Shape Things by Aldiss Brian (38 results)

Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Ex library, mylar wrapped, stamped on endpapers, card pasted on rear. Dust jacket is very good. Binding is solid, pages are clean and unmarked.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. There is some wear to the cover. The book has wear on the corners. There may be some marks in or on the book. Books are stored on a bookshelf in A/C. They are in a dark room and are well maintained. If you have any questions or concerns about this book please contact me. There is some wear to the cover. The book has wear on the corners. There may be some marks in or on the book. Books are stored on a bookshelf in A/C. They are in a dark room and are well maintained. If you have any questions or concerns about this book please contact me. Publisher: Doubleday. Author: Brian Aldiss. Binding: Hardcover. Language: English. …

Paperback. unread paperback, near fine, 1976, reissue.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Top of book dusty. Jacket has minor edgewear.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. A very good copy of this book. No creases to the spine or to the covers. 206 firm pages. The pages are browning to the edges. A solid 'flat' book. Science Fiction.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover. Worn, faded and somewhat dirty dust jacket. Small nicks on jacket spine head and front upper leading corner of jacket. Boards appear warped. Hardcover spine is cocked. Slight wear on hardcover spine head. Page block is tanned. Binding is sound, and the contents are clear. AF. Used.…

BRITISH near fine+ PRICE CLIP jacket only, NO BOOK.

Paperback: 7" x 4½". Condition: Very Good: Light signs of wear. 1974 Edition. © 1970: A non-fiction book by Brian Aldiss. 1st printing of 1974 edition. A part of the Corgi SF Collector's Library series of books:- Synopsis: 'The Shape Of Further Things' by Brian Aldiss is a profoundly original and thought-provoking book by one of the leading writers of science fiction. It is a critical appraisal of the way science fiction has evolved and the part it plays in society today. But more than that, it is an intelligent and highly credible glimpse into a future in which science fiction will rapidly become science fact:- Review(s): "The most versatile of the younger science fiction writers" - The Observer:- (original cost £0.35). Cover Art: Uncredited (illustrator).…

Condition: vg+. vg+ Corgi Books 1976 edition paperback In stock shipped from our UK warehouse.

New Ed. Condition: vg++. 1st Corgi 1974 SF Collectors Library edition paperback vg++ In stock shipped from our UK warehouse.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardcover with removable plastic covered unclipped dust jacket, in very good condition. Page block is lightly foxed. Binding is sound and pages are clear. LW. Used.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Stated first American edition. A Fine copy in a Near Fine dust jacket. Dust soiling to the jacket's spine and rear panel.

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 3-185 pages; illustrations; 23 cm. Contents: Introduction -- A fantastic vision after midnight -- The education of H.G. Wells -- Sleep, dreams, and the somnolent computer -- Baden-Powell and the Neanderthals -- Science fiction: from 'modern boy' to 'little boy' -- An alligator in a dog's embrace -- The dreams of Twickenham (and Wandsworth) -- The imaginary life and death of telepathy -- Fifties SF and the alien-as-human -- Piranesi unchained -- An SF convention of the fifties -- How I ran through an empire -- and what was better for it -- A perfect posited image of this book -- A cartographic Amis and sixties SF -- New worlds and SF horizons of the sixties -- Automation versus fact-free education -- Christie and the new fantasy-dramas -- M.E.R.O.'s Sinai Project, 1957-70 -- Conformity and the everlasting cornflake -- Post-lunar postscript -- Appendices. Subjects: Aldiss, Brian W. (Brian Wilson) 1925-2017; Science fiction Authorship; Science Fiction; English fiction. 1 Kg. …

206pp. A good PB copy.

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 3-185 pages; illustrations; 23 cm. Contents: Introduction -- A fantastic vision after midnight -- The education of H.G. Wells -- Sleep, dreams, and the somnolent computer -- Baden-Powell and the Neanderthals -- Science fiction: from 'modern boy' to 'little boy' -- An alligator in a dog's embrace -- The dreams of Twickenham (and Wandsworth) -- The imaginary life and death of telepathy -- Fifties SF and the alien-as-human -- Piranesi unchained -- An SF convention of the fifties -- How I ran through an empire -- and what was better for it -- A perfect posited image of this book -- A cartographic Amis and sixties SF -- New worlds and SF horizons of the sixties -- Automation versus fact-free education -- Christie and the new fantasy-dramas -- M.E.R.O.'s Sinai Project, 1957-70 -- Conformity and the everlasting cornflake -- Post-lunar postscript -- Appendices. Subjects: Aldiss, Brian W. (Brian Wilson) 1925-2017; Science fiction Authorship; Science Fiction; English fiction. 1 Kg. …

Octavo, pp. [1-8] 9-13 [14] 15-185 [186-188: blank] [note: first and last leaves are blanks], cloth. First edition. An essay in autobiography and criticism. Anatomy of Wonder (1981) 8-2. A fine copy in fine dust jacket priced £1.75 on the front flap. (#177394).

Octavo, pp. [1-8] 9-13 [14] 15-185 [186-188: blank] [note: first and last leaves are blanks], cloth. First edition. An essay in autobiography and criticism. Anatomy of Wonder (1981) 8-2. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#100).

Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 185 pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. This spans one month in the life of Aldiss and his wife Margaret and family, living in the peaceful Oxfordshire countryside. / This is a 1st edition (in this format) paperback in fair condition-the spine is faded & the covers rubbed / the previous owners written there name in it. (206 pages). Originally published in 1970.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good +. 2'nd Printing. SUBTITLED : ` Speculation on Change '. The blurb for this 206 page book calls it `diary form'. In it the author carries his thoughts back to the past and forward to the future. Read more about : dream process, Tolstoi, Entente Cordiale, waking brain, kipple, deprivation of signal, and Dalian canker. UNillustrated. Several critiques / commentaries on other sci-fi writers and writings. Cond : Paper wrapper is royal purple with green lettering. There is also a green brain in the cover artwork. Binding tight. No names nor marks. Light edge wear. Light toning. Excellent reading copy ! ! Quote (p. 62) : " ._._. held a distorting mirror up to the facts of evolution. As for space travel, I believed in it because people like Professor A,M. Low had explained it to me simply in the pages of a pre-war ._._._. ." Size: 12mo.…

Octavo, pp. [i-ix] x [xi] xii-xiii [xiv-xvi] [1] 2-171 [172-173] [174-176: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], cloth. First U.S. edition. An essay in autobiography and criticism. Anatomy of Wonder (1981) 8-2. A fine copy in fine dust jacket with touch of dust soiling to rear panel. (#177395).

Octavo, pp. [i-ix] x [xi] xii-xiii [xiv-xvi] [1] 2-171 [172-173] [174-176: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], cloth. First U.S. edition. An essay in autobiography and criticism. Anatomy of Wonder (1981) 8-2. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#101).

Taschenbuch. Condition: Fine. ---. nein.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 171 pages; Description: xiii, 171 p. Illus. 22 cm. Includes bibliographical references. Form/Genre: Science fiction. Series: Doubleday science fiction. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 171 pages; Description: xiii, 171 p. Illus. 22 cm. Includes bibliographical references. Form/Genre: Science fiction. Series: Doubleday science fiction. 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. True first British printing with original unclipped jacket (35s/£1.75). Jacket has minor patchy edge/shelf wear, a few small marks, the odd small crease/rub to edges, a little patchy browning (including to spine), little patchy creasing/rubbing to front/back inner flaps, little pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine and to corners and a few small marks/odd spot of foxing to reverse (white side). Boards are near fine (having been well protected by the jacket) with the odd small mark, a hint of pushing to corners and minor pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine. Pages are generally clean and the binding is tight. Pages little tanned. Previous owner's name, date and location in pen to front end-paper. Odd small mark/spot of foxing to page edges, tops and bottoms. Very occasional small mark to pages. Back end-paper tanned with the odd small mark/minor foxing. No other faults. A nice copy. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted.…

Hardcover. first edition hardcover. fine in a fine dust jacket 1970.

Condition: very good. Poche bon état.Contenu propre .Couverture défraîchie . 206 pages . 1974.PHOTOS SUR DEMANDE.

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