Bug Jack Barron, First Edition (27 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. The book is in good readable condition. There is no visible writing on the pages. The binding is tight. Some spine creasing and cover wear. Slight spine lean.

New York: Berkley:, 1983. First printing, Paperback, Near Fine, 312 pp. Clean, straight, tight and crease-free with price stamped on first page and with modest toning to extremities of interior. First printing, Paperback, Near Fine,

Paperback. Condition: Good. Rubbing to the front panel and a small sticker pull. first avon printing. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Near fine unread small chip and crease.

Trade paperback original. First edition thus (& 1st printing). Classic ''British New Wave'' sf novel (though written by an American), serialised - with several issues ''banned'' - in the Moorcock-edited large-size New Worlds and first published in 1969. New six-page afterword by Michael Moorcock. Fine (unread) copy.

Condition: Fair. 1972. First Edition Thus. 286 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Binding remains firm. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Water staining to some page edges, text remains unaffected. Paper cover has mild edgewear with curling to corners. Creasing to spine.

Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st UK Edition. VG, Shelfwear, bump, foxing, light browning/VG, Edgewear, creases, small internal stain. Science fiction. Jacket design by Hipgnosis. Expanded condition report/scan on request.

first edition 327pp VG+ (black cloth,content edges v.sl.soiled) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed w.sl.wear to extrems.).

first uk edition 327pp VG+ (black cloth sl.sunned,sl.foxing to eps and edges) in VG+ d/w (sl.soiled w.sl.bumps and minor creasing to extrems.).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. VG original charcoal cloth, in VG slightly edgeworn DW, protected in Brodart sleeve. Cover art by Storm Thorgerson & Aubrey Powell's Hipgnosis.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Signed by Spinrad at the title page. This is the first appearance in book format; previously serialized in New Worlds magazine from December 1967 - October 1968. Blue boards with black spine titling, lightly toned to spine and to top and bottom margins of front and back panels, one small stain to front. Slight forward spine tilt. Binding sound. Dust jacket toned, creased, scuffed, and edgeworn, with a few larger closed tears from top edge of rear panel. DJ protected in Mylar, cover price $5.95. Text bright and unmarked. Signed.

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First UK Edition. Dustwrapper a little faded w/ edges rubbed. Book ow/ clean and solid.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Covers shelfworn. Light foxing on endpapers. Dust jacket shelfworn with some inner foxing and minor repairs.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine +. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine +. First Edition. A UK first edition, first impression. THE WRAPPER : The wrapper on this copy ( artwork by ) is bright, clean, unfaded and complete. It is unclipped. Looks very sharp. THE BOOK : The book is square and very tight. There are no previous ownership inscriptions. The boards are clean and unfaded, the corners sharp. The spine ends are gently bruised. The pages are clean and bright. The closed page edges are unmarked. No dog-eared pages. The binding is tight, the hinges are solid. A very nice copy in a protected wrapper. Paypal accepted.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. A near fine 1st impression in a near fine dustwrapper. The book is lightly pushed at the head and tail of the spine. The wrapper has some wear at the corners and the flaps are slightly curved due to laminate shrink [poss]. Presents as fine and possibly unread with clean white pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. True first British printing with original unclipped jacket (£1.50/30s). Jacket has faults - namely edge/shelf wear, creasing to front inner flap, a few very small marks, a few small patches of loss to top (picture) surface, the odd small crease/rub to edges, a little pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine, little pushing/bumping to corners (which has resulted in tiny loss in a couple of places), a few very small (approx. 3mms) tears, patchy browning/odd small marks/spots of foxing to reverse (white side), little browning/odd spots of foxing to front/back inner flaps and is in only good condition. Boards are near fine (having been well protected by the jacket) with a hint of pushing to corners and minor pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine. Pages are generally clean and the binding is tight. Previous owner's name, date and location in pen to front end-paper. Pages little tanned. Odd small marks/spots of foxing to page edges, tops and bottoms. Inside boards/end-papers bit tanned with the odd small mark/minor foxing. Occasional small mark/spot of foxing to pages. No other faults. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Originally serialized in "New Worlds" magazine, this is the hardcover first book publication by Walker & Company, which features striking jacket art by Jack Gaughan. It is inscribed "To Scott" and signed by author Norman Spinrad on its title page. This book is in very good condition, marred only by light wear on spine ends, and light bumps on cover bottom corners. Its binding is sound and square, with no spine crease. Covers are unmarked and otherwise unworn. Pages are unworn and -- other than the author's inscription -- unmarked. Not a remainder. Its dust jacket, now protected by a removable mylar cover, is also in very good condition: whole, bright, and unmarked, with wear and some tiny chipping on ends of spine and flap folds, plus a 1" closed tear in the top of its front hinge. I will ship this book in a moisture proof zip-loc bag, padded in bubble wrap, inside a sturdy box to assure it reaches its new owner in the same condition as my description. Signed by Author(s).

1st edition hardback with dust jacket As New octavo 327pp., Nice dust jacket by 'Hipgnosos'.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition hardcover signed by Spinrad to the title page. Points gently bumped, pages slightly toned. Else tight and square, appears unread. The DJ in mylar is softened to points, lightly toned. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author.

Condition: Very Good. SIGNED! New York: Walker & Company, 1969. 1st edition. 8vo hardcover. 327pp. Signed by the author on D. Douglas Fratz's custom book label on title page. Very Good book and Good dust jacket. In protective mylar cover. From the library of science fiction and fantasy writer, editor, publisher and prolific book reviewer D. Douglas Fratz. (Science Fiction) Inquire if you need further information.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Frayed DJ. First Edition. 327pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First ed. Jacket a bit tanned, minor dust wear at back, overall VG. Bright blue boards, top edge green. Pages/boards/jacket clean, binding sturdy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Plus. First Edition, First Printing. Simultaneous publication with the Avon paperback edition. Dust jacket art by Jack Gaughan. Signed by Gaughan on the front free end paper. Inscribed "To Stuart, Norman Spinrad" on the title page. The dust jacket is a little dusty on the back and has bit of shelfwear and some small closed tears along the edges and has been tape reinforced on the inside on the edges. Signed by Author & Artist.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Gaughun (illustrator). 1st Hardcover Edition. Signed by Author(s). This is the First Hardcover Edition of book published as a Paperback Original. The book has a "69" in red ink to the top of the page block. The dust jacket has wear to the extremities, rubbing to the white background, a couple of short closed tears and a small chip to the bottom of the back panel ($5.95). Signed by the author on the title page.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Very Good hard cover. with Very Good dustjacket, 1969 first edition Association copy, Inscribed by Fritz Leiber to John Pocsik. Signed.

Octavo, boards. First edition. BUG JACK BARRON "is a story about politics, big business and television in the USA of the near future, and it has some tough things to say about power and corruption -- but what made it seem so innovative was that it was the first SF novel to use four-letter obscenities profusely and to describe sexual acts in explicit detail . This is a novel about living in a media landscape, and the prose is intended to convey the all-embracing, ever-changing qualities of the electronic media. Frequently over-the-top, occasionally sentimental, for the most part it works surprisingly well." - Pringle, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels 62. It "remains significant as an early examination of the growing media and their manipulators." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 4-428. The "foundation-stone of a long argument which Spinrad was to extend in such works as A WORLD BETWEEN (1979) and PICTURES AT 11 (1995)." - Fortunati and Trousson (eds), Dictionary of Literary Utopias, pp. 95-6. 1969 Nebula and 1970 Hugo nominee for best novel. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1058. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 321. Survey of Science Fiction Literature I, pp. 265-71. A fine copy in fine dust jacket (priced $5.95 on the front flap) with the usual tanning, here light and largely at the edges of the rear panel. (#172839).

first edition. fine book, fine jacket, signed on dedication page, slight bumping.