Year Unicorn, Signed (7 results)

Condition: Good. Signed Copy . Barbara Mertz's signature on front endpage. Barbara G. Mertz Rev Trust custom bookplate on front inside cover. This book formed part of Barbara G. Mertz's personal library at her home in Frederick, Maryland. (science fiction, fantasy).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. David A. Cherry (illustrator). SFBC first edition omnibus thus: book is in Fine condition and the dust jacket is in Very Good Plus condition. First three Witch World novels (originally written 1963 - 65) and a rare signed copy by Grandmaster Norton! Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Gregg Press, Boston, MA. 1977. 6 volumes. One Signed Web of Witch World is first edition and is signed by Andre Norton with a bookplate on the title page. All others are later printings. DJ has shelf-wear present (DJ is scuffed and worn to the extremities). Bound in orange cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Publisher's stamp present to the title page. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Witch World is a speculative fiction project of American writer Andre Norton, inaugurated by her 1963 novel Witch World and continuing more than four decades. Beginning in the mid-1980s, when she was about 75 years old, Norton recruited other writers to the project, and some books were published only after her death in 2005. The Witch World is a planet in a parallel universe where magic long ago superseded science; early in the fictional history, it is performed exclusively by women. The series began as a hybrid of science fiction and sword and sorcery, but for the most part it combines the latter with high fantasy. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author.

Octavo, seven volumes, cloth. First edition. All volumes either signed or inscribed by Norton. Comprises WITCH WORLD (1963), WEB OF THE WITCH WORLD (1964), THREE AGAINST THE WITCH WORLD (1965), WARLOCK OF THE WITCH WORLD (1967), SORCERESS OF THE WITCH WORLD (1968), YEAR OF THE UNICORN (1965), and SPELL OF THE WITCH WORLD (1972). Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 4A-200. Pringle, Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels 28. Schlobin, The Literature of Fantasy 830-834, 836, and 838. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature V, pp. 2139-49. Tymn (ed), Fantasy Literature, pp. 149-52. Light foxing to page edges, else fine copies in fine dust jackets. The first printing of this series was 1200 sets, most of which were sold to libraries. First printing sets in superior condition are uncommon, especially signed or inscribed by Norton. (#136711). Signed.

First Edition. WITCH WORLD, Gregg Press, 1977, first hard-cover editions (all unmarked second printings save for SPELL OF THE WITCH WORLD which is indeed a first printing), 7 volumes complete, being WITCH WORLD, WEB OF THE WITCH WORLD, THREE AGAINST THE WITCH WORLD, WARLOCK OF THE WITCH WORLD, SORCERESS OF THE WITCH WORLD, YEAR OF THE UNICORN & SPELL OF THE WITCH WORLD, all just about fine in like full color pictorial dust-wrappers. All INSCRIBED by the author to Ingrid (Zierhut), a long-time friend, companion and sometimes business manager.

First edition. Octavo, cloth. All volumes either signed or inscribed by Norton. Comprises WITCH WORLD (1963), WEB OF THE WITCH WORLD (1964), THREE AGAINST THE WITCH WORLD (1965), WARLOCK OF THE WITCH WORLD (1967), SORCERESS OF THE WITCH WORLD (1968), YEAR OF THE UNICORN (1965), and SPELL OF THE WITCH WORLD (1972). [Reference: Barron (ed.): Fantasy Literature 4A-200, Pringle-Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels #28, Schlobin-The Literature of Fantasy 830-4, 836 & 838]. Light foxing to page edges, fine copies in fine dust jackets. The first printing of this series was 1200 sets, most of which were sold to libraries. First printing sets in superior condition are uncommon, especially signed or inscribed by Norton. (14044).

First Edition. THE WITCH WORLD NOVELS OF ANDRE NORTON, Gregg Press, 1977, first hard-cover editions, first printings, seven volumes, fine in near fine dust-wrappers with some light rubbing. Collects WITCH WORLD, WEB OF THE WITCH WORLD, THREE AGAINST THE WITCH WORLD, WARLOCK OF THE WITCH WORLD, SORCERESS OF THE WITCH WORLD, YEAR OF THE UNICORN & SPELL OF THE WITCH WORLD. Printed card SIGNED by the author stating "From the Private Collection of Andre Norton" laid in to WITCH WORLD.