of soldiers away from home. Signed by Brian Aldiss on the front free endpaper. ... Read More
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Who Can Replace a Man? The Best Science-Fiction Stories of Brian W. Aldiss
by Aldiss, Brian W.
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc, 1966. First American edition. Hardcover. Very good +/very good. SIGNED. 253pp. Octavo [21 cm] Bright green cloth over boards with a silver stamped title on the spine. With moderate bumping to the extremities of the book. The dust jacket is toned and rubbed, and has periodic shallow closed tears and chips... Read More
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A large archive of 17 signed letters, 2 signed cards, 4 original manuscript pieces, 1 original drawing, 11 blank empty envelopes addressed to the recipient (one with a drawing of a cat in ink), and 1 inscribed book, all sent from the prolific science fiction writer, Brian W. Aldiss, to his long-time friend Patrick Eddington, the late Utah artist and former high school art teacher, who had as a goal the desire to create “The Cat Project,” where literary and visual artists from around the world were asked to produce original works about cats, which would be included in a traveling exhibition and book (unfortunately never realized). Also included in the archive are 4 pieces of ephemera relating to the correspondence or author
by [Aldiss, Brian] [Patrick Eddington aka "Pat the Cat"]
Brian Wilson Aldiss (1925-2017), born in Norfolk, England, was not only a prolific writer of science fiction short stories and novels, but also anthologized science fiction and studied the history of the genre as well. Much of the background material in his works stemmed from his military service from 1943 through World War II in the Royal Corps of... Read More
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The Eighty-Minute Hour: A Space Opera
by Aldiss, Brian W.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1974. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. SIGNED. 226pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] Blue cloth covered boards with the title stamped in gilt on the spine. The boards are rubbed, and the spine ends are bumped and rubbed. In a dust jacket with moderate scuffing and soiling to the surface. Brian Aldiss was... Read More
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Cities and Stones: A Traveller's Jugoslavia
by Aldiss, Brian W.
London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1966. First edition. Hardcover. Very good +/very good. SIGNED. 291pp. Octavo [22 cm] Red cloth over boards with a gilt stamped title on a black ink stamped panel on the backstrip. With only minor rubbing and bumping to the extremities. The jacket is moderately age-toned, and has a 1/2" closed tear in the... Read More
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When The Feast Is Finished: Reflections on Terminal Illness
by Aldiss, Brian; Margaret Aldiss
London: Little, Brown and Company, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. SIGNED. Octavo [22 cm] Black paper over boards, with gentle bruising to the head of the spine. In a dust jacket with general light rubbing and multiple light scratches. A poignant memoir. Based on journals that the author and his wife kept, this is an unbearably... Read More
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Common Clay: 20-Odd Stories
by Aldiss, Brian W.
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1996. First American edition. Hardcover. Very good +/very good. SIGNED. 333pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] Blue paper over boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine. The dust jacket has subtle surface and edge wear. Illustrations by Rosamund Chorley and Brian W. Aldiss. Inscribed by Aldiss on the title page. The inscription reads... Read More
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My Country 'Tis Not Only of Thee: A Story of the World After the Vietnam War
by Aldiss, Brian
Printed for the Aldiss Appreciation Society, 1986. Limited Edition. Paperback. Near fine. 27pp. Very slim octavo [21 cm] Saddle-stiched yellow and black printed wrappers. Frontispiece illustration reproducing Gustave Dore's woodcut, "London." One in an edition limited to 100 copies (this copy is not numbered). Inscribed by Brian Aldiss on the title page. The author writes, "To____ In appreciation,... Read More
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A Romance of the Equator
by Aldiss, Brian
London: Victor Gollanz Ltd, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 345pp. Octavo [22 cm] Blue paper over boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine. The spine ends and corners of the covers are bumped, and there is a minor lean to the spine. The dust jacket is rubbed, and has numerous scratches. Jacket art by Lanfranco. Inscribed by... Read More
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Cat Improvement Company
by Aldiss, Brian W.
Salt Lake City: Green Cat Press, 2004. 1/85. Broadside. Patrick Eddington. 46 cm by 27.5 cm. Broadside of an original poem by Brian Aldiss. Signed by the author and the artist. Illustrated by Patrick Eddington. Printed by The Green Cat Press. 13/85.
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American Sublime
by Alexander, Elizabeth
St. Paul, MN: Graywolf Press, 2005. Paperback. as NEW. 93 pp. Octavo. Illustrated covers with black spine. In her fourth remarkable collection, Elizabeth Alexander voices the outcries, dreams, and histories of an African American tradition that goes back to the rebellion on the slave schooner Amistad and to the artists' canvases of nineteenth-century America. In persona poems Sublime... Read More
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Candy
by Alexander, L. M. (Lillie McMaken); Illustrations by Rockwell Kent
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1934. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Rockwell Kent. 310pp. Octavo [21 cm] Red and white polka-dot patterned cloth over boards. Illustrated endpapers. The spine is sunned, however the title is still bold. There is a contemporary owner's name and address on the title page. A story of post-slavery life. Illustrator Rockwell... Read More
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Edward Hunter Snow: Pioneer-Educator-Statesman
by Alexander, Thomas G. (Foreward by Jeffrey R. Holland)
Norman, OK: Arthur H. Clark, 2012. First edition. Hardcover. NEW. 392pp. [23.5cm] New. Hardcover. Blue buckram covered boards with silver stamped title on the spine. Illustrated dust jacket. The first biography of an important Mormon leader.
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Things in Heaven and Earth: The Life and Times of Wilford Woodruff, a Mormon Prophet
by Alexander, Thomas G.
Salt Lake City, UT: Signature Books, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. Very good+. 484pp. Octavo. Blue cloth. Illustrated. Index. Bibliography. In pictorial dust jacket. Very good/Near fine. Spotting to head of fore edge and minor staining to fore edge. Thoughtful biography of the fourth Prophet of the LDS Church.
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Things in Heaven and Earth: The Life and Times of Wilford Woodruff, a Mormon Prophet; The Life and Times of Wilford Woodruff, a Mormon Prophet
by Alexander, Thomas G.
Salt Lake City, UT: Signature Books, 1993. Later printing. Paperback. New. 464 pp.
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The Rise of Multiple-Use Management in the Intermountain West: A History of Region 4 of the Forest Service
by Alexander, Thomas G.
United States Department of Agriculture, 1987. Original edition. Paperback. 267pp. Quarto [27.5 cm] Brown and white illustrated wraps. Very good. The edges of the covers are lightly rubbed. Previous owner's name on the second page. Forest Service FS-399. The cover is of Gifford Pinchot, first Chief of the Forest Service. This publication is one in a series of works... Read More
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The Business of Fancydancing: Stories and Poems
by Alexie, Sherman
Brooklyn, NY: Hanging Loose Press, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. SIGNED. 84pp. Slim octavo [23.5 cm] Dark green cloth with silver lettering on the backstrip and front board. Inscribed by Alexie on the title page" "for____- / We have to believe in the power / of our imagination because it's all / we have as defense against... Read More
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The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
by Alexie, Sherman
New York: Grove Press, 2005. Later printing. Paperback. As new. 242pp. Octavo [21cm]. Printed wraps.
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Dangerous Astronomy
by Alexie, Sherman
Boise, ID: Limberlost Press, 2005. First edition. Wraps. Slim octavo [26 cm] Letterpress edition. Hand-set type. 850 copies were printed, 750 of which were bound in wraps as the trade edition. Hand-stitched wraps beautifully printed in blue and black over a light blue Magnani Pescia cover stock with a cover illustration by Adrian Arleo. Very good. The wraps are... Read More
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Dangerous Astronomy
by Alexie, Sherman
Boise, ID: Limberlost Press, 2005. First edition, 1/100 bound in cloth and boards (This copy is #65). Hardcover. Very Good. SIGNED. Slim octavo [26 cm] Black cloth with large paper label on front board, and a paper title label on the backstrip. Letterpress edition. The front board is faded along the top edge. Signed by the author on... Read More
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