Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Very Good in Softcover. 1st Paperback printing. 1/8 inch closed tear at the top of the front cover near the spine. Inscribed by Forward on the title page. IB. Inscribed by Author(s).
Soft cover. Condition: Good. Softcover mass market paperback. Blue, illustrated covers with white, red and yellow lettering. Title page not dated. Copyright page dated 1981. 308 pages. Good condition. Covers clean, but rubbed and have creases at corners. Pages are clean and free of marks, but toned. Binding is strong. SIGNED by author (with inscription) on title page. A collectible copy. Inscribed by Author(s).
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Stated first edition hardcover inscribed to the title page by Forward. Spine heel softened, light staining to top edge, else near fine condition in fine DJ. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 345 pages; Signed by Author.
Language: English
Published by Ballantine Books, New York, 1980
ISBN 10: 0345286464 ISBN 13: 9780345286468
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Association Member: ILAB
First Edition Signed
Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First edition. Signed on the title page by Forward. The author's first book. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-415. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#93338). Signed.
Published by Ballantine Books, New York, 1980
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Association Member: ILAB
First Edition Signed
Octavo, green wrappers printed in black. Advance copy (uncorrected proof) of the first edition. Signed on the title page by Forward. The author's first book. Forward "admits that this account of the development of an alien civilization on a neutron star in a morning and an evening is 'practically a . scientific paper' got up to look like a novel. However the scale and cheekiness of the hard-science speculation inculcate that sense of wonder which most SF readers respond to." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 107. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-415. A fine copy. An uncommon proof. (#169770). Signed.
Published by Del Rey/Ballantine: NY, 1980
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 8.5 x 6", cloth backed boards, 345pp, spine ends very lightly worn else a nice, clean copy in a lightly rubbed and edge-worn dustjacket. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, "Bob Forward" ON TITLE PAGE, to which is added by the author "Noreastcon II 1980". Additionally, INSCRIBED "To Nikolas- I hope your future will be as full of adventure as Pierre's" AND SIGNED "Bob Forward" BY THE AUTHOR ON HALF-TITLE PAGE.