Stand Zanzibar by John Brunner, First Edition (39 results)

Paperback. Condition: Collectable, very good. 1st. VG- condition, signed and dated (1978) by author on title page. First printing of the 1971 Arrow Books edition, 573pp. Cover edges moderately rubbed, spine creased, prior owner's name on first page. ** We are a small family business selling fine new and pre-owned books online since 1999. We provide professional service and individual attention to your order, daily shipments, and sturdy packaging. FREE TRACKING ON ALL SHIPMENTS WITHIN USA.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st edition in a worn unclipped dust wrapper. A loose "Readers Union" sticker is on the title page. Contents clean and tight.

Ballantine, 1974. First paperback edition, fifth printing. Very Good Plus condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. First Ed. 1st paperback edition. Very good condition, slight over all wear, spine wrinkle, ink stamp star on top of page edges. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The book is generally in excellent condition, however it does appear there is some mild staining on the spine and back cover. This is an early edition of the book, a second printing of a first edition in Soft Cover. While the imperfections oft he book are primarily cosmetic, and given the book's 50+ year age, it is in fine shape, they are still notable enough to reduce overall pricing, thus $44.95 rather than the higher rate this specific copy usually goes for.

Condition: Very Good. Vincent DiFate (illustrator). First edition. Hardback. Spine ends very slightly bruised, otherwise near fine in a slightly used, slightly edge creased and torn, very good, price-clipped dust jacket. Slight residue mark to title page from removed label.

FIRST EDITION. 8vo, xvii + 505 pp.; black heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; sl cracking to front hinge); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate to heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with moderate chipping, tape repair to spine extrem at head; moderate to heavy tanning & moderate foxing).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Easton Press collector's edition. Contains bookplate with former owner's name on inside front cover, and Collector's Notes. Near fine condition in reddish-brown leather, with gold lettering and detail, giled edges, and a ribbon bookmark.

Hardcover. Illustrated by DiFate, Vincent (illustrator). First Edition. 505pp. Brown leather stamped in gold, all edges gilt. Easton Press Collector's Notes laid in. Easton Press bookplate applied to front pastedown endpaper. 1969 Hugo Award winner for best novel. A bright, fine copy. ; Octavo.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. First edition hardcover in very good condition, with unclipped dust jacket in good condition. Jacket is scuffed and marked, and edges are creased and torn. Page block is tanned, and blemished in places. Some light marks also evident on front cover and a few of the pages. Content is otherwise clear and unmarked throughout. LW. Used.

Vincent DiFate (illustrator). 1st ed. Owner's name on front free end paper; glue stain on title page, from Reader's Union label (no other book club indicators); binding tight; dust jacket slightly shelf-worn, with very slightly yellowed spine, not price-clipped, & protected in removable clear film Used - Very Good. VG hardback in Good dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Black cloth with silver titles along spine, pink end papers, dark DJ designed by S.A. Summit. Stated 1st ed. PO name on FFEP. Chipping and creasing to DJ edges, general shelf wear. A very prescient book that foresaw our mass-shootings and overpopulation.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. VINCENT DIFATE (illustrator). 1st Edition, Book Club Edition. Single Owner - Private Collection - Stored in Dust free bookcases in dry climate - Stunning volume with original artwork by Vincent DiFate - Collector's Edition Accented in 22kt gold, printed on archival paper with gilded edges, smyth sewing & concealed muslin joints - Bound In full leather with hubbed spines - Includes pristine bookplate on inside of front cover - Condition: Pristine from the Masterpieces of Science Fiction Collection by The Easton Press.

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. Dust Jacket Condition: Like New. Vincent DiFate (illustrator). First Edition. First UK Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped (42s price intact). Published by Macdonald, 1969. Octavo. Black cloth boards stamped in gold. Signed by John Brunner on title page (flat signed with peace sign). Book is like new; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Dust jacket is like new with some light shelf wear and some light smudges on back panel. A very scarce signed copy of John Brunner's acclaimed dystopian novel. Book has been placed in a custom acetate protector. 507 pages. ISBN: 0356026256. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York.

Hardcover. Vincent DiFate (illustrator). First edition (& 1st printing). Sf novel, winner of the 1968 Hugo award for best novel. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR WITh HIS TRADEMARK CND SYMBOL AND DATED 1987. Fine copy in an almost fine dustjacket.

Macdonald. 1969. First edition, UK. Hardback in DW. Lean to spine. Endpapers and edges spotted. Light marks left from sticker removal to reverse title and front flap. Generally a clean and sound copy in wrapper that is a little dulled, soiled to rear panel and also worn and rubbed to extremities with tape repair\+ to the inside of the head of spine and has tape mark to top of rear panel by head.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. FIRST. FULL LEATHER AS NEW.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Dust jacket is price clipped. Small closed tears to top and bottom fold of front and rear fold of spine. Small chips to top and bottom of front and rear flap folds. Toning and staining to dust jacket and two stains internally. Small piece of print missing from front cover (see photo). Bumping to top and bottom of spine and corners of book. Minor discolouration spots to front and rear boards. Toning and foxing to edges. Otherwise a very clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First UK edition, first printing (previously published in the USA). xviii, 506pp. In black cloth-covered casing, gilt titles on spine (boards just a little rubbed and rounded on corners and spine ends). Text block edges a little grubby. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper, else internally neat, clean and bright. In its original worn and edge-rubbed dust jacket with light chipped and minor loss at spine tips. Dust jacket now protected in an archival-quality Mylar wrapper, fitted without the use of tape or adhesives. Among the finest science fiction novels of the 1960s. Eerily prophetic and vividly realised, Stand on Zanzibar won the 1969 Hugo Award, providing a chilling yet credible portrait of what life might have been like in the 21st century. 8vo.

Hardcover. hardcover first edition stated. very good book with front hinge cracked, in a very good + dust jacket , spine end fraying, bookplate,

First Edition. STAND ON ZANZIBAR, Doubleday, 1968, first edition, what appears to be possibly a moisture stain to a small section of the inner lower fore edge corner of the rear end-paper, else a tight vg/vg+ copy in a near vg dust-wrapper copy with some light wear and tear. HUGO winning novel.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st UK Edition. 8vo. Scarce unclipped first UK edition. Full black paper boards, gold titles to spine. 505 pp. Bookseller's ticket of Foyles, London to front pastedown. Dust jacket lightly edge worn, sunned in spots. Stand on Zanzibar is more than just a science fiction novel, it is a remarkable portrayal of what life could really be like in the 21st century. In this picture of seven billion-plus of our species crowding the face of the earth in an age of acceleratubes and Moonbase Zero, intelligent computers and mass-marketed psychedelics, John Brunner has created a future world as immediate as this morning's newspaper.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First printing of the first edition (stated). Winner of the Hugo Award. With the first printing code "J" printed at the bottom of page 507. A fine copy in very good plus dust jacket with some light wear to the top and bottom of the spine area. LR.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Near Fine, Accented in 22kt gold, printed on archival paper with gilded edges, smyth sewing & concealed muslin joints. Bound In full leather with hubbed spines. Masterpieces of Science Fiction. ; First Easton Press Edition.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition :. Larger octovo hardcover in fine black cloth covers, tight and square spine/binding, Barbie-pink endpapers, pages very clean white and unblemished, foredges have a faint smudge, else NFINE+++ in solid intact DJ, faint rubbing in places else VG+ or slightly better. Now in clear mylar jacket protector. Nice copy of a Hugo winner . ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. Dust jacket in acceptable condition. First edition. SIGNED by the author. Cover and binding are worn but intact. A reading copy in fair condition. Minor fading and stain on the boards. Minor foxing on the edges. Water damage along the top and bottom edge. No mold or odor. Text is clear of markings and notations. Binding is intact. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 1.5. signed by author.

Large octavo, cloth. First edition. "Mammoth attempt to picture the world as it may well be in the early twenty-first century -- overpopulated, over automated, and torn by riots and muggings. The pop sociologist Chad C. Mulligan comments wryly on it all, and he is the nearest thing to a hero in this densely peopled book. Primarily didactic in intent, it borrows surface bravura from John Dos Passos's social realist USA trilogy (1930-1936). Brunner's most successful novel." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 343. Winner of the 1969 Hugo award for best novel. 1968 Nebula nominee. Winner of the 1970 British Science Fiction Association Award for best novel and the French Prix Apollo. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-175. Survey of Science Fiction Literature V, pp. 2140-45. A fine copy in very good dust jacket (priced $6.95 on the front flap) with wear along top and bottom edges, mostly along top edge and lower spine end and rubs to black background ink, mainly along front spine fold and rear flap fold. A pretty nice copy with no discoloration to pink endpapers. (#172740).

First edition. Octavo, cloth. The Hugo award winner for best novel, 1969. A Nebula nominee for 1968. ".one of the key works of the period." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 4-74. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 4-74. Survey of Science Fiction Literature V, pp. 2140-45]. Lower rear inner hinge a bit cracked (the hinge cracking is a very common flaw to this cheaply bound book), otherwise a fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with some light rubbing, mainly to the spine ends with some scratches and rubbing with corner wear to rear panel. The colors to the front and spine panels are bright with the white lettering on the spine panel, which is often tanned, is good as is the pink color of the lettering at the base of the spine panel. (15727).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Black cloth with silver spine titles and purple metallic decoration, very good with lightly bumped spine tips. Spine square. 1/2-inch split at center of front inner hinge, without effect on binding. Binding sound. Dust jacket toned, scuffed, and edgeworn, including minor chipping at corners. A few small scuffs to textblock edges, scrape to lower textblock fore-edge. Pages else clean, interior bright, text unmarked. Includes a bookplate signed by John Brunner, laid-in.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition; First Printing. Stand On Zanzibar - John Brunner. New York. Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1968, first edition, 8vo. NF/NF. Very mild rubbing to spine lettering, four pages with crease from a former fold. Bright dust jacket has mild wear to extremities, two ¼" tears to front panel. "a massive book which creates with density of naturalistic detail the illusion of an entire near-future world, closely extrapolated from contemporary science, technology, and social trends." (Magill, Survey of Science Fiction Literature, pg. 2140) "This is an enormously ambitious novel" (Pringle, Science Fiction 100 Best Novels, pg. 125) ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall.