Over 400,000 words. More than 1,000 pages, including nine novellas, unpublished teleplays, rare, never before collected short stories, and a small volume's worth of introductions and commentary. Each of the more than 30 stories will feature a full-page black and white illustration commissioned especially for this volume by Tim Truman, Mark A. Nelson, Janet Aulisio, Ron Brown and other fine artists. Lettered: 52 signed leatherbound copies, housed in a handcrafted traycase, with original art not in the Limited or Trade editions This is copy ZZ.
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Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Octavo, cloth. "This massive collection brings together nearly 1,300 pages of Martin's short fiction and covers his entire career . A superb collection." - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-712. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#172566). Seller Inventory # 172566
Seller: Pulpfiction Books, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Subterranean edition, first printing. Near Fine+ oversize hardback, trace soiling to base of text block, in a Fine+ unclipped dust jacket protected in a Brodart. Heavy oversize book will require a variable shipping surcharge based on its final destination. Seller Inventory # 014390
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Seller: BOOK'EM, LLC, Port Orchard, WA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st edition stated. Due to size and weight of book, no expedited shipping or shipping outside of the U.S. Book is in excellent condition. Dust jacket has a mylar covering. Seller Inventory # 9957566
Seller: DogStar Books, Lancaster, PA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. B & W drawings and Art work; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 1279 pages; [SIGNED] 2003 Subterranean Press. Very stout HC/DJ 1st trade edition. Signed by Martin on the title page. Tightly bound unread copy in crisp edged and uniformly bright color pictorial dust jacket with publisher's $40 issue price intact to unclipped front flap; oval red and white "Signed Copy" sticker to front jacket panel. With an Introduction by Gardner Dozois and with b&w illustrations scattered throughout by a number of different artists. About as new. NF/NF or better. . Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping. ; Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 55893
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Crestline, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Stated first edition hardcover inscribed by Martin to the title page. Spine ends faintly tapped else fine condition in like DJ in mylar. ; Limited Edition; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 1279 pages; Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 50058
Seller: Cross Genre Books, WEST LINN, OR, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Phil Parks, dj art (illustrator). First Edition. Signed by the Author(s). The dust jacket is unclipped ($40.00). First Edition Stated. The book is signed by the author on the title page. Seller Inventory # 008721
Seller: Basically SF Books, Salem, OR, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. Phil Parks (illustrator). first edition. Signed first edition in fine condition. Signed and inscribed on the half title page by the author to a named recipient: To (name) All Good Wishes (signature). Dust jacket is now in new removable protective cover. Yellow cloth covered boards with black print on the spine. Green end papers. This is the deluxe hardcover edition, which was issued unsigned. Profusely illustrated. Subterranean Press hard cover with dust jacket, first edition (stated) 2003, ISBN: 9781931081900, 1283 pages, cover art by Phil Parks. 8vo (6.25" x 9.25") Due to this item's price, it will ship with signature confirmation. Each of the more than 30 stories features a full-page black and white illustration commissioned especially for this volume by Tim Truman, Mark A. Nelson, Janet Aulisio, Ron Brown and other fine artists. Contents: Introduction; A Four-Color Fanboy (essay); Only Kids Are Afraid of the Dark; The Fortress; And Death His Legacy; The Filthy Pro (essay); The Hero; The Exit to San Breta; The Second Kind of Loneliness; With Morning Comes Mistfall (2nd place, 1974 Hugo Award); The Light of Distant Stars (essay); A Song for Lya (winner, 1975 Hugo); This Tower of Ashes; And Seven Times Never Kill Man (3rd place, 1976 Hugo); The Stone City; Bitterblooms; The Way of Cross and Dragon (winner, 1980 Hugo, Locus); The Heirs of Turtle Castle (essay); The Lonely Songs of Laren Dorr; The Ice Dragon; In the Lost Lands; Hybrids and Horrors (essay); Meathouse Man; Remembering Melody; Sandkings (winner, 1980 Hugo, Locus, Nebula); Nightflyers (winner, 1980 Analog, 1981 Locus, 1983 Seiun awards); The Monkey Treatment (winner, 1984 Locus, 2nd place Hugo); The Pear-Shaped Man (winner, 1988 Stoker award); A Taste of Tuf (essay); A Beast for Norn (original version); Guardians (winner, 1982 Locus, 2nd place Hugo); The Siren Song of Hollywood (essay); The Road Less Travelled (Twilight Zone teleplay); DOORWAYS pilot/ first draft (unproduced teleplay); Doing the Wild Card Shuffle (essay); Shell Games; The Journal of Xavier Desmond; The Heart in Conflict (essay) Bat Durston, the Bard, and Me (speech); Under Siege; The Skin Trade (winner, 1989 World Fantasy Award); Unsound Variations (3rd place, 1983 Hugo); The Glass Flower; The Hedge Knight; Portraits of His Children (winner, 1986 Nebula; 2nd place Hugo). Bibliography. Seller Inventory # 102020209781931081900clr
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Octavo, cloth. A presentation copy with signed inscription by Martin to David G. Hartwell, a friend and one of his editors on the title page: "To Dave, / Who was / there at the / first TorCon / With warm / Regards / George R. R. Martin / TorCon 3." "This massive collection brings together nearly 1,300 pages of Martin's short fiction and covers his entire career . A superb collection." - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-712. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#160650). Signed. Seller Inventory # 160650