Introduction by James P Blaylock (15 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Fine in stapled card covers. 1 of 200 copies signed by Blaylock, Parks, Shepard and Cynthia and Mark Ziesing. 42pp 8vo. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition Thus; 1st Printing. B&W Illustrations; This is a double novel - with two short books bound together - in opposite directions (with the limitation page in the center). Limited to 300 numbered copies, this is number 93 and has been signed by both authors on the limitation page. The book is in Fine condition and has a Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "James Paul Blaylock (born September 20, 1950) is an American fantasy author. He is noted for a distinctive, humorous style, as well as being one of the pioneers of the steampunk genre of science fiction. Blaylock has cited Jules Verne, H. G. Wells, Robert Louis Stevenson, Arthur Conan Doyle and Charles Dickens as his inspirations. [2]He was born in Long Beach, California; studied English at California State University, Fullerton, receiving an M. A. In 1974; and lives in Orange, California, teaching creative writing at Chapman University. He taught at the Orange County School of the arts until 2013. Many of his books are set in Orange County, California, and can more specifically be termed "fabulism" that is, fantastic things happen in our present-day world, rather than in traditional fantasy, where the setting is often some other world. His works have also been categorized as magic realism." (from Wikipedia); Signed by Author. Illustrated by Donna Gordon (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good+. 1st Edition. Blue printed stiff paper covers. This is an out of series, un-numbered copy (the intended limitation was 300 copies. It is signed on limitation page by Powers and Blaylock and is additionally inscribed by Powers 7/5/86 who has added a small pen sketch. 40 pages. Lightly bumped top corners otherwise near fine. Signed by Author(s). …

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition Thus; First Printing. [Bath, Avon]: Morrigan Publications. 1988. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Hardcover. 1870338456 . Signed Limited First hardcover edition. Copy #243/300 numbered copies, of 1010 total copies, signed by James P. Blaylock, Keith Roberts and Ferret. 1987 Phillip K. Dick Memorial Award winner. 244 pages. New copy in like jacket and slipcase See Photos CelphE. Ferret (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. [Bath, Avon]: Morrigan Publications. 1988. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Hardcover. 1870338456 . Signed Limited First hardcover edition. Copy #242/300 numbered copies, of 1010 total copies, signed by James P. Blaylock, Keith Roberts and Ferret. 1987 Phillip K. Dick Memorial Award winner. 244 pages. New copy in like jacket and slipcase See Photos CelphE. Ferret (illustrator). …

Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Seattle: The Axolotl Press. Fine. 1986. First edition. White printed wrappers [about 5.5" x 8.5"], saddle-stapled, 31+ 8 pages. This version limited to 400 paper bound copies [bound dos-a-dos like the Ace Double Novel format] signed by both James P. Baylock and Tim Powers and also signed by both Charles de Lint and Ed Bryant who wrote the introductions. Fine copy. See Photos whbx 2E.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing; Limited Signed. "First Edition" statement to the copyright page, $30 to the jacket's flap. Limited to 1,000 deluxe, hand-numbered copies SIGNED to the limitation page by the five contributors: Philip K. Dick and two-time World Fantasy Award winning author, James P. Blaylock; Tim Powers; Adriana Campoy, Brittany Cox, and Alex Haniford. This is number 558. Comprises three stories co-written with Blaylock with three of his creative writing students, each with the premise that a man enters a house that is not quite his own, in which he opens doors into rooms on the borderland of reality and illusion. Fine, square, very tight, and firm in fresh violet linen with metallic-violet embossed titles to the spine, cream-yellow headband and tail-band, cranberry end-papers; in a fine dust jacket with front panel art by Tim Powers; original printed $30 price still intact to the front inner flap. Octavo; 63 pages; afterword by Blaylock; note by William Ashbless (Powers & Blaylock). Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Trade Edition; Fine in a fine dust jacket with no visible flaws. Winner of the Phillip K. Dick award and an early example of "Steampunk". Protected in a fresh mylar cover. Ferret (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First limited edition-- #290 of 310. Signed by author, artist and Roberts. A fine copy in a fine DJ, now protected in removable archival mylar. See my photos of the book you will receive, not stock photos. All books are wrapped in bubble wrap and shipped in a cardboard box. USPS tracking provided. #157. Ferret (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. Limited Edition; 1st Printing. Color and B&W illustrations; This book is limited to 750 copies signed by the author, the illustrator and the introducer. This book is number 293. Laid in are three 3x5 sized cards in blue cardstock with illustrations. This book is in Near Fine condition , has a Near Fine dust jacket and a Near Fine slipcase. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "James Paul Blaylock (born September 20, 1950) is an American fantasy author. He is noted for a distinctive, humorous style, as well as being one of the pioneers of the steampunk genre of science fiction. Blaylock has cited Jules Verne, H. G. Wells, Robert Louis Stevenson, Arthur Conan Doyle and Charles Dickens as his inspirations. " (from Wikipedia); Signed by Author & Illustrator. Illustrated by Dennis Loughner (illustrator).…

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. Walt gets cranky when Lew stops keeping his donut shop open all nite; he and his wife spat over shoes. Blaylock was one of a small group of California writers mentored by Philip K. Dick. Deluxe edition of this short story, #156 of 224 hardcover copies, SIGNED by all contributors. Hardcover, as pictured; no jacket, as issued. Light wear, near fine, some cockling from the four real photos glued in. Size: Octavo. Viki Blaylock, Phil Parks (illustrator). Signed by Author & Illustrator.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Seattle: The Axolotl Press 1986. Signed Limited First Edition. Copy #17 of 100 numbered cloth-bound copies signed by the author and by Tim Powers. World Fantasy Award winner. Green cloth with gold gilt lettering, 26+ pages. Fine copy in Fine Dust Jacket. See Photos Clph/E.…

First English hardcover edition. Limited edition. Signed by the author. Publisher's original tan cloth, with titles in black and metallic red to the upper board and in black and metallic pink to the spine. Top edge pink. With a black and white frontispiece by Christina Duffy and Anne Trembley. A better than very goof copy, the binding square and firm with some bumping to the spine tips and a tiny tear to the lower front spine joint, and a small mark to the upper board. The topstain is darkened towards the fore-edge. The contents, with a bookplate to the front free endpaper and eight tiny spots to the fore-edge of the closed text block, are otherwise clean throughout and without previous owners' inscriptions or stamps. Inscribed by the author in black ink on the title page "For Jared! - / Hoping you like dark beer! / Cheers, / Tim Powers". The recipient is an editor and publisher of genre fiction. Issued in an edition of 825 clothbound copies, from which this example is numbered 765, and signed by Tim Powers, the author of the introduction K. W. Jeter, and the author of the afterword James P. Blaylock in black ink on the colophon. The author's first major novel and third overall publication, originally published in 1979 by Del Rey / Ballantine Books in New York and nominated for the 1980 Locus Award for 'Best Fantasy Novel'. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. Signed by Author(s).…

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. Doyle Jimmerson discovers a disconcerting shop after his estranged wife dies. Includes an introduction by Powers and a somewhat fanciful afterword by Koontz. Blaylock was one of a small group of California writers (including Powers) mentored by Philip K. Dick. Deluxe edition of this short story, #40 of 150 hardcover copies, SIGNED by all contributors on a special limitation page (the author's signature on the title page is printed). Hardcover, as pictured; no jacket, as issued. Light wear, about fine, [6], 54 pages, color photo of the author pasted in, cover art by Parks. Size: 10¼" by 8¼". Phil Parks (illustrator). Signed by Author & Illustrator.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing: Deluxe Collector's Limited Edition. Letter "F" of 26 copies. SIGNED by the Shepard, Parks, Blaylock and Joyce. The book is bound in dark red material with cream stamping--the pages are printed in dark red type on cream stock. Housed in a matching clamshell box. Laid within the box is a lithograph SIGNED by Shepard and Parks. Attached to the inside of the box lid is a matted hand-written beginning page to a short story--this is exclusive to the Collector's Edition. The book and all items included are fine, as new, in a fine box. The book contains a tissue-guarded glossy color photograph frontispiece of Shepard. An essay by Tom Joyce "Why I Collect Lucius Shepard" and a bibliography of Shepard's American and British first editions appears at the end of the short story. Book is 82 pages and is 10 1/4" tall by 7 1/4" wide. Lithograph is 10" tall by 7" wide. Signed by Author(s). …