introduction powers tim (18 resultados)

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good+. 1st Edition. Blue printed stiff paper covers. This is an out of series, un-numbered copy (the intended limitation was 300 copies. It is signed on limitation page by Powers and Blaylock and is additionally inscribed by Powers 7/5/86 who has added a small pen sketch. 40 pages. Lightly bumped top corners otherwise near fine. Signed by Author(s).

Paperback. Condición: Fine. First Edition. Seattle: The Axolotl Press. Fine. 1986. First edition. White printed wrappers [about 5.5" x 8.5"], saddle-stapled, 31+ 8 pages. This version limited to 400 paper bound copies [bound dos-a-dos like the Ace Double Novel format] signed by both James P. Baylock and Tim Powers and also signed by both Charles de Lint and Ed Bryant who wrote the introductions. Fine copy. See Photos whbx 2E.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. 268 pages, 8vo. Special signed edition limited to 1000 numbered copies. This is copy 354. SIGNED by James P. Blaylock and Tim Powers on limited page. Minor shelfwear. DJ in mylar. Tight binding, no marks. Volume is in Near Fine condition. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing; Limited Signed. "First Edition" statement to the copyright page, $30 to the jacket's flap. Limited to 1,000 deluxe, hand-numbered copies SIGNED to the limitation page by the five contributors: Philip K. Dick and two-time World Fantasy Award winning author, James P. Blaylock; Tim Powers; Adriana Campoy, Brittany Cox, and Alex Haniford. This is number 558. Comprises three stories co-written with Blaylock with three of his creative writing students, each with the premise that a man enters a house that is not quite his own, in which he opens doors into rooms on the borderland of reality and illusion. Fine, square, very tight, and firm in fresh violet linen with metallic-violet embossed titles to the spine, cream-yellow headband and tail-band, cranberry end-papers; in a fine dust jacket with front panel art by Tim Powers; original printed $30 price still intact to the front inner flap. Octavo; 63 pages; afterword by Blaylock; note by William Ashbless (Powers & Blaylock). Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. First Edition. Signed by author and two other contributors to page preceding half-title, but not a numbered copy. In brown cloth with gilt to type on spine. Some discoloration/soiling to boards. Bump to top front corner. Some wear to spine ends. Foxing to page ends. Scuffing to a couple pages that apparently happened at printer, some discoloration to signature page and creases to a couple page edges. Jacket is unclipped with light edgewear and a couple creases to flaps. No slipcase. 1st Printing.

Hardcover. Condición: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition, Limited Edition. First printing of the limited edition, of the two-in-one flip-over of "The Shadow on the Doorstep" and "Trilobyte". A fine copy in a fine jacket. A clean, tight copy. Comes with archival-quality jacket protector. Note: Jacket spine is lightly toned, and has a couple spots (as pictured). This limited edition is one of just 300 that has been numbered and SIGNED on both limitation pages by Blaylock, Shiner, Bryant, and Powers. (as pictured). Sci-Fi. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Limited Edition #255/500. Octavo, 361 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good condition dust jacket. Spine red, orange, and gray with white lettering. Without slipcase. Dust jacket protected with mylar covering, price uncut: "$25.00." Mild rubbing and general shelf wear. Light bumping to head of dust jacket spine. Light foxing and soiling to textblock. Light creasing to textblock, concentrated on pages 173-179. Spine sunken. Signed and numbered by Powers [Author], Campbell [Introduction], and Bilokur [Illustrator] on publisher's limitation page. Inscribed by Powers on title page: "for Tom Joyce, who seems to own more copies of this book than any sane person could have an excuse for. It's okay with me, though. Cheers, Tim Powers" Shelved in Case 8. 1410361. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

Hardcover. Condición: New. Gahan Wilson Ilustrador. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Hardcover. Condición: As New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: As New. 1st Edition. Cloth, Limited 1st ED: #199 of 250. Signed by Tim Powers. 351 pp. Dark blue boards with gilt at spine. Illustrated DJ. Lacks slipcase. AS NEW.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Tim Powers(Introduction) James P. Blaylock(Introduction) Ilustrador. Limited Edition. On Pirates by William Ashbless (Limited First Edition) Signed Firm square copy. #207/250. Special signed edition limited to 1000 numbered chapbooks, 250 numbered hardcovers, and 26 deluxe lettered hardcovers. Signed by Tim Powers and James P. Blaylock. BOOK.

Hard Cover. Condición: Fine. No Jacket. Viki Blaylock, Phil Parks Ilustrador. First Edition. Walt gets cranky when Lew stops keeping his donut shop open all nite; he and his wife spat over shoes. Blaylock was one of a small group of California writers mentored by Philip K. Dick. Deluxe edition of this short story, #156 of 224 hardcover copies, SIGNED by all contributors. Hardcover, as pictured; no jacket, as issued. Light wear, near fine, some cockling from the four real photos glued in. Size: Octavo. Signed by Author & Illustrator.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. First Edition. #51 of 150 signed, numbered, limited edition copies from Ultramarine Publishing. Signed at the limitation page by Tim Powers and James Blaylock, who wrote the introduction and the afterward respectively. This limited edition produced from copies of the trade first from Arbor House; original publisher name at title page; full number line to 1. Bound in brown half-leather with gilt titling and marble-papered boards, very good with light edgewear. Spine square. Binding sound. No jacket, as issued. Foxed to textblock edges. Pages else clean, text unmarked. Signed.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. First Edition. Seattle: The Axolotl Press 1986. Signed Limited First Edition. Copy #17 of 100 numbered cloth-bound copies signed by the author and by Tim Powers. World Fantasy Award winner. Green cloth with gold gilt lettering, 26+ pages. Fine copy in Fine Dust Jacket. See Photos Clph/E.

Hard Cover. Condición: Fine. No Jacket. Phil Parks Ilustrador. First Edition. Doyle Jimmerson discovers a disconcerting shop after his estranged wife dies. Includes an introduction by Powers and a somewhat fanciful afterword by Koontz. Blaylock was one of a small group of California writers (including Powers) mentored by Philip K. Dick. Deluxe edition of this short story, #40 of 150 hardcover copies, SIGNED by all contributors on a special limitation page (the author's signature on the title page is printed). Hardcover, as pictured; no jacket, as issued. Light wear, about fine, [6], 54 pages, color photo of the author pasted in, cover art by Parks. Size: 10¼" by 8¼". Signed by Author & Illustrator.

Hardcover. Condición: As New. Special Edition. This is copy "R" of a lettered, collectors edition, of which there are only 26 copies. This slim octavo volume is bound in black leather with gilt lettering and has a color plate mounted on the front cover. It's housed in a folding black leather chemise which is similarly lettered in gilt with a color plate mounted on its front panel. Inside the front panel of the chemise is a mounted, signed color photo of the author; inside the rear panel of the chemise is a handwritten page of manuscripts, signed by the author at the bottom. All participants in the making of this book have signed it on the limitation page. There is a clear, hard plastic shell inside the chemise which holds the book in place. Illustrated with color photographs and B&W drawings. All are in as new condition. 57 pages. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Clark, Alan M. Ilustrador. First and Limited Edition. First hardcover edition, one of 440 copies, octavo size, 369 pp., signed by Shea, Powers, Clark, and Cecere. Michael Shea (1946-2014) had his first book published in 1974; he would go on to have later stories nominated for the Hugo and Nebula Awards, and is best known for this work, "Nifft the Lean", which won the World Fantasy Award in 1983. Originally published in 1982, this 1994 publication features the artwork of Alan M. Clark (b. 1957), who won the World Fantasy Award in 1994 and has been nominated for many other awards including the Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel in 2005. ___DESCRIPTION: Bound in full faux "demon-skin", gilt lettering on both boards and spine top edge stained black, map endpapers at both front and rear, tissue-guarded black-and-white frontispiece one of five bound in throughout; binding octavo size (8 1/2" by 5 5/8"), pagination: [i-iv] v-xiv [2] 1-351 [1, blank] [1, statement of limitation], this copy no. 203 of the 440 and is signed here by all four contributors. ___CONDITION: Fine, the boards clean, straight corners without rubbing, a strong, square text block with solid hinges, the interior is clean and bright, and entirely free of prior owner markings; still with that tight, unread feel, crisp and as new. ___POSTAGE: International customers, please note the following: (i) additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs, please inquire for details; and (ii) any taxes, duty, or tariffs charged by your country will, of necessity, be your responsibility. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB, and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help.

First edition with these illustrations. Limited edition. Signed by the author of the introduction and the illustrator. Publisher's original black cloth with gilt and red titles to the spine, with pictorial onlay to the upper board, in the Grant Griffin wraparound-illustrated dustwrapper. Housed in the black and dark brown cloth slipcase, with gilt and red titles to the backstrip. Top edge dark brown. Burgundy satin ribbon page marker. Illustrated endpapers. With a colour frontispiece and six colour plates by Grant Griffin, and a black and white photograph of the author to the rear. An excellent fine copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout, and without previous owners' inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the very lightly rubbed dustwrapper which remains without fading, loss or tears. Housed in the fine, structurally sound slipcase that has some light marks to the sides. Issued in a deluxe limited edition of just 50 copies, from which this example is numbered 48 and signed by the illustrator Grant Griffin and the author of the introduction Tim Powers in black ink on the tissue-guarded colophon. A facsimile of Fritz Leiber's signature is printed in black. Volume three of 'The Chronicles of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser', the multi-award winning author Fritz Leiber's classic sword and sorcery fantasy series about the adventures of two unlikely heroes and friends, the gargantuan barbarian Fafhrd and the diminutive thief Gray Mouser. The series is made up of novellas and vignettes that were first published in magazines (most frequently in 'Fantastic' magazine) before being collected into the 'Swords' series in book form. Leiber is considered a master of the sword and sorcery genre and popularized the term himself in 1961. A 'Bonus Content' section at the rear contains two essays by Leiber and two letters to Leiber from H. P. Lovecraft. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. Signed by Author(s).