Kiteworld by Roberts Keith, Signed (12 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First printing thus. Like new, unread copy, no reading creases, smooth spine. Not ex-library. Nice copy with plain signature on title page. Signed by Author(s).

1st Edition. First edition. Near fine hardcover in near fine unclipped dust jacket. Straight, secure spine with tight hinges and clean interior. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. Signed by Roberts on the title page. Barron: Anatomy of Wonder 4, 4-359. Fine in fine and bright dust jacket. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. Signed by Roberts on the title page. Barron: Anatomy of Wonder 4, 4-359. Fine in fine and bright dust jacket. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing) - this copy inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper thus: "For Monique, with much love, Keith Roberts, August 1985". 8vo. 288pp. Blue cloth, gilt lettered at the spine. A touch of very minor wear to the spine ends, else in fine state with virtually fine non-price-clipped dust wrapper. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine, jacket in mylar, signed by author. Signed by Author(s).

Octavo, boards. First edition. Signed by Roberts. The Kiteworld sequence depicts "a ruined earth Britain dominated by religious fanatics, and its Steampunk rendering of the life of the crews who man the Kiteships, which are the size of airships, to guard the frontiers against "demons" (as the ballistic or cruise missiles of a former technological era are now remembered) in a kind of parody of the Pax Aeronautica theme." - John Clute, SFE (online). "In this very unusual post-holocaust scenario men fly kites (huge Cody rigs) in order to protect their drab clergy-dominated world against 'demons.' The stories which comprise the novel are writeen with an intensity which is at times moving, but the depictions of tormented and brutal sexual relationships may provoke some readers' unease." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 202. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-907. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#4309). Signed.

Octavo, boards. First edition. Signed on the title page by Roberts. The Kiteworld sequence depicts "a ruined earth Britain dominated by religious fanatics, and its Steampunk rendering of the life of the crews who man the Kiteships, which are the size of airships, to guard the frontiers against "demons" (as the ballistic or cruise missiles of a former technological era are now remembered) in a kind of parody of the Pax Aeronautica theme." - John Clute, SFE (online). "In this very unusual post-holocaust scenario men fly kites (huge Cody rigs) in order to protect their drab clergy-dominated world against 'demons.' The stories which comprise the novel are writeen with an intensity which is at times moving, but the depictions of tormented and brutal sexual relationships may provoke some readers' unease." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 202. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-907. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#169584). Signed.

Octavo, printed wrappers. Advance copy (uncorrected proof) of the first edition. Signed by Roberts. The Kiteworld sequence depicts "a ruined earth Britain dominated by religious fanatics, and its Steampunk rendering of the life of the crews who man the Kiteships, which are the size of airships, to guard the frontiers against "demons" (as the ballistic or cruise missiles of a former technological era are now remembered) in a kind of parody of the Pax Aeronautica theme." - John Clute, SFE (online). "In this very unusual post-holocaust scenario men fly kites (huge Cody rigs) in order to protect their drab clergy-dominated world against 'demons.' The stories which comprise the novel are writeen with an intensity which is at times moving, but the depictions of tormented and brutal sexual relationships may provoke some readers' unease." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 202. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-907. A fine copy. Enclosed in a proof dust wrapper. (#50993). Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Signed edition. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. This copy has been signed by the author on the title page. "Keith John Kingston Roberts (20 September 1935 5 October 2000) was an English science fiction author. He began publishing with two stories in the September 1964 issue of Science Fantasy magazine, "Anita" (the first of a series of stories featuring a teenage modern witch and her eccentric granny) and "Escapism". Several of his early stories were written using the pseudonym Alistair Bevan. His second novel, Pavane, which is a collection of linked stories, may be his most famous work: an alternate history novel in which the Roman Catholic Church takes control of England following the assassination of Queen Elizabeth I." (from Wikipedia); Signed by Author.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. None (illustrator). First edition. A signed first edition of Keith Roberts's science fiction novel about men who fly kites in order to combat invading demons. The first edition, first impression of this work, flat signed by Roberts to the title page.In the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.A fine copy of this science fiction novel in which men in the 'Kite Corps' fly in kites to defeat demonic forces.British author and literary critic Dave Langford reviewed the work as 'superlative stuff, even if the deux-ex-machina happy ending is a bit jarring'. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, fine. Dust wrapper exceptionally bright. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Fine. signed by author. book.

First Edition. *** ASSOCIATION COPY ***KITEWORLD, Arbor House, 1986, first American edition, fine in like dust-wrapper. Inscribed by the author to fellow SF writer John Brunner with Brunners book-plate on the f.p.d.