"IT'S THE BASIC CONDITION OF LIFE TO BE REQUIRED TO VIOLATE OUR OWN IDENTITY"

DICK, Philip K. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Garden City: 1968.

First edition of one of science fiction's most famous and influential novels (and inspiration for the landmark futuristic film noir, Blade Runner), Dick's masterful vision of the struggles between technology and humanity, entropy and empathy, in a post-apocalyptic world. $24,500.

“NO ONE CAN GO FAR ASTRAY IN THE LAND OF OZ”

BAUM, L. Frank. Scarecrow of Oz. Chicago, 1915.

First edition, first state, of Baum’s ninth Oz tale, richly illustrated by John R. Neill with 12 color plates and numerous black-and-white illustrations, inscribed by the author on the ownership page, "Presented with loving regards of L. Frank Baum." $23,500.

“THE MOST SUSTAINED ACHIEVEMENT IN FANTASY FOR CHILDREN BY A 20TH-CENTURY AUTHOR”

LEWIS, C.S. Chronicles of Narnia. London, 1955-56. Together seven volumes. First editions of all seven books in Lewis' cherished Chronicles of Narnia, handsomely bound in full morocco-gilt. $19,500.

“IN A HOLE IN THE GROUND THERE LIVED A HOBBIT”

TOLKIEN, J.R.R. Hobbit. London, 1942.

First edition, third printing of the fantasy classic—"among the very highest achievements of children's authors during the 20th century" (Carpenter & Pritchard, 530), with the color frontispiece not included in the first printing. $18,500.

PHILIP PULLMAN’S HIS DARK MATERIALS TRILOGY, FIRST EDITIONS SIGNED BY HIM IN ALL THREE VOLUMES

PULLMAN, Philip. His Dark Materials Trilogy. London, 1995, 1997, 2000. Together three volumes.

First editions of Pullman’s celebrated trilogy—including the very scarce first volume, Northern Lights—each volume signed by Pullman on the title page. $13,000.

"IT NEVER WAS A WAR, ANY MORE THAN THERE'S WAR BETWEEN MEN AND ANTS"

WELLS, H.G. War of the Worlds. London, 1898.

First edition of H.G. Wells' classic and influential "scientific romance." $7500.

“ONE OF THE FINEST CHILDREN’S FANTASIES OF THE 20TH CENTURY”

WHITE, Terence Hanbury. Sword in the Stone. London, 1938. First edition of the original version of White's playful and profound tale of King Arthur's youth, illustrated with numerous linecuts by the author. $7000.

“M.R. JAMES’ INFLUENCE ON THE ENGLISH GHOST STORY HAS BEEN IMMEASURABLE”

JAMES, Montague Rhodes. Ghost Stories of an Antiquary. London, 1904.

First edition of the scarce first and finest book by "the most important and influential figure in the horror field," with four illustrations by James McBryde. $6800.

DARK CARNIVAL, SIGNED BY RAY BRADBURY

BRADBURY, Ray. Dark Carnival. Sauk City, Wisconsin, 1947.

First edition of Bradbury's important first book, signed by him on the title page. $6800.

FIRST EDITION OF THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES, SIGNED BY RAY BRADBURY

BRADBURY, Ray. The Martian Chronicles. Garden City, 1950.

First edition of this scarce science fiction classic, Bradbury’s second book, signed by him and dated October 21, 1980. $6800.

"YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER WE'RE ONLY MADE OUT OF DUST"

DICK, Philip K. Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch. New York, 1965.

First edition of Dick's Nebula Award-winning science fiction novel. $6500.

“HE SHOWED ALL HIS POWERS”

(RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator) WAGNER, Richard. Rhinegold & The Valkyrie. WITH: Siegfried. London, 1910. Together, two volumes.

First deluxe limited edition, each volume one of only 1150 copies (402 and 295, respectively) and each signed by Rackham, boasting in all 64 mounted color plates and 23 black-and-white drawings. $5600.

“ONE OF THE MOST ENDEARING BOOKS EVER WRITTEN FOR CHILDREN”

GRAHAME, Kenneth. Wind in the Willows. London, 1908.

First edition of the beloved children's novel, "one of the classic read-aloud books that should not be missed by any family" (Silvey), handsomely bound by Asprey. $5200.

“HE’LL BE FAMOUS A LEGEND… THERE WILL BE BOOKS WRITTEN ABOUT HARRY EVERY CHILD IN OUR WORLD WILL KNOW HIS NAME!”

ROWLING, J.K. Harry Potter deluxe editions. London, 1999-2007. Seven volumes.

First deluxe editions of the entire run of Harry Potter books. $5200.

"WITH ALL DUE RESPECT"

SNICKET, Lemony. A Series of Unfortunate Events. New York, 1999-2002. Nine volumes.

A splendid set of the first nine volumes of the Lemony Snicket series, all first editions in beautiful condition, each volume with embossed stamp "Library of Lemony Snicket" and signed by the author “with all due respect” and dated. $5000.

“HE’LL BE FAMOUS–A LEGEND… THERE WILL BE BOOKS WRITTEN ABOUT HARRY–EVERY CHILD IN OUR WORLD WILL KNOW HIS NAME!”

ROWLING, J.K. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. New York, 1998.

First American edition of the first volume in Rowling’s phenomenally popular Harry Potter series. $4500.

"IF IT WEREN’T FOR THE PEOPLE… THE WORLD WOULD BE AN ENGINEER'S PARADISE"

VONNEGUT, Kurt. Player Piano. New York, 1952.

First edition of Vonnegut's first novel, an "increasingly prescient," darkly humorous dystopia. $4000.

"LISTEN: BILLY PILGRIM HAS COME UNSTUCK IN TIME": FIRST EDITION OF SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE

VONNEGUT, Kurt. Slaughterhouse-Five. New York, 1969.

First edition of Vonnegut's masterpiece—his "most powerful novel"—a modern classic of time travel, metaphysics and the morality, or lack thereof, of war. $3800.

"ONE OF KING'S TRUE MASTERPIECES"

KING, Stephen. Insomnia. Shingletown, California, 1994.

Signed first limited gift edition of this Stephen King classic, number 520 of 1250 deluxe leather-bound copies signed on the limitation page by Stephen King, illustrator Phil Hale, and designer Arnie Fenner, in original gilt-leather tray case. $3500.

"SOFT COLORING, HUMOR AND FANTASTIC BEAUTY"

(RACKHAM, Arthur) SWIFT, Jonathan. Gulliver's Travels. London and New York, 1909.

Signed limited edition, number 564 of 750 copies signed by illustrator Arthur Rackham, of Swift’s sharp, satirical masterpiece, with 13 mounted full-page color plates, two full-page black-and-white illustrations, and seven in-text black-and-white vignettes. $3500.

“FOR WHATEVER COUNTRY DOROTHY VISITS IS SURE TO BECOME FAMOUS”

BAUM, L. Frank. Road to Oz. Chicago, 1909. First edition, first state, of Baum’s fifth Oz book—Dorothy and her new friends’ lively journey through several marvelous lands, printed on a rainbow of colored paper, with numerous illustrations by John R. Neill, many full-page. $3200.

STAR WARS, SIGNED BY GHOSTWRITER ALAN DEAN FOSTER

(FOSTER, Alan Dean) LUCAS, George. Star Wars. New York, 1977.

First hardbound trade edition, signed on the title page by ghostwriter Alan Dean Foster. $2800.

“DON’T PANIC!”

ADAMS, Douglas. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. New York, (1980-1992).

First American editions, first printings of all five books in Adams' pan-galactically popular "trilogy in five parts." $2800.

"STAPLEDON CHOSE THE LARGEST SUBJECT POSSIBLE, THE MEANING OF THE UNIVERSE, AND HE TACKLED IT COURAGEOUSLY"

STAPLEDON, Olaf. Odd John. London, 1935.

First edition of Stapledon's "story of a superhuman child born ahead of his time," in scarce original dust jacket. $2500.

BOLDLY INSCRIBED BY RAY BRADBURY WITH HIS SKETCH OF SPACEMAN

(BRADBURY, Ray) HARTMANN, William K., SOKOLOV, Andre, MILLER, Ron, MYAGKOV, Vitaly, eds. In the Stream of Stars… Soviet/American Space Art Book. New York, 1990.

First edition of an expansive, richly illustrated volume celebrating the brilliance of American and Soviet artists, featuring Ray Bradbury's moving lead essay that urges humanity to meet the challenge of the universe and "fall upward," wonderfully inscribed by Bradbury with his date of "6/26/96" across an entire page with his sweeping sketch of a wide-eyed spaceman, profusely illustrated with over 140 illustrations, most color and full page. $2200.

"STEPHEN KING'S GREATEST SHORT STORIES PRESENTED IN A WAY NEVER BEFORE IMAGINED"

KING, Stephen. CHADBOURNE, Glenn, illustrator. The Secretary of Dreams. Baltimore, 2006-2010. Two volumes.

Deluxe "gift" first edition, each volume one of only 5000 copies printed, of Stephen King stories in graphic novel format, illustrated by acclaimed Maine-based horror and fantasy artist Glenn Chadbourne. $2200.

SIGNED BY STEPHEN KING

KING, Stephen. Bag of Bones. New York, 1998.

First edition of "one of King’s most accomplished novels," signed on the title page by the author. $2000.

SIGNED BY OCTAVIA BUTLER

BUTLER, Octavia E. Parable of the Talents. New York / Toronto, 1998.

First edition of one of Butler's final novels, the concluding work in her Parable Series—a "masterpiece" (New York Times)—boldly signed on the title page by her. $1800.

"A CLEAR WILD TUNE… MORE MAGICAL THAN ALL NIGHTINGALES"

DUNSANY, Lord (PLUNKETT, Edward John Moreton Drax, 18th Baron of Dunsany). Blessing of Pan. London & New York, (1927).

First edition of this wistful fantasy from the author of The King of Elfland's Daughter, in the rare dust jacket. $1750.

"THE HUMAN RACE HAD CHANGED—AND HE HAD NOT"

CLARKE, Arthur C. Against the Fall of Night. New York, 1953.

First edition of this classic Golden Age science fiction adventure, an early Clarke novel—his first when published in novella form in Startling Stories, and only his third when revised and published separately as a full-length novel. $1200.

"DEAD MAN WALKING!"

KING, Stephen. Green Mile. Burton, Michigan, 2006. Six volumes.

Limited tenth anniversary edition of one of Stephen King's most famous works, the only hardcover printing done in the style of the original six-part serialized run, with more than 60 drawings by Mark Geyer and an introduction by Ralph Vicinanza. $1200.

HEINLEIN’S FIRST PUBLISHED NOVEL

HEINLEIN, Robert. Sixth Column. New York, 1949.

First edition of this controversial early Heinlein novel—his first published novel when it appeared as a serial in 1941—only his fifth novel to appear in book form. A lovely copy. $1100.

"WAR IS PEACE, FREEDOM IS SLAVERY, IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH"

ORWELL, George. Nineteen Eighty-Four. The Facsimile of the Extant Manuscript. Weston, Massachusetts, 1984.

Limited edition, number 167 of 275 copies (out of a total edition of 330) of this facsimile edition of the extant manuscript of Nineteen Eighty-Four, edited by Peter Davidson and with a preface by Daniel G. Siegel, handsomely bound at Grey Parrot bindery. $1000.

"AN UNEQUIVOCAL KEYSTONE"

DUNSANY, Lord (PLUNKETT, Edward John Moreton Drax, 18th Baron of Dunsany). Little Tales of Smethers. London, 1952.

First edition of one of Lord Dunsany's later books, a collection of crime short stories, with a laid-in autograph letter signed by him. $950.

"IN THIS MUSIC THE WORLD WAS BEGUN…"

TOLKIEN, J.R.R. Silmarillion. London, 1977.

First edition of "the work of Tolkien's heart," his monumental presentation of the personal mythology undergirding his epic adventure The Lord of the Rings, illustrated with a folding map of Tolkien's fantastic lands. $900.

“OUR WILDEST DREAMS OF THE FUTURE WILL BE SURPASSED”

HEINLEIN, Robert A. Man Who Sold The Moon. Chicago, 1950.

First edition of the first book in Heinlein's Future History series, in lovely original dust jacket. $650.