Morrigan publications 1991 (3 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st/1st. 1st ed/1st printing, SIGNED by the author on the title page. This book is square, solid, and unread; the boards are solid and unblemished, and the lovely dustjacket is in a protective Brodart cover. No price clippings, no remainder marks. When you receive this book, you'll feel as though you've stumbled into a cave and come across.an elven sword named Glamdring -- or the crown of the fabled Prester John -- a ring of invisibility.or even a Magic Lamp, prosaic as that may sound! You MAY even cartwheel with glee. Ferret (ilustrador). Signed by Author(s).…

Limited edition. Signed by the author, cover artist, and contributor. Three volumes with supplementary pamphlet. Housed in orange textured faux leather slipcase. 'Homunculus' is bound in the publisher's original tan cloth with white titles to the spine, in the Ferret illustrated dustwrapper. Patterned endpapers. With nine black and white illustrations by Ferret. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents are clean throughout, and without previous owners' inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the near fine original dustwrapper, which is bright and fresh, with a little spotting to the underside. Not price clipped (£40.00 to the lower front flap). 'The Digging Leviathan' is bound in the publisher's original black cloth with red titles to the spine, in the Ferret illustrated dustwrapper. With six black and white illustrations by Ferret. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, with a little bumping to the spine tips. The contents, with a touch of spotting to the fore-edge of the text block, are clean throughout, and without previous owners' inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly rubbed and creased dustwrapper, which has light spotting to the underside of the front panel and flap folds, with a small mark and a couple of spots to the underside of the upper rear flap which are visible to the printed side. Not price-clipped (£35.00 to the lower front flap). 'The Magic Spectacles' is bound in the publisher's original red cloth with yellow titles to the spine, in the Ferret illustrated dustwrapper. Patterned endpapers. With twenty black and white illustrations by Ferret. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, with a small bump to the tail of the spine. The contents, with a touch of spotting to the fore-edge of the text block, are clean throughout, and without previous owners' inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the bright and fresh dustwrapper, which is lightly rubbed at the extremities, and with a couple of spots to the underside of the flap folds. Not price-clipped (£45.00 to the lower front flap). Together with the light green stapled card pamphlet 'A Word About The Author' by William Ashbless, black titles printed to the front panel, and black illustrations and borders printed to both panels. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, lightly faded to the stapled fold. The contents, with the author, illustrator, and contributor's signatures on the rear endpaper and rear panel, are otherwise clean throughout, and without previous owners' inscriptions or stamps. Housed in the near fine, structurally sound slipcase, which is lightly scuffed to the spine and bottom edges. Issued in an edition of 50 copies, from which this example is numbered 23, and signed by the author James P. Blaylock and illustrator Ferret in blue and black ink, respectively, on the rear panel of the supplementary pamphlet, and by William Ashbless in black ink on the rear endpaper. Ashbless is the pseudonym for the collaborative writing of James P Blaylock and science fiction author Tim Powers, while Ferret is one of several pseudonyms used by science fiction book illustrator and author Timothy MacNamara. 'The Digging Leviathan' (1984) is the eponymous first novel in the series, set in a modern Los Angeles atop a giant underground sea. Winner of the 1988 Philip K Dick Award for best paperback original, 'Homunculus' has been described as a thematic prequel to 'Leviathan' and serves as the first volume of the Langdon St Ives sequence, a steampunk science fiction series set in a Dickensian nineteenth-century London. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. Signed by Author(s). …

Bristol: Morrigan Publications:, @ 1991. Three Volumes, Hardcover, SIGNED, Limited, Fine in Fine dust jackets and in Near Fine slipcase with additional pamphlet, Cover artwork by: Ferret PLEASE NOTE: The individual volumes in this set are not signed. Rather, the additional pamphlet, "A Word About the Author" is signed by James Blaylock, illustrator Ferret and author of "A Word About the Author" William Ashbliss (Tim Powers). This set was limited to 50 numbered copies making it substantially more rare than the actual signed, limited editions that were issued in individual slipcases. The books, jackets and pamphlet are all Fine and so is the slipcase with the exception of one very small (about one-half inch) closed tear to the cover material at a corner. Three Volumes, Hardcover, SIGNED, Limited, Fine in Fine dust jackets and in Near Fine slipcase with additional pamphlet. Ferret (ilustrador).…