Search Results: Fantasy & Science Fiction from Uncommon Works

New York: Bantam Books, 1986. Book Club Edition; First Thus. Boards. As new/fine. A fine first thus Book Club Edition in a near fine dust jacket. Appears unread. Wine colored paper boards. Code Q28 on page 241. May 1986 on copyright page. 05346 on rear cover. Crease at top edge of jacket. 243 pp. Octavo The novel proposes invasions from alternate Earths in alternate universes. None of these universes are quite like our universe; however, they all have some element or other in common, many of which Pohl develops to satiric effect.In one universe, Nancy Reagan is the President of the United States and her mostly disregarded husband Ronald is known as "The First Gentleman". John F. Kennedy is a Senator from Massachusetts who is married to a woman called Marilyn.In another universe, America's political spectrum has shifted far to the right; Ronald Reagan remained true to his early left-wing politics and is still married to his first wife Jane Wyman.In the past of some… Read More

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1993. Limited Edition. 1/4 cloth. Fine/fine. Exceptionally fine, as new 40th anniversary edition, still sealed from publisher. Signed by Ray Bradbury. One of 500 copies. Fine slipcase & dust jacket. Price sticker and ISBN sticker on plastic wrap only. Photo shows oddly due to shrinkwrap but this is a perfect copy. 190 pp. Octavo.

New York: William Morrow / Harper Collins, 2008. First Edition, First Printing. Glossy pictorial cover. New/new. Douglas Smith. A brand new, stated first edition with complete number line in a perfect, new dust jacket. Perfect. Glossy pictorial boards. Map endpapers. Laid in is a brochure for the Wizard of Oz Museum in fine condition. Price label from Wizard of Oz Museum on back cover. Dust jacket now protected in a clear, removable, archival cover. 312 pp. Octavo, 6 x 10 inches tall. The third book in the Wicked Years series. "Gregory Maguire (born June 9, 1954) is an American novelist. He is the author of Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister, and several dozen other novels for adults and children. Many of Maguire's adult novels are inspired by classic children's stories; Wicked transforms the Wicked Witch of the West from L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its 1939 film adaptation into the misunderstood… Read More

New York: William Morrow / Harper Collins, 2008. First Edition, First Printing. Glossy pictorial cover. Fine/missing. Douglas Smith. A stated first edition with complete number line. Missing dust jacket. Glossy pictorial boards. Map endpapers. 312 pp. Octavo, 6 x 10 inches tall. The third book in the Wicked Years series. "Gregory Maguire (born June 9, 1954) is an American novelist. He is the author of Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister, and several dozen other novels for adults and children. Many of Maguire's adult novels are inspired by classic children's stories; Wicked transforms the Wicked Witch of the West from L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its 1939 film adaptation into the misunderstood green-skinned Elphaba Thropp. The blockbuster Broadway musical Wicked, at its height running nine companies simultaneously around the world, was inspired by Maguire's first adult novel. The musical is the… Read More

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2001. First Trade Edition. Paperback original. Near fine. A near fine softcover, first trade edition after the limited hardcover. Top right corner bumped. Oversize book with photo cover of Frodo and Sting. 119 pp. 8 3/4 x 11 inches tall.

New York: William Morrow / Harper Collins, 2005. First Edition, First Printing. Glossy pictorial cover. New/new. Douglas Smith. A brand new, stated first edition with complete number line in a perfect, new dust jacket. Perfect. Glossy pictorial boards. Map endpapers. Laid in is a brochure for the Wizard of Oz Museum in fine condition. Price label from Wizard of Oz Museum on back cover. Dust jacket now protected in a clear, removable, archival cover. 337 pp. Octavo, 6 x 10 inches tall. The second book in the Wicked Years series. "Gregory Maguire (born June 9, 1954) is an American novelist. He is the author of Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister, and several dozen other novels for adults and children. Many of Maguire's adult novels are inspired by classic children's stories; Wicked transforms the Wicked Witch of the West from L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its 1939 film adaptation into the misunderstood… Read More

New York: Harper & Row, 1977. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Fine/fine. Leo & Diane Dillon. A fine, signed (by author) first edition in an unclipped and very near fine dust jacket. Brown paper boards over russet buckram quarter cloth. Dust jacket showing wear at crown. 262 pp. Octavo. A remarkable compendium of diverse short fiction by the acclaimed author ranges from satire to horror in such tales as "Croatoan," "The New York Review of Birds," and "Working with the Little People," and features such unusual characters as Dr. D'arque Angel who brings death to her patients. Each story is prefaced with a personal essay by Mr. Ellison.

New York: Little, Brown & Company, 2008. First Edition. Glossy pictorial cover. Fine. A very near fine first edition soft cover. Glossy pictorial cover. Mild shelfwear at the tail of the spine. Pages are clean and bright, filled with pictures from the set of the movie.142 pp. 7 1/2 x 10 3/4 inches tall, quarto. Designed as a celebration of the film, this lavishly illustrated paperback edition is an exclusive behind-the-scenes guide featuring full-colour photos of the cast, locations and sets, as well as storyboards, interviews, details of the special effects and much more." --Toppsta