Zelazny (Roger) Lord of Light
£350
London, Faber, 1968.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original green cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 21s.
An interesting, quasi Sci-Fi take on Buddhism and the Hindu pantheon.
In stock
A very good copy, in very slightly toned but otherwise very good jacket.
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London, John Hamilton, 1936.
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London, Methuen, 1939.First UK edition. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, cheaper issue jacket correctly priced 4s.6d.A scarce edition of this the third title in Burroughs' 'Pellucidar' series, set in a hollow earth environment. Wonderful jacket artwork.
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London, Bles, 1925.
First UK edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth lettered in red. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 7/6.
A great first edition in English of Čapek's novel about a secret explosive formulation and the trouble it causes, not least for its inventor, the chemist Prokop: "a rich and wildly imagined work, unusual in its almost orgiastic baroque exploration of power, sexuality, and guilt." (Bleiler). The wonderful art deco jacket artwork sets the mood perfectly! The original Czech edition was published the previous year.
London, Macmillan, 1928
First edition. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly price of 7/6 on front flap.
Satirical science fantasy of a visit to another planet and the second volume of Eimar O'Duffy's Cuanduine (Spectrum of Fantasy p168)
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London, Gollancz, 1964.
First UK edition. Ex-library. 8vo. Original red boards. Dust-jacket, price-clipped.
The first UK edition of Simak's sci-fi classic, about a lonely immortal farmer who man & maintains a way station for aliens in Wisconsin, winner of the Hugo prize for that year.