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First Edition of Alfred Colbeck's When The Earth Swung Over
COLBECK, Alfred.
When The Earth Swung Over.
London: The "Boy's Own Paper" Office, 1926.
First edition of this early example of disaster fiction. Octavo, original pictorial cloth, frontispiece, with black and white illustrations by George Soper. In very good condition. Ownership inscription to the front pastedown.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 147978
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First Edition of James Cowan's Daybreak: A Romance of an Old World
COWAN, James.
Daybreak: A Romance of an Old World.
New York: George H. Richmond & Co, 1896.
First edition of this utopian science fiction novel. Octavo, original pictorial cloth, tissue-guarded frontispiece, top edge gilt, illustrated with black and white drawings by Walter C. Greenough. In very good condition.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 147980
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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 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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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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"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 P.D. James' Death of an Expert Witness
JAMES, P.D.
Death of an Expert Witness.
London: Faber and Faber, 1977.
First edition of this mystery by the author of A Mind to Murder. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket photograph by Terry Trott. Photograph of the author by Jerry Bauer.
Price: $95.00 Item Number: 147305
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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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“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 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 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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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 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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Charles Fillingham Coxwell's Krilòff's Fables
COXWELL, Charles Fillingham [Ivan Krylov].
Krilòff’s Fables.
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., LTD, c. 1900.
Early edition of this collection of fables by Russian fabulist Ivan Krylov. Duodecimo, original publisher's cloth, illustrated with four black and white plates. In near fine condition. Translated from the Russian into English in the original metres by Charles Fillingham Coxwell.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 148323
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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