Seller: Singing Saw Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. SIGNED by author on title page at a sci fi symposium, dated 11/11/78. Book club edition. Near Fine in dust jacket that has been laminated by former owner. Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 131128987
Seller: Antiquariaat Berger & De Vries, Groningen, Netherlands
First printing. Bound in cloth, with pictorial dust jacket by Jim Burns. 316 p. -(very) good.-(A few small rips (0,5 cm) in teh edges of the dust jacket, ends of spine bumped, but otherwise the book is in very good condition. Pages bright and clean.). ISBN 0803768664. Seller Inventory # 65476-A-57698
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Seller: Book House in Dinkytown, IOBA, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First thus, signed/inscribed by Varley. Dial Press / James Wade, 1978; stated First Printing, no additional printings indicated; 316pp. Signed, inscribed by author ("For Ken, John Varley, 4/13/82") on title page. Nine stories, including the the Hugo and Nebula award-winning title novella. Introduction by Algis Budrys. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; minor wear to edges of green cloth boards, silver foil titling remains bright and bold; text very good. Very minor wear to edges of unclipped ($9.95) dust jacket; jacket arrives wrapped in protective mylar. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 334788
Seller: SHIMEDIA, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.
Condition: New. Satisfaction Guaranteed or your money back. Seller Inventory # 0803768664
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Octavo, boards. First edition. "The sentimental title story concerns a colony of blind folk who develop amazing powers. Most of the rest are tales set in a bioengineered, sexually ambiguous space-faring human society of the not-too-distant future. Fast and superbly inventive, they are carried off with astonishing aplomb. Varley became the most fashionable author in American magazine SF during the late 1970s (just as James Tiptree, Jr. had been number one in the early 1970s), and it was the stories reprinted in this book which brought him the acclaim." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), pp. 277-8. The title novella won both the 1979 Hugo Award and the 1979 Nebula Award. "The first of Varley's short story collections . Varley almost always deals in extremes, and the fervent inventiveness of his early stories made them very striking." - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1171. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1171. A fine copy in fine dust jacket priced $9.95 on the front flap. (#154072). Seller Inventory # 154072
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Octavo, boards. First edition. "The sentimental title story concerns a colony of blind folk who develop amazing powers. Most of the rest are tales set in a bioengineered, sexually ambiguous space-faring human society of the not-too-distant future. Fast and superbly inventive, they are carried off with astonishing aplomb. Varley became the most fashionable author in American magazine SF during the late 1970s (just as James Tiptree, Jr. had been number one in the early 1970s), and it was the stories reprinted in this book which brought him the acclaim." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), pp. 277-8. The title novella won both the 1979 Hugo Award and the 1979 Nebula Award. "The first of Varley's short story collections . Varley almost always deals in extremes, and the fervent inventiveness of his early stories made them very striking." - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1171. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1171. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#141501). Seller Inventory # 141501
Seller: Barsoom Books, Torrance, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 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, save for a light bump to the upper right hand corner of the front. The price-clipped dust jacket is gorgeous and protected by a protective Brodart cover. No remainder marks. When you receive this book youll tuck it into the zip pocket of your speedsuit, flip your glimmer shades to high-res, and hop into your id-shifter, all systems set to quantum-overdrive, headed for the far reaches of the solar system with your inner frequency set to - you guessed it E.L.O.s Telephone Line. NOTE: From the library of L.A. collector Bill Wilson. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 037883
Seller: BennettBooksLtd, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Seller Inventory # Q-0803768664
Seller: mclinhavenbooks [IOBA], Elton, WI, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Copyright date is 1978, first edition, first printing. Green cover over boards with silver lettering and design on the spine. Grey inside covers front and back. No tears bent pages nor any writing. Shelf wear to the edges and to the head and toe of the spine are minor, with most wear coming to the head and toe of the spine, very small tape residue back inside panel .Dust Jacket, No tears or bent flaps nor is it price clipped. Very minor wear to the edges. Now in a clear cover. Seller Inventory # 006358