Digging Leviathan by James Blaylock (48 results)

Condition: Good. David O'Connor (illustrator). Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Jim Gurney (illustrator). 1st Edition.

Condition: Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Stated Ace original, 1984. Very Good condition. Rubs to the book's corners and spine tips. 2 1/4" diagonal crease at the front cover's upper right corner. Some stress creases at the front spine seam. Tanning to the covers' versos. Mild tanning to the page margins. Cover art by James Gurney.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. An uncommon book. Interiors fading. Bookstore stamp.

Paperback. first edition. near fine, unread, paperback,

Paperback (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good+. Jim Gurney (illustrator). First Paperback Edition. Very Good 1st Paperback Edition with uncreased spine, very lightly bumped to ends. Some very light edge-wear. Edges stained yellow. Internally, shadowed to inside covers. No writing or stamps. Clean, bright pages. Nice, square copy. Carefully packaged and despatched within 48 hours from our wee bookshop in Scotland.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 276 pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Paperback Original. SIGNED / dated (10/30/09) on title page. James Gurney cover art. VG; inside covers browned. Signed by Author(s).

Paperback. first edition. near fine paperback,

Ferret (illustrator). Octavo, boards. First hardcover edition. "A complicated adventure story that plays affectionately with supposedly antiquated pulp ideas, including the hollow Earth . Breezy homage to the delights and eccentricities of pulp SF, witty and well written" (Brian Stableford). Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-133. Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 7-37. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 4A-33. Pringle, Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels 86. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#169455).

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First trade paperback edition, first printing. "September 2002" statement to the copyright page, $18.95 to the rear cover. Selected as one of the prestigious Pringle's 100 best fantasy novels of all time. Blaylock was dubbed the father of steampunk due greatly to this delightful fantasy romp spiced with flying bicycles, mermen, and enormous ancient creatures, and is set in very recognizable Southern California streets and areas, featuring two smart teens who are influenced to build a digging leviathan after reading Edgar Rice Burroughs books. Fine, square, tight and firm in glossy stiff-card wraps with front cover art by Lydia C. Marano, with white titles to the spine; original printed $18.95 price still intact to the rear cover. No remainder mark.

Ferret (illustrator). Bath: Morrigan Publications:, 1988. First hardcover edition, Fine in Fine dust jacket, 275 pp. Cover artwork by: Ferret First hardcover edition, Fine in Fine dust jacket,

Paperback original. Jim Gurney (illustrator). First edition (& 1st printing). SF novel. ''Ace original/September 1984'' on copyright page. Cover art by Jim Gurney. In Pringle, Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels #86. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Inner covers browning, else a fine (unread) copy.

First edition. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. Paperback original. ".the first volume of what may be called the Digging Leviathan world, is set in a modern Los Angeles, beneath which is a giant Underground sea (it may be the first Los Angeles novel to feature one, though it is certainly not the last), and some of whose inhabitants hope to penetrate the centre of the Hollow Earth, which serves as the primary venue for Zeuglodon (2012), where the entire inner reality may be the Invention of a man asleep, who may be a Secret Master, or who may not." - SFE online. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-133. Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 7-37. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 4A-33. Pringle, Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels 86]. A fine copy with a touch of shelf wear. (28476).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Ferret, dj art and illustrations. (illustrator). 1st UK & hardcover Edition 1st Printing. This book is the First Hardcover Edition of a book that was published as a Paperback Original. The book has light soiling to the top of the page block. The dust jacket is unclipped (L11.95). Signed by the author on the title page.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Limited to 310 signed by Blaylock, Powers, Jeter and Ferret on the limitation page. Fine in dust jacket and slipcase. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Red cloth boards with black lettering under black illustrated dust jacket, within red cloth slipcase, 8vo, 290 pp. Signed by all four contributors on limitation page, this is #141 of 310. Fine copy of a Los Angeles-based lost world novel. Signed by author.

First hardcover edition. Octavo, boards. ".the first volume of what may be called the Digging Leviathan world, is set in a modern Los Angeles, beneath which is a giant Underground sea (it may be the first Los Angeles novel to feature one, though it is certainly not the last), and some of whose inhabitants hope to penetrate the centre of the Hollow Earth, which serves as the primary venue for Zeuglodon (2012), where the entire inner reality may be the Invention of a man asleep, who may be a Secret Master, or who may not." - SFE online. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-133. Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 7-37. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 4A-33. Pringle, Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels 86]. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#169455) (30084).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Ferret (illustrator). 1st Edition, Signed, Limited. First edition, hardcover, signed by Blaylock, Powers, Jeter, and Ferret, and marked no. 77/310 on the publisher's tipped in limitation page. The book has a minor skew to the binding, and mild wear to the spine ends. Otherwise, this is a solid, tight, bright Very Good+ copy in a like dust jacket, which has very slight wear to the spine ends and corners. The jacket is wrapped in a Mylar cover, and the item is housed in a matching Very Good+ slipcase, which has areas of faint rubbing, and very small bumps to the corners.

Octavo, cloth. First hardcover edition. Limited to 1010 copies of which this is one of 300 numbered copies signed by Blaylock, Tim Powers, K. W. Jeter, and artist Ferret. This issue adds two articles, "The Pigs Have All Gone to France" by Powers, pages 279-281, and "The Invisible Book" by Jeter, pages 285-290. "A complicated adventure story that plays affectionately with supposedly antiquated pulp ideas, including the hollow Earth . Breezy homage to the delights and eccentricities of pulp SF, witty and well written" (Brian Stableford). Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-133. Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 7-37. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 4A-33. Pringle, Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels 86. A fine copy in fine dust jacket and cloth slipcase. (#177462).

Octavo, cloth. First hardcover edition. Limited to 1010 copies of which this is one of 300 numbered copies signed by Blaylock, Tim Powers, K. W. Jeter, and artist Ferret. This issue adds two articles, "The Pigs Have All Gone to France" by Powers, pages 279-281, and "The Invisible Book" by Jeter, pages 285-290. "A complicated adventure story that plays affectionately with supposedly antiquated pulp ideas, including the hollow Earth . Breezy homage to the delights and eccentricities of pulp SF, witty and well written" (Brian Stableford). Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-133. Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 7-37. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 4A-33. Pringle, Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels 86. A fine copy in fine dust jacket and cloth slipcase. (#99115).

Hardcover. First Edition. One of a limited edition of three hundred ten copies. Tiny spot inside dustjacket. A fine copy in fine dustjacket in cloth slipcase. With two articles by Tim Powers and K. W. Jeter not included in the trade edition. Illustrations by Ferret. Signed by Blaylock, Powers, Jeter and Ferret on the limitation page. ; Octavo; Signed by All Authors.

Ferret (illustrator). First edition, #13/50 Boxed sets Bound in black, brown & red cloth with red, white & yellow spine lettering. With a 5 12/" X 8 1/2" staple bound 4 page "A Word About The Author" pamphlet by William Ashbless that is signed by Ashbless on the last page & also Signed & Numbered on the rear cover by Blaylock & Illustrator Ferret. A Very Fine set in Fine dust jackets and slipcase.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Perfect, unread, SIGNED, limited edition. In slip case.#288/300 Shrink wrapped for protection. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. first edition hardcover. fine in a fine dust jacket , signed, slipcase, 1/300 copies, 1988.

First hardcover edition. Octavo, cloth. One of 300 numbered copies signed by Blaylock, Tim Powers (after word), K.W. Jeter (after word) and Ferret (illustrator). ".the first volume of what may be called the Digging Leviathan world, is set in a modern Los Angeles, beneath which is a giant Underground sea (it may be the first Los Angeles novel to feature one, though it is certainly not the last), and some of whose inhabitants hope to penetrate the centre of the Hollow Earth, which serves as the primary venue for Zeuglodon (2012), where the entire inner reality may be the Invention of a man asleep, who may be a Secret Master, or who may not." - SFE online. [Reference: Barron (ed.): Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 4-56, Barron (ed.): Fantasy Literature 4A-33, Pringle: Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels #86]. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket and slipcase. (4380).

Ferret (illustrator). Bristol: Morrigan Publications:, @ 1991. Three Volumes, Hardcover, SIGNED, Limited, Fine in Fine dust jackets and in Near Fine slipcase with additional pamphlet, Cover artwork by: Ferret PLEASE NOTE: The individual volumes in this set are not signed. Rather, the additional pamphlet, "A Word About the Author" is signed by James Blaylock, illustrator Ferret and author of "A Word About the Author" William Ashbliss (Tim Powers). This set was limited to 50 numbered copies making it substantially more rare than the actual signed, limited editions that were issued in individual slipcases. The books, jackets and pamphlet are all Fine and so is the slipcase with the exception of one very small (about one-half inch) closed tear to the cover material at a corner. Three Volumes, Hardcover, SIGNED, Limited, Fine in Fine dust jackets and in Near Fine slipcase with additional pamphlet,

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Digging Leviathan / Homunculus / Magic Spectacles by James P. Blaylock (Signed) (First Edition) Three beautiful signed leather-backed volumes. Quarter Leather. Set of Three, First Hardcover Editions, Special. Private Press/lettered, Signed. Signed by Author, Artist, Afterword Authors. [Bath]. [1988, 1988, 1991]. CONTRIBUTOR'S COPY, PUBLISHER'S PRESENTATION COPY, AND AUTHOR'S COPY. Limited in each case to ONLY TEN lettered and signed copies. All volumes bound in quarter maroon leather, spines lettered in gilt with five raised bands, and marbled endpapers. EACH COPY SIGNED by the author, by the artist, Ferret, and by the author of each volume's afterwords: Tim Powers and K. W. Jeter (HOMUNCULUS), Keith Roberts (DIGGING LEVIATHAN), and Lewis Shiner (THE MAGIC SPECTACLES). Each volume also has a lengthy handwritten inscription signed by James P. Blaylock to fellow author and friend, Tim Powers and his wife. DIGGING LEVIATHAN is a CONTRIBUTOR'S COPY, given to Tim Powers by the publisher. HOMUNCULUS is a PUBLISHER'S PRESENTATION COPY, given to Tim Powers by the publisher. MAGIC SPECTACLES is an AUTHOR'S COPY, given to James P. Blaylock by the publisher and then in turn given by James P. Blaylock as an AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY to Tim Powers. Each volume contains the laid-in letter of presentation from the publisher to the recipient. Lettered copies not issued in dust jacket. BOOK.