Search Results: Titles starting with R from Top Shelf Books

Tor, 2006 Book. Illus. by Martiniere, Stephan. Very Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover first edition, first printing. Very fine (unread) copy in very fine jacket for this Hugo Award winning novel. Stated First Edition with "1" present in complete number line. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. A clean, square and unread copy. Sadly, we lost Vinge's voice this year 2024. Award History: 2007 Hugo Award Winner for Best Novel; 2007 Locus Poll Award Winner for Best SF Novel..

Atlantic Monthly Press, 1994 Book. Illus. by High Design. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover first edition, first printing and first US edition. Very fine (unread) copy in very fine jacket. First American Edition stated on copyright page with "1" present in complete number line. Fine (unread) copy in fine jacket. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. Previously published by HarperCollins UK in 1993. First novel in Womack's Terraplane series. SF novel about five months in the life of a young girl living in near-future New York who witnesses (and chronicles in her diary) the decay and collapse of her family and civilization. "[Random Acts] isn't a comforting book. It's a work of raw courage, confronting the dark without sf's usual shields of irony or isolated intellect. I hope that doesn't scare you off, as it seems to have scared the US publishers so far. Our field is not yet so overrun with genius that we can afford to let even one brilliant,… Read More

Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., 1969. Book. Illus. by Loehle, Richard. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover first edition, first printing and first hardcover edition. Stated First Edition on copyright page. Blue boards with gold lettering. Dark purple rear jacket panel shows some rubbing with some very light crinkling at top and bottom edges of spine panel (normal for a book this age). Previous owner's stamp on half-title page. The page block is bright, square and without stains. A superior copy. A Space-Opera intended for tough, older children, it's a thoughtful work on the decline and resurgence of civilization. Some 10,000 years in the future, mankind has slipped back to a feudal culture, except for the star ships that still link the interstellar empire together. The starship engines run on unlimited energy, but the rest of technology is lost to myth and superstition. Priests chant navigation codes, war horses are transported in the holds for knights and torches light the… Read More

Warner Aspect, 1996. Book. Illus. by Donato. Fine. Hardcover. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Book Club edition and first hardcover edition. Code #13599 on rear jacket panel. (Preceded by the mass market paperback.) Fine (unread) copy in near fine jacket. Not a remainder or ex-library copy. The copy is clean and square. The jacket has one closed tear, 1.5cm in length, at the top edge of the rear jacket panel. Zettel's first novel and winner of the Locus Poll Award for Best First Novel. Award History: Co-winner of the 1997 Locus Award for Best First Novel (tied with Whiteout by Sage Walker); 1996 Philip K. Dick Award Nominee (lost to The Time Ships by Stephen Baxter)..

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..

Ace, 1990. Book. Illus. by Walotsky, Ron. Near Fine. Hardcover. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Book Club and first hardcover edition. Not a remainder or ex-library copy. (Issued by Science Fiction Book Club, it follows the mass paperback published by Ace.) Ace original edition stated on copyright page. SFBC Code #16011 at bottom rear panel. A single page-leaf is slightly askew from the spine - a printing defect. Faint jacket crease at top right corner side with edges of jacket slightly rubbed, else a near fine copy in fine jacket. Award History: 1990 HOMer Award Winner for Best Novel; 1991 Locus Poll Award Nominee for Best SF Novel (lost to The Fall of Hyperion by Simmons); 1990 Nebula Award Nominee for Best Novel (lost to Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea by Ursula Le Guin)..

Baen, 1999 Book. Illus. by Ruddell, Gary. Very Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Hardcover first edition, first printing. Stated First Printing. Very fine (unread) copy in very fine jacket. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. <b>Signed by both Stirling and Drake on the title page.</b> Sadly, David Drake passed away in December, 2023. Clean, straight copy without price-clipping..

Voyager, 2001 Book. Illus. by Howe, John. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover UK, first printing and true first edition. (Published three days prior to the US edition published by Tor.) First Printing with "1" present in complete number line. Very fine (unread) copy in very fine jacket. Not a remainder, book club or ex-library copy. A clean, straight copy without price-clipping and in unread condition. First novel in a new fantasy saga exploring the themes which have driven civilization for millennia: the conflicts between good and evil, technology and spiritualism, male and female. "Enthralling and exciting reading, full of unexpected twists and surprises." - Booklist. The UK edition features a wonderful full color, <a href=http://www.topshelfbooks.com/home/pages/ringoffivedragons_full.html>wrap-around dustjacket art</a> by John Howe..

Norton, 1995 Book. Very Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover first edition, first printing. Fine (unread) copy in fine jacket. Not a book club, remainder nor ex-library copy. Fiction, and Mosley's award-winning first non-genre novel about an aging blues singer. A novel about coming to terms with the past, and redemption. Award History: 1996 Black Caucus of the American Library Association's Literary Award..

HarperCollins Publishers, 2004 Book. Illus. by Parks, Phil. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover first edition, first printing. Stated First Edition with "1" presenti in complete number line. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. Very light jacket crinkling at head of spine panel, else a fine (unread) copy in fine jacket. A clean, square copy without the usual dedications by previous owners. Illustrated Children's story book by this noted Horror writer. Wonderfully illustrated by Phil Parks. Santa's brother, Bob, constructs an android Santa in rocket sleigh piloted by a Gorilla and eight robot reindeer. Of course, the path to you-know-where is paved with good intentions, and Bob's intentions to help his brother on Christmas Eve goes terribly wrong..

Doubleday, 1985 Book. Illus. by Shaw, Barclay. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover first edition, first printing. Very fine (unread) copy in fine jacket. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. Stated First Edition with code P032 on page 382 and code 0985 on rear jacket flap. If these points are not present it is not a first printing. (Again, it is not a Book Club edition, but was published by Doubleday simultaneous with the Phantasia Press limited edition.) Blue boards with black cloth spine. Faint age-related wear at upper jacket edge spine panel and at corners, else jacket is fine with original $16.95 price intact. Spine slightly is very slightly cocked (from improper shelving). However, the page block is crisp, bright and without marks. A wonderful copy difficult to find in fine condition without any remainder marks (which this copy isn't remaindered) that aren't ex-library or remaindered. Barron (ed.) Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 4-21. Clute, Science Fiction: The Illustrated… Read More

Doubleday Science Fiction, 1967 Book. Illus. by Clancy, William. Very Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover first edition, first printing. Stated First Edition on copyright page. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. Jacket is lightly crinkled at top edge of spine panel with some scuffing towards bottom edge, else very fine (unread) copy in fine jacket. Collects nine short stories published between 1957 and 1963 with an original essay by Biggle. Copy is pristine, without the usual previous owner's marks, tears or other defects. A straight, square copy with original $3.95 price intact, unusual thus..

Baen, 1998 Book. Illus. by Ruddell, Gary. Very Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover first edition, first printing. First printing stated on copyright page. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. A very fine (unread) copy in very fine jacket. Excellent condition for a popular book this age. The sequel to Once a Hero (1997)..

Ballantine Books, 1990 Book. Illus. by Harris, James R.. Very Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover first edition, first printing and first US edition. (Preceded by the Century UK edition.) Very fine (unread) copy in very fine jacket. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. The author's second novel..

Gollancz, 2004 Book. Illus. by Whelan, Michael. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover UK, first printing and first edition. First UK edition. (The US edition by Putnam preceded by one week.) Very fine (unread) copy in very fine jacket. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. Donaldson returns to Thomas Covenant and The Land after a 20 year hiatus. First book in a forthcoming quartet. Striking, unlaminated jacket in black with gold highlights by Laura Brett. Lovely gold and black endpaper and pastedown sheets make this UK edition a wonderful copy for the Donaldson collector. "...Donaldson shows that his epic series still has the power to surprise in this richly imagined start of a final quartet." - Publisher's Weekly. Award History: 2005 World Fantasy Award Nominee for Best Novel (lost to Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke); Borders Books Best of 2004 Science Fiction & Fantasy..

Guild America Books, 1993 Book. Illus. by Walotsky, Ron. Near Fine. Hardcover. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Book Club edition. First printing, first US edition and first hardcover edition. (Previously published in paperback by Aphelion, Australia in 1990. Published in the US for Guild America by the Science Fiction Book Club.) Code #00608 on rear jacket panel. Not a remainder or ex-library copy. A square, straight copy without clipping. First printing with "Only North American Edition" statement intact on front jacket flap and Code 00608 on rear jacket panel. Page block shows some moderate handling-related wear to top edge. Jacket tips and head of spine panel show two small, closed tears and crinkling (but without chips or tear-outs). Nice full color, wrap-around jacket art by Ron Walotsky. Award History: 1991 Ditmar Award Winner for Best Australian Novel or Anthology..