Helliconia Summer by Aldiss Brian, Signed (10 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. First UK edition hardcover signed by Aldiss to the title page. Spine ends softened, textblock slightly toned else fine/fine. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 398 pages; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Near fine hardcover with near fine unclipped dust jacket. Straight secure spine with tight hinges and clean interior. Signed by author. Signed by Author(s).

Large Trade Paperback. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Advance Reading Copy True First Edition with proof dust jacket. Large trade paperback. Shelf 320. Bright clean, tight and appears unread; signed on title page. Not a book club copy. No previous owner name, no marks, no underlining, not ex library, not a remainder. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. The world created by the author is not only convincing but it is also beautiful , rotten , enticing and dangerous just like our own world. His picture of an iinterplanetary summer which lasts for centuries, and of the queen who lives at its heart - is nothing less than astounding. 8vo. Pp, [10] 3-398 original blue cloth covered boards in very good pictorial dust wrapper.Signed by author on title page.Title on spine in gold lettering. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Very good hardcover with near fine unclipped dust jacket. Straight secure spine with tight hinges and clean interior. Minor damage on top page edges. Signed by author. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Presentation copy signed, Dated and inscribed by Brian Aldiss directly to Title page. First edition/First printing published by Jonathan Cape, London 1983. No other marks or inscriptions. Usual tanning to pages. Clean and bright Blue cloth covers. Near fine dustjacket not price clipped. Protected in archive cover. Inscribed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. Advance Reading Copy True First Edition Large trade paperback. Shelf 313. Bright clean, tight and appears unread; signed on title page. Not a book club copy. No previous owner name, no marks, no underlining, not ex library, not a remainder. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Three volumes. First British editions. Volume 1 signed. First two simultaneous, last preceded the US edition. The complete set comprised of Helliconia Spring, Helliconia Summer, and Helliconia Winter. Very fine set in fine dust jackets. Signed by Author(s).

Octavo, three volumes, boards. First British editions. HELLICONIA SPRING is signed on the title page by Aldiss. First two simultaneous, last preceded by the U.S. edition. The complete trilogy comprising HELLICONIA SPRING, HELLICONIA SUMMER, and HELLICONIA WINTER. A "massive attempt at world-creation: the evocation of an alien planet where 'winter' lasts many centuries. An epic narrative, impressively detailed. John W. Campbell award winner, 1983. The elaborate, brilliantly sustained sequels are HELLICONIA SUMMER (1983) and HELLICONIA WINTER (1985)." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 170. "Though science fiction often has this scope, it has never had this grandeur." - The Times Literary Supplement. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-11. Some mild tanning to text blocks of all three books, lower corners of HELLICONIA SUMMER lightly bumped, else a fine set in fine dust jackets; (#155187).

First British editions. Octavo, three volumes, boards. The first volume is signed by Aldiss on the title page. First two simultaneous, last preceded by the U.S. edition. The complete trilogy comprising HELLICONIA SPRING, HELLICONIA SUMMER, and HELLICONIA WINTER. A "massive attempt at world-creation: the evocation of an alien planet where 'winter' lasts many centuries. An epic narrative, impressively detailed. John W. Campbell award winner, 1983. The elaborate, brilliantly sustained sequels are HELLICONIA SUMMER (1983) and HELLICONIA WINTER (1985)." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 170. "Though science fiction often has this scope, it has never had this grandeur." - The Times Literary Supplement. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-11]. Age tanning to text block of all, the three volumes are fine copies in fine dust jackets. (29421).