Search Results: Authors starting with L from Top Shelf Books

Doubleday & Company, 1977 Book. Illus. by Marcesi, Steve. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover first edition, first printing. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. State first edition. Some light foxing to the page block edges, else fine copy in fine jacket. A straight, square copy without price-clipping and jacket intact. Fine condition for a book this age. The second book in the Dirsham the Godkiller series, preceded by The Lerios Mecca (1973)..

Berkley Books, 1978. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Book Club, first hardcover edition and first printing. A fine copy in near fine jacket. Not remainder or ex-library copy. Issued by Science Fiction Book Club, this novel is based upon the original TV series. First printing code I47 on page 214 and code #1953 on rear jacket panel. (Published in December 1978, three months after the paperback edition by Berkely.) Light foxing at top edge of page block. Jacket lightly rubbed in spot at top corner of spine hinge and scattered small spots on rear jacket panel. A single small closed, but jagged tear at heel of spine panel. Blue boards with brown lettering. A clean, square copy without clipping..

Freak Press, 2000. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover first edition, first printing. Very fine (unread) copy in very fine jacket. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. Original horror anthology featuring original horror in a Southern California setting. Published by former speciality publisher Freak Press. Edited by Jeremy Lassen. Contributors include: Christa Faust; Michael Scott Bricker; Stephen Woodworth; Dana Vander Els; Lisa Morton; Denise Dumars; Robert Guffrey; Brian Hodge; Nancy Holder; Michael D. Frounfelter; James Van Pelt and Jak Koke..

Crossway Books, 1984 Book. Illus. by Cioni, Ray. Near Fine. Trade Paperback. First Edition. Trade paperback, first printing and true first edition. Stated "First Printing, 1984" on copyright page without jacket as issued. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. Two small scrapes with one small gouge on the front cover (0.5 cm in length). Faint red-colored scuff mark on top corner of page block. Page block edges show some handling related wear, but otherwise the page block is straight, square and the endpaper maps are complete. The covers are complete without tears. This copy is the true first. The first hardcover wasn't published until 2007. The third book in the Dragon King trilogy. Full color, wrap-around cover illustration by Ray Cioni..

Riverhead Books, 2014. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover first edition, first printing. Number "1" present in complete number line. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. The jacket is complete with price intact. Faint jacket wrinkle at bottom edge of front panel with some scattered faint smudges, else fine (unread) copy in fine jacket. Text block is clean, square and without marks. (The jacket is unlaminated, thus very prone to smudges and stains, which are absent on this copy. Increasingly scarce to find first printings with fine jackets.) "Literary best-seller Lee will reach an even larger readership with this electrifying postapocalyptic novel as he tours the country in conjunction with an all-points media and publicity drive." --Donna Seaman -- Starred Review..

Overlook Connection Press, 1999 Book. Illus. by Potter, J. K.. Very Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover first edition, first printing. Very fine (unread) copy in very fine jacket. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. Alternate history during the Italian Renaissance, where alchemy and the four elements are the basis for scientific knowledge. The Church is determined to use the talents for it's own benefit. Fine alternate history novel and Book 2 in the Secret Books of Venus series..

London: Hodder Children's Books, 2003 Book. Illus. by Avon, John. Very Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover UK, first printing and true first edition. (The first US edition was published in September, 2004 by Dutton.) Very fine (unread) copy in very fine jacket. Not a remainder, book club or ex-library copy. Excellent Young Adult novel. "This is a novel about which the reader cannot help but feel an enormous sense of fun and warmth. The author's editorial tongue is firmly in cheek throughout, but its rip-roaring spirited and pleasurable nevertheless. Suitable for readers aged 12 and over." - John McLay..

Walker & Company, 1969. Book. Illus. by Gaughan. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. First edition, first printing. A fine copy in fine dust jacket without tears or marks. (Originally published as a three-part serial in Galaxy magazine in 1968.) Normal age-related wear to side edge of page block. Price ($4.95) intact on front flap with "First Published" present on copyright page. (See L.W. Currey, Science Fiction and Fantasy Authors, 1979.) Excellent condition for a book this age. Black and white two panel jacket illustration by Gaughan..

Daw Books, 2016 Book. Illus. by Lockwood, Todd. Very Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover first edition, first printing. Stated First Printing with "1" present in complete number line. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. Fine (unread) copy in fine jacket. Out-of-Print (OOP) on publication due to small print run and well into multiple printings, this is copy is a rare first printing. Well received first novel by artist Todd Lockwood, who also created the jacket and interior illustrations. .

Gollancz, 2003 Book. Illus. by Mulcahey, Steve. Very Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover UK, first printing and true first edition. Very fine (unread) copy in very fine jacket. Britain is a pariah state bombed and embargoed back into a semi-fedual society where the social order is breaking down. The story becomes an Odyssey adventure through the deteriorating British countryside when Fen begins the unwilling pursuit to London where his (estranged and not much missed) wife, has been taken by the Bulldog gang as a (not so unwilling) concubine by the gang leader. James Lovegrove has been writing SF since 1990. Well respected in the UK, he is yet relatively unknown in the US. A recent omnibus by Solaris Press, The James Lovegrove Collection: Volume One, has published two of this novels, Days (1997) and Untied Kingdom (2003). Hopefully this omnibus will get Lovegrove the recognition in the US which he deserves..

Gollancz, 2004 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover UK, first printing and true first edition. Very fine (unread) copy in very fine jacket. Not a book club, remainder nor ex-library copy. Novel where everyone has paranormal powers. By the same author of Untied Kingdom and The Foreigners..

Gollancz, 2005 Book. Illus. by Brett, Laura. Very Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover UK, first printing and true first edition. First Printing with "1" present in complete number line. (No US edition known at this time.) Very fine (unread) copy in very fine jacket. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. Future England ruled by plutocratic families, and scion Provender Gleed decides to avoid a marriage and go on the run. A very funky coming-of-age tale..

Tor, 2002 Book. Illus. by Eggleton, Bob. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Hardcover first edition, first printing. Very faint bumping at top edge of spine panel with two small scuff marks at bottom corner of page block, else fine (unread) copy in fine jacket. <b>Signed by the editor Lumley, cover artist and contributor Bob Eggleton on the half-title page and by Stephen Jones at this story contribution. </b> Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. Sadly, we lost Lumley's voice when he passed in 2024. Anthology with contributions and appreciations regarding the life and works of Brian Lumley. Includes eight pages of art, private photographs and reproductions of jacket illustrations, many by contributor Bob Eggleton. Contributing authors include: Stanley Wiater, Robert M. Price, Stephen Jones, Melissa Ann Singer, Barbara Ann Lumley, Robb Coutinho, Golnar Dahesh, David Rigby, John Durant, Phill Garnett, Nathan Murray, Stephen Dillon, Tom Shearer, Deborah Alton,… Read More

Tor, 2006 Book. Illus. by Eggleton, Bob. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover first edition, first printing. First US and first hardcover edition. (The US was published June 13, 2006 and follows the UK paperback published by Solaris on April 2, 2007.) Very fine (unread) copy in very fine jacket. As New condition. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. Sadly, we lost Lumley's voice having passed away in 2024..

St. Martins Press, 1994 Book. Very Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Very fine (unread) copy in very fine jacket. Hardcover first edition, first printing. <b>Presentation copy signed and inscribed on the title page "Richard Lupoff/@WHC 2006/San Francisco."</b> Not a book club, remainder nor ex-library copy. A Hobart Lindsey/Marvia Plum mystery. Murder investigation around the filming of a movie about black fighter pilots during WWII..

Bantam, 2007 Book. Illus. by Stone, Steve. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover first edition, first printing and first US edition. (Published one month after the UK edition by Gollancz.) Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. Copies in First Printing state are increasingly rare. First printing with "1" present in complete number line. Dark orange board with black cloth and gold lettering on spine. This copy shows light handling-related wear from having been read once, and carefully. Light edgewear at top and bottom edges of jacket. Text block at spine has some play, again due to having been read, so it not tight like a new book. Aside from these details, jacket is bright, without tears or scratches with $23.00 price intact. Text block is square without marks. A near fine copy in near fine jacket..