Heart Cities, Signed (16 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Bob Hickson (illustrator). First Edition. Foundation / Doubleday, NY [1988]. First Edition. Hardcover, 273 pp. First edition of the author's second novel, about mysticism and adventure. This copy is SIGNED and dated ("May 2, 1990 Austin") by the author on the title page. Very good to near fine book and DJ - has very light foxing on edges and scruffing on DJ. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Signed. First Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition; First Printing. New York, NY: Bantam Books 1988. First Edition; First Printing. Hard Cover. 0385246374 Signed by author on title page. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. See photos clphE.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good - Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good - Fine. First Edition. Shiner's second novel, set amidst modern Mexico's Mayan culture. Inscribed on the half-title page "For Vaughan - A man of excellent recommendations - thanks for all the great stuff you have turned me on to over the years - Lew Shiner Here at your store, June 18, 1988." Mild edge wear to the DJ. A very good or better copy. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First edition, first printing. Inscribed by Shiner on the half-title page, "To Brown - Sorry you couldn't make this-- it's hot-- in more ways than one - Lewis Shiner, July 16, 1988." Tiny spots of light tan foxing along the text block edges, else fine in fine and bright dust jacket. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hard Cover with Dustjacket. Condition: Like New. Dust Jacket Condition: Like New. 1st Edition. Hardcover with dustjacket : like new/ like-new. Jacket in mylar protector. Author's signature only on title page. Full number line. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. First edition. Signed. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First edition. first printing. Signed by Shiner on the title page and dated by him, "9/1/88." Fne in fine and bright dust jacket. An as new copy. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Fantasy/Magical Realism novel. SIGNED on title page ("May Day 1990 / Austin). Fine in jacket. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. First edition (& 1st printing). SF novel. SIGNED AND DATED (''September 1st 1988'') BY THE AUTHOR AT TIME OF PUBLICATION. Fine copy in a fine dustjacket (as new)but for light spotting along top page edges.

Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First edition. Signed on the title page by Shiner. Additionally inscribed by Shiner to "Clark" on the half title page. "DESERTED CITIES OF THE HEART (1988), set in a magic-realist Mexico, features a complexity of plots, involving imagined time travel back to the age of the Mayas, heated sexual and political intertwinings, and moments of not entirely convinced transcendence; but the style of the tale is shining and faceted, and its various protagonists are vividly realized as they hover closer and closer to a long-predicted Holocaust." - John Clute, SFE (online). The author's second book and best novel. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#168883). Signed.

Softcover. Uncorrected Proof. Very Good with no dust jacket; Wear at edges. ; Uncorrected Proof Signed and inscribed by Author; 273 pages; Signed by Author.

First edition. Octavo, cloth-backed boards. Signed on the title page by Shiner. Additionally inscribed by Shiner to "Clark" on the half title page. "DESERTED CITIES OF THE HEART (1988), set in a magic-realist Mexico, features a complexity of plots, involving imagined time travel back to the age of the Mayas, heated sexual and political intertwinings, and moments of not entirely convinced transcendence; but the style of the tale is shining and faceted, and its various protagonists are vividly realized as they hover closer and closer to a long-predicted Holocaust." - John Clute, SFE (online). The author's second book and best novel. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#168883) (29664).

First edition. Octavo, cloth backed boards. Signed by Shiner. More of a contemporary thriller with an sf element set in Mexico. Centered around several protagonists who converge on an ancient Mayan city which comes under siege by mercenaries. "A thoughtful, convincing drama that maintains a fine balance between happen-stance and fate, past and present, with flashes of real insight--there's nothing here that couldn't be happening right now. Engrossing, promising work from a major new talent." - Kirkus review, 15 July, 1988. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (2774).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Softcover Issue, Beige Wrappers Printed In Black; Unpaginated. Inscribed By Nin To A Female Friend, And With The Friend's Signature. Wear, Foxing To Covers, Spine Bowed, Still Very Good. Inscribed by Author(s).

First edition. First edition. Signed by Victor Gruen on front free endpaper, inscribed to former owner in the year of publication. 368 pp. Bound in publisher's green cloth blue and gilt stamping. Fine in a Very Good dust jacket with wear along top edge, two tiny chips, crease to back panel, unclipped. Uncommon signed.The best-known book by the prolific Austrian-born architect known as the Father of the Shopping Mall, a title he came to loathe. Now that malls are becoming a memory of the 20th century many younger people have only experienced in movies and television, the nostalgia for them has increased rapidly as of late, and perhaps Gruen's ideas may inspire readers once again in the 21st century. His pedestrian-centric designs inspired Disney's EPCOT planned community, which became a theme park. Profusely illustrated with a color fold-out chart, uncommon in its first printing.