Against Fall Night, Signed (16 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: /Very Good-. VG/VG-. black illustrated jacket, dust jacket in archival plastic protector. Book Club edition. Very small creases/chips to edges and spine ends of jacket, very light spine lean/roll, little wear otherwise. *AUTOGRAPHED/SIGNED* by author Gregory Benford on half-title page. Signature obtained in person at the Los Angeles Vintage Paperback Collectors Show on March 20, 2022. Once Read Books, cover scan available - just ask, OnceReadBooks com Orders shipped via USPS. Signed.

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First Edition. Signed inscription from author "To Roger" and dated 1986 to title page. Boards faded w/ extremities rubbed. Edges of text block toned and shelf-worn. Unclipped dustwrapper worn to extremities w/ about 1x1cm loss to spine head. Edges rubbed w/ some small tears including a 1cm tear to front panel near spine head. Book ow/ clean and solid. A lovely signed copy of one of Clarke's early novels. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good ++. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good ++. 1st Edition. SIGNED and inscribed to the title page by Arthur C Clarke - 'To Roger' and dated 1986. THE WRAPPER: the wrapper is bright, complete and unfaded. It shows light bruising to the spine ends and extremities. It is nicked at head of the spine and there is a small blemish at the tail of the spine. The rear panel shows minor handling marks and scuffs. It is unclipped. Looks sharp in protective cover. THE BOOK: The book is tight and smart. The boards are bright, with some bumping at the head and tail of the spine. The pages and closed page edges are clean and unmarked. No spotting. No dog-eared pages. No inscriptions. The binding is tight. Signed by the author to the title page. A bright signed first edition. PayPal Accepted. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine +. 1st Edition. Stated FIRST EDITION. Autographed by Mr. Clarke (signature only) on label laid in.Book is tight,clean, bright (top edge browned) with corners and edges very very slightly rubbed.DJ very bright and powerful with corners and edges very very slightly rubbed.DJ is price clipped.Dust Jacket by Frank Kelly Freas (Gnome spells his name wrong as Frease). Shelf 291. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition [stated]. 223 Pp. Blue Boards. First Printing Of First American Edition. Fine Book [Mere Touch Of Rubbing At Corners Of Spine, No Rubbing To Tips], In A Fine, As-New Dust Jacket. Book And Dj Were Protected By A Tightly Fitting Folding Heavy Plastic Protector, Hence No Wear To Boards Except A Few Small Areas On Ends Of Spine, But There Is A Little Foxing To The Endpapers Opposite Where The Dj Protector Folds Were Taped Together, No Tape Ever On Book Or Dj. Signed By Clarke And Dated By Him "2 Sept '56" For A Long-Time Sf Fan From Whom We Obtained This. Signed By Arthur C. Clarke. Signed by Author(s).

New editions. Octavo, two volumes, cloth. One of 250 numbered copies signed by Robert Silverberg and the artist Bob Eggleton (Against the Fall of Night only signed by Eggleton). This set is copy number 1. New printings of the THE CITY AND THE STARS (1956) and the original version AGAINST THE FALL OF NIGHT (1953). [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-245. Pringle, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels 22. Survey of Science Fiction Literature I, pp. 374-77]. Fine copies in fine dust jackets. (35933).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Frank Kelly Freas (jacket) (illustrator). First Edition; First Printing. New York: Gnome Press Inc.1953. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. This copy has been inscribed and signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Blue boards with purple spine lettering, 223 pages. A Very good copy with scattered light shelf wear, faint scattered top edge foxing in bright attractive very good jacket with a small area of light-colored staining to the lower right corner of the rear panel and dust soiling. See Photos LR 2/3E.

Octavo, boards. First edition. Later expanded and rewritten as THE CITY AND THE STARS (1956), this earlier version is still preferred by many readers. This copy has a brief signed inscription to "Bill" by Kelly Freas, who painted the illustration for the dust jacket. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-245. Survey of Science Fiction Literature I, pp. 374-77. A fine copy in fine price-clipped dust jacket. (#135223). Signed.

First edition. Octavo, boards. Inscribed and signed by Clarke on the front free endpaper. Expanded and rewritten as THE CITY AND THE STARS (1956). This earlier version utilizing the archetypal youth's quest and coming of age theme, a theme lost in the revised version, is still preferred by many readers. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-245. Survey of Science Fiction Literature I, pp. 374-77]. Some tanning to end papers, some rubs to lower board edges, a nearly fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with a 23 mm closed tear to the upper front panel and some very mild shelf wear. (28451).

Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. A fine and tight hardcover copy in fine, clean and bright jacket/brodart covered. Stated First Edition. SIGNED/INSCRIBED BY THE JACKET ILLUSTRATOR KELLY FREAS on front free endpaper. A very nice copy. No bumped corners to book. No tears, no chips to jacket. Rear panel of jacket is clean and bright. Jacket is not priced clipped.

Hard Cover. Condition: BOOK VERY GOOD+. Dust Jacket Condition: JACKET VERY GOOD+. 1st Edition. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on a decorative bookplate. A VERY CLEAN, ATTRACTIVE COPY WITH A BRIGHT, ATTRACTIVE DUSTJACKET IN NEW, GLOSSY BRODART. 1st printing. NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKINGS. Frank Kelly Freas dustjacket art. First printing. One of Clarke's earliest and rarest titles. A handsome, collectible copy! Signed by Author.

Hard Cover. Condition: BOOK NEAR FINE. Dust Jacket Condition: JACKET VERY GOOD+. 1st Edition. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on a decorative bookplate. A VERY CLEAN, ATTRACTIVE COPY WITH A BRIGHT, ATTRACTIVE DUSTJACKET IN NEW, GLOSSY BRODART. 1st printing. NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKINGS. A handsome, collectible copy! Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First edition. A chip at the crown of both the book and the jacket, thus good or a little better in an about very good dust jacket. Inscribed by Arthur C. Clarke to his protégé, one-time secretary, and longtime friend Ian Macauley, who was the dedicatee of his first hardcover novel (*Islands in the Sky*): "To Ian, my favorite American, on appropriately enough the day of the solar eclipse 30 June 56. Arthur." Macauley was an award-winning *New York Times* journalist who also edited Clarke's book of collected essays, *Greetings, Carbon-Based Bipeds!* (2000). Clarke wrote the last chapter of *Childhood's End*, while visiting Macauley in Atlanta in 1952, where he was reportedly greatly influenced by their discussions. A splendid association copy.

First Edition. AGAINST THE FALL OF NIGHT, Gnome Press, 1953, first edition, a tight vg+ copy in a fine full color Frank Kelly Freas dust-wrapper. Signed by the author. The authors first novel begun in 1937.

First Edition. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION AND ASSOCIATION COPY AT TIME OF PUBLICATION AGAINST THE FALL OF NIGHT, Gnome Press, 1953, first edition, some rubbing to bottom board edges, else vg+ in bright near fine dust-wrapper with light wear to the front dust-wrapper flap. This copy INSCRIBED by the author at time of publication to fellow SF writer Wilmar Shiras, "To Wilmar Shiras, With all good wishes from another "Gnome" author. Arthur C. Clarke, New York, 24 June 53." Clarke here references CHILDREN OF THE ATOM, a Gnome Press publication by Shiras. The authors first novel begun in 1937 !!!

First Edition. AGAINST THE FALL OF NIGHT, Gnome Press, 1953, first edition, near fine in fine full color pictorial dust-wrapper. The authors first novel begun in 1937. Signed by the author on a bookplate laid in.