Isbn: 9780446513630 - dawn: xenogenesis (8 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Acceptable. Item in acceptable condition! Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Dust jacket missing. Book club edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Internally clean. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Zustand: NEAR FINE. First printing. First book in XENOGENESIS series by this award winning author, who was also a recipient of the MacArthur "genius" award for her work - the first science fiction writer to be so honored. Even now, years after her untimely death her reputation continues to grow. 264 pp Very near fine in a near fine dust jacket (2 very short tears to the upper edge of dj).…

Zustand: Near fine. First edition. Uncorrected page proofs of the first book of Lilith's Brood, also known as the Xenogenesis trilogy. Butler credited DAWN's post-catastrophe setting to the man then doing his best to make nuclear war a reality, explaining in one interview: "I got my idea for the Xenogenesis books (DAWN, ADULTHOOD RITES and IMAGO) from Ronald Reagan because he was advocating this kind of thing." The novel's hero, Lilith Iyapo, awakens to find herself held captive by the alien Oankali, a species with a poor opinion of human nature and an alarming action plan for fixing it. One of Butler's best, and scarce in this format. 9'' x 6''. Original printed gray wrappers. 264 pages. Minor toning to extremities of covers. Else sharp, clean, and bright.…

Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. New York: Warner Books / Warner Communications Company, 1987. First Edition, stated First Printing with full numberline. Octavo (23.5cm); publisher's cloth-backed boards in unclipped pictorial dust jacket; [8],264pp. Light wear and soiling to edges of unclipped jacket. A touch of shelfwear to boards; binding sound; foxing to edges of text blocky. Signed, with a bit of a false start, by the author on title page; confirmed by consignor this was signed by Butler after quite a long wait in line. First volume in Butler's Xenogenesis series, retaining the publisher's infamously whitewashed dust jacket design which depicts the protagonist (a Black woman in the book) as a white woman reminiscent of Sigourney Weaver in Alien. Signed.…

Zustand: Very good plus. First edition. Inscribed uncorrected page proofs of the first book of Lilith's Brood, also known as the Xenogenesis trilogy. Butler credited DAWN's post-catastrophe setting to the man then doing his best to make nuclear war a reality, explaining in one interview: "I got my idea for the Xenogenesis books (DAWN, ADULTHOOD RITES and IMAGO) from Ronald Reagan because he was advocating this kind of thing." The novel's hero, Lilith Iyapo, awakens to find herself held captive by the alien Oankali, a species with a poor opinion of human nature and an alarming action plan for fixing it. One of Butler's best, and scarce in this format, especially so inscribed. 9'' x 6''. Original printed gray wrappers. 264 pages. Inscribed by Butler on the title page: "To Edwin Austin / Best Wishes / Octavia E. Butler." Minor toning to spine, slight lean, touches of shelfwear. Else clean and sound. Signed.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Includes dust jacket. Signed. First Edition. First edition with full numberline, signed by the author on the title page, flat-signed without inscirpiton. A copy in fine condition.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Near Fine. First edition. Quarto. Fine in near fine dust jacket with some edgeewear and including light shallow creases. Signed by Butler on the title page.