Avernus (61 results)

Paperback. Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

HARDCOVER. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Limited 1st Edition. Octavo hardcover with blue cloth boards; 106 pp. Signed by author on FFEP. Limited edition copy of 100 cc. One color illustration. Tight binding, clean throughout. Fine. DJ: Blue jacket in Mylar. Very mild edge wear. Very Good+. An AVERNUS Original. "This book is printed for a private celebration, the birthday of a friend. It is limited to 100 copies.". Signed. …

Condition: Very Good. Avernus 1988 First Edition First Printing Trade Issue (Paper) Centre-stapled paper booklet - pages lightly browned Poetry, illustrations and a short story, created 3rd June 1988 and isued with Interzone 38. Book.

Trade. Condition: Fine. 1st pr. SIGNED by Brian Aldiss on the title page, and also on Larry Ashmead's page, where BA has written a fond in scription to LA, who has also signed it, and written back. Book is square, solid, and unread. When you receive this book youll feel as though youve received a postcard from the Ringworld, a snow globe from Tran-Ky-Ky, or or a one-week guided tour of Trantor -- TRANSPORTED! In protective archival bag. Signed by Author(s).…

HARDCOVER. Condition: FINE. NEAR FINE+. LIMITED EDITION. LONDON: AVERNUS, 1991. LIMITED EDITION. FINE/NEAR FINE+. LONDON: AVERNUS, 1991. LIMITED EDITION. FINE/NEAR FINE+. LONDON: AVERNUS, 1991. LIMITED EDITION. FINE/NEAR FINE+. LONDON: AVERNUS, 1991. LIMITED EDITION. FINE/NEAR FINE+. Avernus: London, 1991. Hardcover. First edition (& 1st printing). Collects four stories, two poems and a letter to Sam J. Lundwall (on the subject of bowel movement). Very limited hardcover, just one hundred copies printed, as stated: ''This book is printed for a private celebration, the birthday of a friend. It is limited to 100 copies''. Fine copy in an a NF+ dustjacket, not remaindered or bookclub or library, mylar cover, unclipped jacket, unmarked, appears unread or lightly read. …

Trade paperback original. Condition: Fine (as new) copy. First edition (& 1st printing). Stories and poetry: new introduction by Robert Holdstock. 160 pages: much expanded from the 12-page Collector's Programme issued a year earlier to accompany the author's tour with Ken Campbell. Short stories, poetry and ''The Night of the Talking Dog'' by Campbell and Petronilla Whitfield. …

Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Signed by Aldiss. Collection edited by Frank Hatherley, including the full script of "Science Fiction Blues," three previously unpublished stories, "Traveller, Traveller, Seek Your Wife in the Forests of This Life," "The Ascent of Humbelstein" and "Those Shouting Nights," eleven poems, foreword by Aldiss and introduction by Robert Holdstock. A fine copy. (#112141). Signed.…

Softcover. Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. Small quarto, 126pp. About fine in the publisher's printed wraps, which are just a tinge curled. One of an unstated limited number of copies printed. Several major literary figures, including Kingsley Amis, Michael Moorcock, Frederik Pohl, and several others are among the contributors.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. Limited First Edition. DJ is lightly rubbed. ; Inscribed by the author (signed with first name) on the title page. Limited to 100 copies. ; "Stories, poems, and a letter on the subject of bowel movement addressed to Sam J. Lundwall on the occasion of his birthday February 24th, A. D. 1991.".…

dj. First Edition. Signed First Edition. Near Fine book in a Very Good dust jacket. Signed.

Paperback. fine chapbook, rear cover slightly creased 1st edition, very scarce, an illustrated short story.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Good+ condition vintage sci-fi booklet with stapled binding. Created in 1988 by Brian Aldiss. The booklet is tanned but unmarked. Typewritten text. Beautiful black and white illustrations.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine copy in a VG+ dustjacket. First edition (& 1st printing). Collects four stories, two poems and a letter to Sam J. Lundwall (on the subject of bowel movement). LIMITED EDITION: one hundred copies printed, as stated: ''This book is printed for a private celebration, the birthday of a friend. It is limited to 100 copies''. The only edition published of this book.…

Stapled wrappers. Condition: Fine (as new) copy. First edition (& 1st printing). 12-page Collector's Programme of the ''show that he took on the road'', a tour with Ken Campbell and Petronilla Whitfield: ''contains three unpublished Aldiss short stories'' and a short appreciation by Ken Campbell. Plus several poems. Not to be confused with the collection SCIENCE FICTION BLUES issued as a trade paperback by Avernus the following year, which is a substantial expansion of the same material. …

Stapled wrappers. Condition: Fine (as new) copy. First edition (& 1st printing). 28 page booklet. Short play, subtitled 'Philip K. Dick In The Afterlife: An Imaginary Conversation', first performed at the PKD Celebration one day Convention held in the UK in 1991.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine copy in VG dustjacket. First edition (& 1st printing). Collects four stories, two poems and a letter to Sam J. Lundwall (on the subject of bowel movement). LIMITED EDITION: one hundred copies printed, as stated: ''This book is printed for a private celebration, the birthday of a friend. It is limited to 100 copies''. The only edition published of this book. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Signed.…

HARDCOVER. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st thus. Small octavo hc w/jacket in mylar, 669pp, signed by McDevitt, tight binding, clean throughout, clean boards with sharp corners, Fine. Jacket is clean, colorful and attractive, Fine. Signed.

Condition: Good. Light wear to the softcover. Foxed textblock edge. Content is in very good, clean condition. Signed & dated by Brian Aldiss on the half title page.

Condition: Good. Light wear to the softcover. Foxed textblock edge. Content is in very good, clean condition. Various signatures on the title page including Brian Aldiss.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Limited. Signed and numbered limited editon of 250 copies, this being 153. At the back of the book, tucked under the rear flap is a unique souvenir from Aldiss also signed and dated. This one has a Times Obituary for Richard Elllmaan, signed and dated by Aldiss. All 250 copies had a different souvenir. this special edition contains six extra chapters not found in the Hodder trade edition. A fascinating account of Aldiss' working life. Fine in a Fine d/w.…

Soft cover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. Limited edition of 100 copies. This was Brian Aldiss' copy and therefore un-numbered. ''This book is printed for a private celebration, the birthday of a friend. This copy is from the author's own library, with a white printed label pasted in, stating, ''This book was a personal copy of the author Brian W. Aldiss, part of his effects at his home at the time of his death in August 2017. Wendy Aldiss, Literary Executor Brian Aldiss Estate''. Fine copy in purple wraps as issued.…

Soft cover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. Scarce title and the first Brian Aldiss book under the Avernus imprint. Also, with the book is 'The Collector's Programme with 3 new unpublished Aldiss stories. Scarce. A copy of Aldiss' original manuscript one page itinerary for the evening is also added. Written out like a Band would write the order of their songs. In October 1987 Brian Aldiss took to the road with a theatrical selection of his best stories and fantastic, mind wrenching speculations. The critic in Matrix called SCIENCE FICTION BLUES possibly the best piece of SF theatre Ive seen. In his Introduction to this books Robert Holdstock recalls an evening of splendidly visual special effects all done by words that managed to indulge all the sense, all the moods . . . The feeling was one of something very special. Publication was timed to coincide with the 1988 World Fantasy Convention, at which an abridged version of the programme was performed. This is a very happy book, with photographs of the performers. All items in Fine condition. …

Cloth Bound Boards. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Limited Edition. 1991 first edition. Limited edition, only one hundred copies were printed. Signed by Author. Size octavo, 8.5" tall, 106 pages. Blue cloth covered boards, plain spine, with the dust jacket. Book condition near fine, gift inscription on the half-title otherwise fine, a very clean copy. Dust jacket condition very good plus, slight rub to the corners, edges and folds, spine very slightly sunned, not price clipped. Inscribed by the Author on the title page; "To Andrew - Best Regards Brian W Aldiss". Inscribed by Author(s).…

Condition: Very Good. Light wear to the softcover. Faint marks to the edges of the textblock, foxing to the top edge. Content is in very good, clean condition. Signed dedication on the title page by Brian Aldiss.

First edition. Softcover book in fine condition.

Condition: gut. Sprache: English Paperback ,signed by Aldiss with a dedication to "Rosemary" (Jeschke).

Stapled Softcover Wraps. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Softcover original. A short play, first performed at a Philip K. Dick celebration in Essex in1991. Authors signature to front cover. Slight browning to covers. Pages are clean and unmarked. First printing. Signed by Author(s).

Pb., 160 S., ill., englisch. Full text of the theatrical/poetry show, Account of the tour by Aldiss. Extra items from the editor s original selection 3 new Aldiss short stories, collection of Aldiss SF poetry. Vom Autor signiert.