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THE YEAR'S BEST SCIENCE FICTION: Fifteenth (15th) Annual Collection.
Edition: Book club edition.
New York: St Martin's, (1998.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - One of the best and most significant anthologies of modern science fiction, with works by established prize-winning writers and newcomers to the field. Includes stories by Stephen Baxter, Alistair Reynolds, Nancy Kress, Robert Silverberg, Carolyn Ives Gilman, James Patrick Kelly, Goeffrey A. Landis, Paul J. McAuley, Robert Reed, Williams Sanders, Howard Waldrop, Gregory Benford, Greg Egan, and others, along with the editor's annual summary of the year - 1997 - and his list of Honorable Mentions. Cover advertises 'more than 250,000 words of fantastic fiction'. SIGNED by FOUR authors at their stories: Nancy Kress, G; David Nordley, Michael Swanwick and Gregory Benford at "A Cold Dry Cradle." 623 pp. Cover art by John Foster. ISBN: 0-312-187793.
Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket.
Book ID: 57127More details Price: $40.00 -
THE YEAR'S BEST SCIENCE FICTION: Thirteenth (13th) Annual Collection.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover.
New York: St Martin's, (1996.). SIGNED first edition - One of the best and most significant anthologies of modern science fiction, with works by established prize-winning writers and newcomers to the field. SIGNED by FOUR authors: Joe Haldeman, Pat Cadigan, Michael Swanwick and Nancy Kress at their stories. Also included in this volume are stories by Dan Simmons, Ian R. MacLeod, Terry Bisson, John Kessel, Allen Steele, Robert Reed, Greg Egan, Nancy Kress, Ursula LeGuin, John Patrick Kelly and others, along with the editor's annual summary of the year - 1995 - and his list of Honorable Mentions. Cover advertises 'more than 250,000 words of fantastic fiction'. 592 pp. Cover art by Bob Eggleton. ISBN: 0-312-132212.
Condition: Near fine in illustrated wrappers (one crease on spine, minor wear to covers, overall tight and clean.)
Book ID: 64458More details Price: $45.00 -
THE YEAR'S BEST SCIENCE FICTION: Twelfth (12th) Annual Collection.
Edition: Book club edition.
New York: St Martin's, (1995.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - One of the best and most significant anthologies of modern science fiction, with works by established prize-winning writers and newcomers to the field. SIGNED by FOUR authors at their stories: Nancy Kress, Joe Haldeman, Pat Cadigan and Mike Resnick Includes stories by Robert Reed, Lisa Goldstein, Michael Flynn, Katherine Kerr. Walter Jon Williams, Terry Bisson, Greg Egan, Pat Cadigan, Nancy Kress, Joe Haldeman, Ursula LeGuin and others, along with the editor's annual summary of the year - 1994 - and his list of Honorable Mentions. Dustjacket advertises 'more than 250,000 words of fantastic fiction'. 697 pp. ISBN: 0-312-132220.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 56030More details Price: $45.00 -
THE YEAR'S BEST SCIENCE FICTION: Twelfth (12th) Annual Collection.
Edition: Book club edition.
New York: St Martin's, (1995.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - One of the best and most significant anthologies of modern science fiction, with works by established prize-winning writers and newcomers to the field. SIGNED on the title page by Dozois, and also SIGNED by THREE authors at their stories: Robert Reed, Lisa Goldstein and Nancy Kress. Included in this volume are stories by Walter Jon Williams, Mike Resnick, Greg Egan, Pat Cadigan, Nancy Kress, Joe Haldeman, Ursula LeGuin and others, along with the editor's annual summary of the year - 1994 - and his list of Honorable Mentions. Dustjacket advertises 'more than 250,000 words of fantastic fiction'. 697 pp. ISBN: 0-312-132220.
Condition: Good only in a very good dust jacket (dampness and crinkling to lower corner of textblock.).
Book ID: 42005More details Price: $28.00 -
THE YEAR'S BEST SCIENCE FICTION: Ninth (9th) Annual Collection.
Edition: Book club edition.
Condition: Near fine in a very good dust jacket (short closed tear to back cover of dj.).
Book ID: 41608More details Price: $35.00 -
THE YEAR'S BEST SCIENCE FICTION: Fifth (5th) Annual Collection.
Edition: First printing, a large trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover.
New York: St Martin's, 1988. SIGNED first edition - Massive book - on the cover it says more than 250,000 words of fantastic fiction. SIGNED by THREE authors at their stories: Pat Cadigan, Kim Stanley Robinson and James Patrick Kelly at their stories. Also includes stories by Michael Bishop, Orson Scott Card, Ursula Le Guin, Pat Murphy, Kim Stanley Robinson, Lucius Shepard, Robert Silverberg, Kate Wilhelm, Gene Wolfe, Octavia Butler, Bruce Sterling, Karen Joy Fowler, Walter Jon Williams and more. xxv, 678 pp. Surprisingly uncommon in any format. ISBN: 0-312-018541.
Condition: Very good condition (minor creasing to spine and light soiling to edge of textblock, but overall a tight copy.)
Book ID: 40654More details Price: $75.00 -
THE YEAR'S BEST SCIENCE FICTION: Twentieth (20th) Annual Collection.
Edition: Book club edition.
New York: St Martin's, (2003.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - Thick book - on the cover it says more than 300,000 words of fantastic fiction. Includes stories by Ian R. MacLeod, Nancy Kress, Greg Egan, Maureen F. McHugh, Robert Reed, Paul McAuley, Michael Swanwick, Robert Silverberg, Charles Stross, John Kessel, Gregory Benford, Molly Gloss, Kage Baker, Alistair Reynolds and many others, as well as a summary of the year and a recommended reading list. Winner of the 2002 Locus Award for Best Anthology. SIGNED on the title page by Gardner Dozois and by SIX authors at their contributions: Gregory Benford, Nancy Kress, Michael Swanwick, Robert Reed, Alastair Reynolds and Ian MacDonald. xlvi, 797 pp. ISBN: 0-312-308590.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 46285More details Price: $45.00 -
THE YEAR'S BEST SCIENCE FICTION: Sixth (6th) Annual Collection.
Edition: Book club edition.
Condition: Very good in a very good dustjacket (short closed tear to lower edge of dj)
Book ID: 62834More details Price: $50.00 -
THE YEAR'S BEST SCIENCE FICTION: Twenty-second (22nd) Annual Collection.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover.
New York: St Martin's, (2004.). SIGNED first edition - Thick book - on the cover it says more than 300,000 words of fantastic fiction. SIGNED by TWO authors at their stories: Terry Bisson at "Scout's Honor" and Paolo Bacigalupi at "The People of Sand and Slag." Also includes stories by Vernor Vinge, Kage Baker, Stephen Baxter, Brendan DuBois, Robert Reed, Michael Flynn, Paul di Fillippo, Walter Jon Williams, Pat Murphy and others, as well as a summary of the year and a recommended reading list. xl, 663 pp. ISBN: 0-312-336608.
Condition: Good+ condition overall (usual toning to the pages, edges of covers curling)
Book ID: 56593More details Price: $35.00 -
THE YEAR'S BEST SCIENCE FICTION: Twenty-first (21st) Annual Collection.
Edition: Book club edition.
New York: St Martin's, (2004.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - Thick book - on the cover it says more than 300,000 words of fantastic fiction. Includes stories by Robert Reed, Nancy Kress, Kristine Katherine Rusch, Michael Swanwick, Harry Turtledove, John Patrick Kelly, Paolo Bacigalupi, Vernor Vinge, Charles Stross, John Kessel, Molly Gloss, Kage Baker, Paul di Fillippo, Walter Jon Williams, Terry Bisson and others, as well as a summary of the year and a recommended reading list. SIGNED by THREE authors at their stories: Paolo Bacigalupi at "The Fluted Girl," Terry Bisson at his story "Dear Abbey" (as in Edward Abbey) and Harry Turtledove at "Joe Steele" (which became the basis of his 2015 novel of the same title) 776 pp. ISBN: 0-312-324782.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 56029More details Price: $50.00 -
GIRLS' NIGHT OUT: Twenty-nine Female Vampire Stories.
Edition: First thus.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 47581More details Price: $35.00 -
MCSWEENEY'S 15.
Edition: First printing.
San Francisco: McSweeney's, (2004). SIGNED hardcover first edition - Number fifteen in McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, a hardcover series of books which rank among the most creatively designed and published of the early 21st century. Stories by Steve Milhouser, Roddy Doyle, Jimmy Hen, Eric Hanson, Padgett Powell Benjain Rosenbaum and more. Includes a special section on Icelandic Fiction with contributions from Birna Anna Bjornsdottir, Sjon, Gyroir Eliasson, Bragi Olafsson, Einar Marguomundsson, Hallgrimur Helgason, Porarinn Eldjorn, Guobergur Brgsson, Oddny Sturludottir, Silj Hauksdotir, Andri Snoer Magnason. SIGNED by Eggers at the bottom of the copyright page. Notes on contributors. 305 pp. ISBN: 1-932416145.
Condition: Very near fine in gold and illustrated boards (does not have the bonus map).
Book ID: 86860More details Price: $40.00 -
THE BEST AMERICAN NONREQUIRED READING 2009.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback.
New York & Boston: Houghton Mifflin / Mariner Books, 2009. SIGNED first edition - An anthology which highlights the "very best of this year's fiction, nonfiction, alternative comics, screenplys, blogs and more." Introduction by Marjane Satrapi. Contributors include Denis Johnson, Nathan Englander, Eula Bliss, Yannick Murphy, Matthew Power, Jonathan Franzen, Philip Connors, Rebecca Makkai and more. Illustrated. SIGNED by TWO authors at their contributions - Makkai at "The Briefcase" and Philip Connors at "Diary of a Fire Lookout." (preceded his first book on being a fire lookout) Notes on contributors. 413 pp. ISBN: 978-0547241609.
Condition: Near fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 68945More details Price: $30.00 -
MCSWEENEY'S 15.
Edition: First printing.
San Francisco: McSweeney's, (2004). SIGNED hardcover first edition - Number fifteen in McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, a hardcover series of books which rank among the most creatively designed and published of the early 21st century. Stories by Steve Milhouser, Roddy Doyle, Jimmy Hen, Eric Hansonm, Padgett Powell Benjain Rosenbaum and more. Includes a special section on Icelandic Fiction with contributions from Birna Anna Bjornsdottir, Sjon, Gyroir Eliasson, Bragi Olafsson, Einar Marguomundsson, Hallgrimur Helgason, Porarinn Eldjorn, Guobergur Brgsson, Oddny Sturludottir, Silj Hauksdotir, Andri Snoer Magnason. SIGNED by TWO authors - by Eggers at the bottom of the copyright page and Sjon at "Fridrick and the Eejit." Notes on contributors. 305 pp. ISBN: 1-932416145.
Condition: Very near fine in gold and illustrated boards (does not have the bonus map).
Book ID: 72610More details Price: $60.00 -
SEX FOR AMERICA: Politically Inspired Erotica.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: HarperPerennial, 2008. SIGNED first edition - A collection of 25 short stories, cartoons and illustrations centered around sex and politics. Contributors include Steve Almond, Jonathan Ames, Charlie Anders, Jami Attenberg, Nick Flynn, James Frey, Avital Gad-Cykman, Daphne Gottlieb, Liz Henry, Keith Knight, Tsaurah Litzky, Lydia Millet, Mistress Morgana, Rick Moody, Vanessa Norton, Susan O'Doherty, Eric Orner, Peter Orner, Michelle Richmond, Jerry Stahl, Anthony Swofford, Michelle Tea, and Alison Tyle. SIGNED by THREE authors: by the editor Stephen Elliott on the title page, and signed by Lydia Millet at her story "Desert Shield" and by Charlie Jane Anders at "Transfixed, Helpless and Out of Control." Illustrated. Notes on contributors. xiii, 270 pp
Condition: Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (stray ink line on outside edge of textblock).
Book ID: 74996More details Price: $38.50 -
SEX FOR AMERICA: Politically Inspired Erotica.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: HarperPerennial, 2008. SIGNED first edition - A collection of 25 short stories, cartoons and illustrations centered around sex and politics. Contributors include Steve Almond, Jonathan Ames, Charlie Anders, Jami Attenberg, Nick Flynn, James Frey, Avital Gad-Cykman, Daphne Gottlieb, Liz Henry, Keith Knight, Tsaurah Litzky, Lydia Millet, Mistress Morgana, Rick Moody, Vanessa Norton, Susan O'Doherty, Eric Orner, Peter Orner, Michelle Richmond, Jerry Stahl, Anthony Swofford, Michelle Tea, and Alison Tyle. SIGNED by THREE authors: inscribed by the editor Stephen Elliott on the title page, and signed by Lydia Millet at her story "Desert Shield" and by Charlie Jane Anders at "Transfixed, Helpless and Out of Control." Illustrated. Notes on contributors. xiii, 270 pp
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 72380More details Price: $40.00 -
HOME PLACES. Contemporary Native American Writing from Sun Tracks (Vol. 31)
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover.
Tucson: University of Arizona Press, (1995.). First edition - From the coverj: 'the creative wellspring of American Indian culture is well represented in this anthology, a compilation of stories, songs, poems and other writings taken from 25 years of Sun Tracks: An American Indian Literary Series.' ' Also includes contributions from 18 other writers, including N. Scott Momaday, Elizabeth Woody, Linda Hogan, Wendy Rose, Luci Tapahonso, Simon J. Ortiz, Nora Naranjo-Morse, Ofelia Zepeda, Felipe S. Molina and others. Includes a brief history of Sun Tracks and a checklist by Larry Evers covering all of the previous volumes in the series and notes on the contributors to this book. Published primarily as a trade paperback original, with a relatively small cloth issue. 97 pp. ISBN: 0-8165-15212.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 87822More details Price: $17.50 -
THE BEST FROM FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION: 23rd Series.
Edition: First printing.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1980. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Includes stories by Damon Knight, Joanna Russ, Edward Bryant, Jane Yolen and more. SIGNED by Samuel R. Delany at his story "Prismatica." 273 pp. ISBN: 0-385-152256.
Condition: Very good in very near fine dust jacket (light remainder spray, some foxing to edges of textblock).
Book ID: 86894More details Price: $45.00 -
CALIFORNIA SHORTS.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, not issued in hardcover.
Berkeley, CA: Heyday Books, (1999.). SIGNED first edition - Collection of 22 short stories about California as it is now. SIGNED by TWO authors: T. C. Boyle at his story "Sitting on Top of the World" and by Greg Sarris at "The Magic Pony." Other contributors include Alice Adams, Michelle Cliff, Dagoberto Gilb, Laura Kalpakian, Roy Parvin, and more. Author biographies. 339 pp. ISBN: 189077118X.
Condition: Very near fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 54553More details Price: $28.50 -
STALKERS.
Edition: First thus- a trade paperback.
Condition: Good condition (usual toning to the pages, some spotting to the margins of a few pages).
Book ID: 32169More details Price: $40.00 -
THE BEST AMERICAN ESSAYS 2002.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2002. SIGNED first edition - SIGNED by TWO authors: Bernard Cooper at his essay "Winner Take Nothing" about his relationship with his father after he won the Hemingway award and Barbara Ehrenreich at "Welcome to Cancerland." Includes contributions by Jacques Barzun, Sebastian Junger, Darryl Pinckney, Richard Price, Gore Vidal, Mario Vargas Llosa and others. Introduction by Gould and brief biographies of the contributors. 376 pp. ISBN: 0-89919-9283.
Condition: Very near fine.
Book ID: 62975More details Price: $30.00 -
THE BEST AMERICAN MYSTERY STORIES 1998.
Edition: Book club edition.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1998. dj. SIGNED hardcover - Second in this series of anthologies, and fairly uncommon in hardcover. SIGNED by FOUR authors: by Sue Grafton on the title page and by John Lescroart, Joyce Carol Oates and Walter Mosley. Also includes stories by Mary Higgins Clark, Lawrence Block, Margaret Maron, Donald Westlake, John Lutz, Peter Robinson, Jay McInerney, Stuart Kaminsky, David Ballard, Steve Yarbrough and others. Foreword by series editor Otto Penzler and introduction by Grafton. Also includes notes on the contributors and a list of other distinguished stories of the year. xix, 345 pp. ISBN: 0-395-835860.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 55657More details Price: $60.00 -
THE BEST AMERICAN MYSTERY STORIES 1998.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1998. SIGNED - Second in this series of anthologies Includes stories by Mary Higgins Clark, Lawrence Block, Margaret Maron, Donald Westlake, John Lutz, Walter Mosley, Peter Robinson, Jay McInerney, Joyce Carol Oates, Stuart Kaminsky, David Ballard, Steve Yarbrough, John Lescroart and others. SIGNED on the title page by series editor Otto Penzler and introduction by Grafton. Also includes notes on the contributors and a list of other distinguished stories of the year. xix, 345 pp. ISBN: 0-395-835852.
Condition: Near fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 76842More details Price: $17.50 -
SHADOWS 8.
Edition: First printing.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1985. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An original anthology containing 17 stories with an introduction by Grant. SIGNED and dated by Yarbro at her short story 'Do I Dare to Eat a Peach' and by Nina Kiriki Hoffman at her story 'The Shadow of the Hawk.' Other stories include The Blind Man by Jessica Amanda Salmonson; A Demon in Rosewood by Sharon Webb; Blood Gothic by Nancy Holder; Everything's Going to Be All Right by Gene DeWeese; Cycles by Kim Antieau; The Tuckahoe by Nancy Etchemendy; Between the Windows of the Sea by Jack Dann; The Battering by Steve Rasnic Tem; Toy by Bill Pronzini; The Man Who Loved Water by Craig Shaw Gardner; Sand by Alan Ryan; and more. ISBN: 0-385-19823x.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (remainder spray bottom edge.)
Book ID: 22385More details Price: $35.00 -
SHADOWS 8.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (light remainder spray bottom edge.)
Book ID: 62519More details Price: $40.00 -
SHADOWS 6 (Six.)
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket. Laid in is a promotional card also SIGNED by Morrell.
Book ID: 52115More details Price: $50.00 -
SHADOWS 6 (Six.)
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Ex-library with the usual markings, but overall tight and clean in a near fine and unmarked dust jacket.
Book ID: 57149More details Price: $25.00 -
SHADOWS 8.
Edition: First printing.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1985. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An original anthology containing 17 stories with an introduction by Grant. SIGNED by Nina Kiriki Hoffman at her story 'The Shadow of the Hawk.' Other stories include Do I Dare to Eat a Peach' by Yarbro, The Blind Man by Jessica Amanda Salmonson; A Demon in Rosewood by Sharon Webb; Blood Gothic by Nancy Holder; Everything's Going to Be All Right by Gene DeWeese; Cycles by Kim Antieau; The Tuckahoe by Nancy Etchemendy; Between the Windows of the Sea by Jack Dann; The Battering by Steve Rasnic Tem; Toy by Bill Pronzini; The Man Who Loved Water by Craig Shaw Gardner; Sand by Alan Ryan; and more. ISBN: 0-385-19823x.
Condition: Ex-library with markings and significant reading wear, in a good unmarked dust jacket (some discoloration to the edge of the front cover and front flap of dj.)
Book ID: 56490More details Price: $15.00 -
SHADOWS 3 (Three.)
Edition: First printing.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1980. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An anthology with 12 "fascinating and original stories of the macabre and bizarre" SIGNED by William Nolan at his story "The Partnership." Also includes stories by Davis Grubb, Ray Russell, Chelsea Quinn Yarbo, Pat Murphy and more. Edited and with an introduction by Charles Grant. ix 211 pp. ISBN: 0-385-157770.
Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket (a bit of rubbing to the dj)
Book ID: 83296More details Price: $31.50 -
EMERALD MAGIC: Great Tales of Irish Fantasy.
Edition: First printing.
New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (2004.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - SIGNED by THREE authors - Charles De Lint at his story "The Butter Spirit's Tithe" ; Jacqueline Carey at "Isle of Women" and L. E. Modesitt, Jr, at "The Swan Pilot." Also includes stories by Jane Lindskold, Ray Bradbury, Jane Yolen, Judith Tarr, Cecilia Dart-Thornton, Morgan Llewelyn, Tanith Lee, Elizabeth Hayden and others. Notes about the authors. 364 pp. ISBN: 0-7653-05046.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (name on front endpaper.)
Book ID: 57330More details Price: $45.00