locus press (9 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Good. Good condition. (20th century, fiction, women authors ) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Cloth. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Still in publisher's shrink-wrap.; 11 inches.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. 8 x 5.5", stapled wraps, 49pp, covers rubbed and soiled, extremities a bit worn, textblock nice. "500 copies of this book were published for the 39th World Science Fiction Convention- Denver, 1981". Simak was the guest of honor at that convention.

Softcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Limited ed. One of 100 unnumbered copies only. Printed, cream colored stiff wrappers. 167 pp. Anthology of prose and verse pieces by Kenneth Koch, Barbara Guest, James Schuyler, Anne Porter, Ebbe Borregaard, John Ashbery, Harry Mathews, Frank O'Hara, Edwin Denby, George Montgomery, R. Burckhardt, Fairfield Porter. Near fine, spine somewhat toned. Solus Locus was a journal of experimental prose and poetry that was published in just four issues in 1961 and 1962. It was an American effort by bthe New York School of poets though it was published in France (and actualy prited in Spain) by Harry Mathews. It derived its name from a 1914 French novel by Raymond Roussel. Issue number one is particularly difficult to obtain individually.

First Edition. First edition. Softcover. The second issue of this important but short lived literary journal. This issue features contributions by John Ashbery, Paul Blackburn, William Burroughs, Gregory Corso, Kenward Elmslie, Jane Freilicher, Kenneth Koch, Ruth Krauss, Frank O'Hara, James Schuyler, and others. An about very good copy in wrappers with some light wear and an abrasion to the rear cover. Signed by Ruth Krauss and with a nice inscription by her and she has also underlined her name on the the front cover and added "Hi!" Uncommon signed thus. Signed.

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. Volumes III/IV published in 1962. See photos.

VIII, 269, [2] p. / XIII, 347, [2] p. / IX, 417, [2] p. / VIII, 463, [2] p. / VIII, 515, [2] p., 4°, O-Cloth with Gilt Letters (5 Vols.) Bibliography with detailled information to each title. Each volume limited to 300 to 600 copies only. You can search for authors, book titles and story titles as well. Also Magazines are included. The data "is based uopn the monthly Books Received columns in Locus." - In the present collection there is missing the volume for 1995, which deviant has the title "Science Fiction in Print: 1895." - Two volumes slightly knocked; one cover a bit spotted; three vols. with dirty cutting; all together good copies.

The "commemorative edition", signed limited issue, number 5 of 20 copies signed by the author on the limitation plate and specially bound. This edition was "issued to commemorate his 50th year as a science fiction writer and his recognition as Guest of Honor at the 39th World Science Fiction Convention - Denver, 1981." From the total edition of 500 copies published for the convention, 20 were signed (as here), 20 were reserved for the press, and a further 10 were reserved for presentation. This novelette, narrated by a psychologist investigating the nature of dreams, was first published in 1935 in Marvel Tales, then again separately in 1946. This edition is notable for its four "appreciations" in the form of letters to the author by science fiction writers of the 20th century, including Isaac Asimov and Robert A. Heinlein. The latter writes that "since the earliest thirties, to read science fiction is to read Simak. A reader who does not like Simak stories does not like science fiction at all." Octavo. This copy with pp. xix-xxvi misbound between pp. 6-7. Original blue cloth, titles to front board in gilt. Foot of spine lightly bumped, else fine.