Published by Jonathan Cape: London, 1979
ISBN 10: 022401739X ISBN 13: 9780224017398
Language: English
Seller: COLD TONNAGE BOOKS, Colyton, DEVON, United Kingdom
First Edition Signed
Oversize hardcover. First edition (& 1st printing). SF poem by Aldiss illustrated by illustrator Mike Wilks. 32 pages: each page has a near full-page b/w illustation by the artist (with two in colour). LIMITED EDITION: special bookplate signed by both author and artist: ''This bookplate has been specially produced to commemorate Seacon 79, the 37th Annual World Science Fiction Convention.''. Fine copy in pictorial boards as issued without dustjacket (as new) but for some rubbing to rear (black) board.
Published by Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, USA, 1979
ISBN 10: 0030532965 ISBN 13: 9780030532962
Language: English
Seller: SAVERY BOOKS, Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Mike Wilks (illustrator). First American Edition. Hardback 1979. 1st American edition. Pictorial front board. Signed by Brian Aldiss with his inscription: "Michael Curtis Regards.4.iii.82" No other inscriptions. Clean & tight. NO JACKET. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref 398.3. Pile: Petals from St. Klaed's Computer -- BRIAN ALDISS SIGNED INSCRIPTION. ALDISS SIGNED INSCRIPTION.
Published by Cape 1979 (1stUK), 1979
Language: English
Seller: CHRIS MARTIN MODERN FIRST EDITIONS, Pleasley, United Kingdom
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Wilks. Mike (illustrator). 1st Edition. 1st Edition. Jonathon Cape Special Edition for the 37th World Science Fiction Convention in Brighton. This is signed by both the author and illustrator on a tipped in illustrated plate on the front end paper. One of 250 copies prepared for the 1979 World Science Fiction Convention (Seacon) held at Brighton, England. Pile is a long narrative poem specially written by Aldiss to interpret the striking illustrations, in both monochrome and colour, of Mike Wilks. The illustrations were done first. Fine in boards as issued. Signed by Author(s).