Category: Science Fiction--Fantasy (hardcover)

Ruby (signed)

By: Block, Francesca Lia, and Carmen Staton

Price: $35.00

Publisher: New York, HarperCollins / Harper Collins : 2006

Seller ID: 016585

ISBN-13: 9780060840570

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

After growing up in an abusive family, a girl "with a sixth sense that makes her at one with nature and gives her the ability to know her own destiny" escapes to Los Angeles, which she leaves in order to track down her soul mate, who is a British actor. Red boards w/maroon cloth backstrip, silver spine lettering, 209 pages. Bumped top corners/bottom spine, diagonal remainder mark to top edge, in dust jacket w/mild edgewear, bumped top corners/bottom spine, 1/8" tear to bottom of rear fold.
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The Halloween Tree

By: Bradbury, Ray

Price: $125.00

Publisher: New York, Alfred A. Knopf : 1972

Seller ID: 019119

ISBN-13: 9780394824093

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good to Very Good

"A group of children and a 'spirit' go back through time to discover the beginnings of Halloween." Black cloth w/Hallowe'en-orange mask illustration to front cover, orange and silver spine lettering, 145 pages + brief author/illustrator biographies + a note on the type. Mildly cocked, scuffing/faint soil to cloth, gently bumped corners, faint mustiness, in price-clipped dust jacket w/light wear to corners/spine ends, impressions/scratches.
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The Sixth (6th) Day

By: Burley, W.J.

Price: $125.00

Publisher: London, Victor Gollancz : 1978

Seller ID: 016596

ISBN-13: 9780575024632

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

The creator of the hugely successful crime novels featuring Detective Charles Wycliffe also wrote a science fiction novel, and guess what?: this is it. Aliens attempting to rebuild Earth after mankind destroyed itself in a global holocaust have transported a group of people 2,000 years into the future where, naturally, the humans soon manage to screw it up. Red cloth w/gilt spine lettering, 174 pages. A hint of edgewear, and crinkling/creasing (in varying degrees of severity, from barely noticeable to almost creased) from about page 25 through to page 96, in price-clipped dust jacket w/light r...
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At the Earth's Core

By: Burroughs, Edgar Rice

Price: $75.00

Publisher: New York, Grosset & Dunlap (G&D) : 1923

Seller ID: 019149

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good to Very Good

First published in book form by A.C. McClurg in 1922 (which is the date on the copyright page, and which is usually misunderstood as being the publication date for this one). One of 20,000 copies, book and dust jacket being variant 1(b). Lukes 2017, pp. 144-146. Red cloth w/black lettering to front cover/spine, 277 pages w/five pages of advertisements for other titles published by G&D (works by ERB, Curwood, Grey, Tarkington), eight full-page illustrations (including frontispiece). Light wear to corners/spine ends, bump to top edge of front cover, moderately sized stain to back cover, prev...
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The Caged Queen (signed)

By: Ciccarelli, Kristen

Price: $45.00

Publisher: New York, HarperTeen / Harper Teen / HarperCollins / Harper Collins : 2018

Seller ID: 019075

ISBN-13: 9780062568014

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Book 2 in the Iskari series, following 'The Last Namsara.' Black boards w/gilt spine lettering. Ciccarelli's signature has bled through from title page to copyright page. 379 pages (+ acknowledgments, brief author biography). An unread copy w/insignificant wear to top spine, a couple of thin scratches, dust jacket w/the same insignificant wear to top spine.
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Black Alice

By: Disch, Thomas M., and John T. Sladek

Price: $10.00

Publisher: London, W.H. Allen : 1969

Seller ID: 005231

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

An 11-year-old prodigy is kidnapped and drugged, waking to find herself transformed into a Black girl and making "bewildering discoveries about herself, her race, and the dark substrata of society." Tanned/dusty edges, some slant, light wear to spine ends. Dust jacket w/light edgewear, nicks/light chipping to top corners, rubbing, impressions, crease to bottom corner of front flap, tiny soil mark to bottom edge of rear panel.
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Geek Love

By: Dunn, Katherine

Price: $50.00

Publisher: New York, Knopf : 1989

Seller ID: 019208

ISBN-13: 9780394569024

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dunn's third published novel, and the one that established her reputation, telling the story of a pair of carnies "who as a cost-saving measure hit upon the idea of breeding their own freak show." One of those freakish offspring, an albino hunchback dwarf, narrates the tale. The words "weird" and "wonderful" were coined to describe this one. Peacock-blue boards w/black cloth backstrip w/bronze spine lettering, 348 pages. Previous owner's name on first end paper, in price-clipped dust jacket w/mildly sunned spine (common with this title), rubbing, impressions.
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Wings of Ebony (signed)

By: Elle, J.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: New York, Simon & Schuster (S&S) / Denene Millner : 2021

Seller ID: 018684

ISBN-13: 9781534470675

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: As New

Elle's first novel. When her mother is murdered, a teen-aged girl "is snatched away by a father who abandoned her at birth -- a father who now insists she follow him to his home, Ghizon, a secret country of gods who wield a powerful magic." Half-god, half-human, her very existence in this magical country is a crime. Black boards w/gilt wing design to front cover, gilt lettering to spine, 354 pages + acknowledgments. An unread copy in pristine, collectible condition. Size: Octavo -- from 7.75" to 9.75" Tall
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Toll the Hounds

By: Erikson, Steven

Price: $45.00

Publisher: New York, Tor / Tom Doherty Associates : 2008

Seller ID: 018495

ISBN-13: 9780765310088

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Pseudonym of Steve Rune Lundin. The eighth title in The Malazan Book of the Fallen epic fantasy series, this one "A thrilling, harrowing novel of war, intrigue, and dark, uncontrollable magic." Cream cloth w/bronze foil spine lettering, 829 pages. Some cocking, bumped spine ends, two 1/4" tears to top spine, faint full-length vertical crease to front end paper, in dust jacket w/mild wear to top corner of front fold, 2" wrinkle to rear panel (looks to be a printing flaw), two 1/4" tears to top spine (corresponding to similar tears on book). An average copy in average condition.
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THE WILD NIGHT COMPANY, Irish stories of fantasy & horror

By: Haining, Peter (editor)

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Taplinger : 1971

Seller ID: 018216

ISBN-13: 9780800883355

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good to Fine

A collection of 22 stories, one traditional, and one each by Ray Bradbury (who also contributed a foreword) Giraldus Cambrensis, Daniel Defoe, Charles Robert Maturin, T. (Thomas) Crofton Croker, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Lady Wilde, Oscar Wilde, Charlotte Riddell (Mrs. J. H. Riddell) William Carleton, George Moore, W. B. Yeats, A. E. Coppard, Francis (F.) Marion Crawford, James Joyce, Lord Dunsany, William Hope Hodgson, Shane Leslie, Elliott O'Donnell, H. P. Lovecraft, and Sinead de Valera. Green cloth w/black spine lettering, 287 pages. Mild wear to corners/spine ends, in dust jacket w/light e...
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A Discovery of Witches

By: Harkness, Deborah

Price: $45.00

Publisher: New York, Viking : 2011

Seller ID: 018809

ISBN-13: 9780670022410

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

The first book in the All Souls trilogy, introducing us to a woman (who just happens to be a witch) whose research results in the discovery of an ancient manuscript that has been lost for centuries. Now found, the ancient text "has set a fantastical underworld stirring," leading to "a distracting horde of daemons, witches and vampires" descending upon the reading rooms where it was found. Alchemical adventure and magical suspense ensue. Denim-coloured boards w/silver initials to front cover, silver lettering/design to spine, decorated end papers, 579 pages + one page of acknowledgments. Li...
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Time: 110100

By: Kelley, Leo P.

Price: $5.00

Publisher: New York, Walker & Company : 1972

Seller ID: 010183

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

A man who has lost his memory awakens to a devastated Earth, and in his travels meets companions, friends, enemies, and himself. Tanned/lightly dusted edges, sticker residue on first end paper, light general wear, in rubbed dust jacket w/impressions, light edgewear, 1/4" tear to bottom edge of rear panel.
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The Bone House (Bright Empires #2)

By: Lawhead, Stephen R.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Nashville, Thomas Nelson and Sons : 2011

Seller ID: 017749

ISBN-13: 9781595548054

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

The second title in Lawhead's Bright Empires series. Black boards w/gilt decorations to front cover, gilt decorations/lettering to spine, 380 pages + essay/acknowledgements/advertisements. Seems to have been read once. Mild general wear. A fairly nice copy.
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The Nowhere Place

By: Lymington, John

Price: $20.00

Publisher: London, Hodder & Stoughton / H&S : 1969

Seller ID: 011886

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

From the front flap: "Why does part of an English village suddenly disappear, accompanied by tremors and a strange whistling noise? What is the secret of the poison pen letters and of the villagers' guilty pasts? And who is the man Trent?" (Presumably all is answered in due course.) Blue cloth w/gilt spine lettering, 192 pages. Price-clipped dust jacket w/rubbing, light edgewear, thin scratches, slightly sunned spine.
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EARTH-BOUND, Nine Stories of Ireland

By: Macardle, Dorothy

Price: $450.00

Publisher: Worcester, The Harrigan Press : 1924

Seller ID: 018940

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Written while Macardle was a political prisoner in Dublin prisons (Kilmainham Gaol, which is now a museum, and Mountjoy Prison), the stories in this collection, while generally revolving around her experiences in the Irish Civil War, incorporate themes found in Irish legends and myths, including premonitions, ghosts and clairvoyance, making them more than simple ghost stories. Stories include the title piece, "Samhain," "The Brother," "The Prisoner," "The Return of Niav," "De Profundis," "By God's Mercy," "The Portrait of Roisin Dhu," and "A Story Without An End." Quarter blue cloth w/patter...
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Rogue Trader -- Citadel of Skulls

By: Marker, Jason, and Benn Williams

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Roseville, Fantasy Flight Games / Games Workshop Limited : 2010

Seller ID: 017778

ISBN-13: 9781589947986

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Part II of The Warpstorm Adventure Trilogy, a role-playing game set "in the grim darkness of the 41st Millennium." Which isn't significantly different from the grim darkness of the 21st millennium, except that they get to slaughter their crooked politicians, and we ask them to screw us over repeatedly. God, but we're a funny species! Pictorial boards, 72 pages, illustrated. Mildly bumped corners.
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The Traps of Time

By: Moorcock, Michael (editor)

Price: $20.00

Publisher: London, Rapp & Whiting : 1968

Seller ID: 018789

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

A collection of 10 stories, one each by Brian W. Aldiss ("Man in His Time"), David I. Masson ("Traveller's Rest"), Roger Zelazny ("Divine Madness"), Charles L. Harness ("Time Trap"), J.G. Ballard ("Mr F. is Mr F."), Thomas M. Disch ("Now is Forever"), Jorge Luis Borges ("The Garden of Forking Paths"), Langdon Jones ("How to Construct a Time Machine"), Alfred Jarry ("The Great Clock"), and George Collyn ("Unification Day"). Editor Moorcock contributes an essay ("The Traps of Time"). Brown cloth w/gilt spine lettering, 207 pages. Spine moderately cocked, pages a bit toned, in price-clipped du...
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The Magic Goes Away (signed)

By: Niven, Larry

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Ace Books / Charter Communications / Grosset & Dunlap : 1978

Seller ID: 018477

ISBN-13: 9780441515455

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

"--all of the gods and Fair Atlantis are dead. The creatures of spirit, the unicorns and centaurs, are dying. Soon all the sparkling things will be gone from the world and only clay will remain -- and those damned stupid barbarians with their damned stupid swords will win after all." An edition limited to 1,000 signed/numbered copies, although this one, while signed on the front end paper, was left unnumbered. Black cloth w/Ace colophon blind-stamped to front cover, red backstrip w/silver foil lettering, 216 pages (including bibliography, brief author biography, unpaginated illustrations), dus...
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Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)

By: Orwell, George

Price: $450.00

Publisher: Toronto & London, S.J. Reginald Saunders & Co. and Secker & Warburg : 1949

Seller ID: 019097

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: About Very Good

Quite possibly the most famous dystopian novel ever written. Stated first Canadian edition on copyright page, w/book club impression to bottom right corner of back cover (doesn't happen often, but every once in a while a book club edition IS the first something-or-other edition, and this is that once-in-a-while first Canadian edition). Dark tan cloth w/maroon lettering to front cover, maroon and black lettering to spine, 314 pages. Very slightly cocked, lightly bumped corners/spine ends, more significant bump to top left corner of back cover, tiny circular soil mark to front end paper, mild...
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The Revolt on Venus (Tom Corbett Space Cadet #5)

By: Rockwell, Carey

Price: $35.00

Publisher: New York, Grosset & Dunlap (G&D) : 1954

Seller ID: 018638

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

The fifth story in the Tom Corbett series, this one finding Tom and his fellow Space Academy cadets Roger and Astro heading out on "a vacation to hunt the tyrannosaurus on the planet Venus." Some cocking, moderate wear to corners/edges/spine ends, light edge soil, in scuffed dust jacket w/chips to corners/spine ends, 1" x 1/2" chip to top right corner of front panel, 1" tear to top of rear fold. Jacket now in protective mylar sleeve, which spiffs it up nicely.
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The Day the World Ended

By: Rohmer, Sax

Price: $9.50

Publisher: Garden City, The Crime Club : 1930

Seller ID: 005200

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

"He had three days -- in which to save the world!" By the creator of Fu-Manchu, one of literature's most famous evil geniuses. Some spine cocking, moderate edge/corner wear, dusty/tanned edges, previous owner's name partially erased at top of front pastedown.
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Donovan's Brain

By: Siodmak, Curt

Price: $50.00

Publisher: New York, Triangle Books : 1944

Seller ID: 018644

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

A classic in the horror/speculative fiction field, this one tells the story of a young doctor who has managed to keep a monkey's brain alive after taking it from the creature's skull, leading him to believe that he might be able to do the same with a human brain. When the opportunity arises in the form of a ruthless businessman whose plane crashes near the doctor's mountain cabin, resulting in soon-to-be-fatal injuries, the doctor removes the businessman's brain in order to continue what could be the greatest surgical achievement in human history. But soon enough we have healthy doses of suspe...
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Mind's Eye

By: Skinner, Ainslie

Price: $35.00

Publisher: London, Secker & Warburg : 1980

Seller ID: 019101

ISBN-13: 9780436468308

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good to Very Good

Skinner is the pseudonym of award-winning crime novelist Paula Gosling. A researcher's studies into extra-sensory perception and "its potential as a weapon for espionage and psychological warfare" finds him "trapped between the demands of those who would abuse his discoveries and his own love for a beautiful, vulnerable woman." Black cloth w/gilt spine lettering, 278 pages. Spine cocked, light edgewear, bump to bottom right corner of front cover, previous owner's name (scratched out) to top of front end paper, lightly soiled edges, in clipped dust jacket w/rubbing, impressions, noticeably s...
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Cryptonomicon

By: Stephenson, Neal

Price: $40.00

Publisher: New York, Avon Books : 1999

Seller ID: 019219

ISBN-13: 9780380973460

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good to Fine

A complicated mix of techno-thriller and historical fiction that inevitably ends up in the sf section of most book stores, and will suffer the same fate here in the AFB cyberstacks, mainly because I don't know how else to deal with it (anything else new in the metaverse?) Blind-stamped facsimile signature on black boards w/gilt spine lettering, 918 pages. Light general wear in like dust jacket. This weighs more than the average book, so additional postage may be required.
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DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE, b/w Travels With a Donkey

By: Stevenson, Robert Louis

Price: $45.00

Publisher: New York, Books, Inc.

Seller ID: 019190

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Undated (circa 1945). A classic of horror/fantastic literature, telling the story of a "middle-aged, honorable, respected and skilled" doctor who "designs a potion with which he hopes to release" a being he believes is his repressed self. Evil and criminality ensue. Also included in this edition is the story of Stevenson's hike through southern France in 1878. Black cloth w/gilt spine lettering, 247 pages. Gently bumped corners/spine ends, light tanning, in dust jacket w/edgewear, some chipping to corners/spine ends, several short (3/4" or shorter) edge tears, impressions. Uncommon in a ...
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The Woman Who Couldn't Die

By: Stringer, Arthur

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Indianapolis, The Bobbs-Merrill Company : 1929

Seller ID: 014872

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: About Very Good

Originally serialised in three parts in the Pictorial Review magazine under the title, 'The Blond Woman.' A Viking woman who, almost a thousand years previous, had been abducted and carried across the Atlantic to Canada's frigid Northwest Territories, is reborn as "romance bridges the gulf of time and brings to this year of grace the living presence of the Woman Who Couldn't Die." Black cloth w/gilt lettering/decoration to front cover, gilt spine lettering, 315 pages. Mild wear to corners/spine ends, lightly stained cloth, in lightly edgeworn dust jacket w/mild chipping to corners/spine ends, ...
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Godbody

By: Sturgeon, Theodore

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Donald I. Fine : 1986

Seller ID: 019023

ISBN-13: 9780917657795

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

The last novel by a writer much under-appreciated by the vast majority of modern readers of speculative sf. This edition limited to 350 hand-numbered copies, of which this is #309. Contains an introduction by Robert A. Heinlein, and an afterword by Stephen R. Donaldson (both pieces interesting reading in their own rights). Brick cloth w/gilt spine lettering/facsimile signature, 159 pages, frontispiece photograph of Sturgeon, in brick slipcase w/facsimile signature in gilt. Gently bumped spine ends, what might be (tough to tell for certain) a faint moisture stain to bottom right corner of f...
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Shadowmancer

By: Taylor, G.P.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: London, Faber & Faber : 2003

Seller ID: 014915

ISBN-13: 9780571221998

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: As New

From the rear panel: "This exclusive edition contains the previously unpublished final chapter, revealing what really happened to Raphah, Thomas and Jacob Crane as they sailed away into the sinister arms of the Seloth on board the Magenta./For one of them, there will be no happy ending./A specially commissioned foreword from the author recounts some of the supernatural folklore legend from Whitby in the North Riding that inspired Shadowmancer." Blue cloth w/gilt spine lettering, 308 pages. An unread, collectible copy.
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Category: Science Fiction--Fantasy (hardcover)