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An Infinite Summer: Available Copies

Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.9

Pan Books, 1980, 1st paperback printing, rare British science fiction vintage paperback, gga cover art, decent copy, moderate wear, light cover creasing and rubbing, still solid VG.

First edition copy. . Good dust jacket. In protective mylar cover. (novel literature scifi science fiction)

Book is in Very Good + condition. Boards have a tiny bit of shelf wear. Fore edges have a small amount of wear. Interior is clean and legible. Not remaindered. Dust Jacket is in Very Good + condition. Tiny bit of shelf wear/rub. Tiniest bit of wear along the edges. Not price clipped. Dust Jacket is covered by Mylar wrapper. Thanks and Enjoy. All-ways well boxed, All-ways fast service. Thanks.

FINE IN FINE D.J. FIRST EDITION. Binding is HARDCOVER.

Octavo, boards. First U.S. edition. The author's second collection of short fiction. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-880. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#175312)

This is the Scribner hardcover with "First American edition published 1979" and full printing line with "1" on its copyright page. Inscribed and signed by its author on the front end paper: "To Scott / Very best wishes / Christopher Priest / January 2 1982". This book is in very good condition, marred only by a red remainder mark on the bottom of its text block, plus wear on its covers' spine ends and bottom corners. Its binding is sound and square, with no spine crease. Covers are unmarked and otherwise unworn, with bright gilt titles on its spine. Pages are unworn and otherwise unmarked. Its dust jacket, now protected by a removable mylar cover, is whole and also in very good condition, marred only by some light soiling and wear on its spine ends, a couple of short thin marks on its back, and a trace of toning to its spine. As with all Space Age Book purchases, I will ship this book in a moisture proof zip-loc bag, padded in bubble wrap, inside a sturdy box to assure it reaches its proud new owner in the same condition as my description.

1979 1ST/RPT VG/VG

Darkening to spine and slight rubbing to edges of dust-jacket, now protected using removable clear wrap, otherwise in very good condition. Next day dispatch by Royal Mail in sturdy, recyclable packaging. 1000's of satisfied customers! Please contact us with any enquiries.

Cover art by Anita Siegel

Short story collection. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Fine copy in a fine dustjacket (as new) but for slight wear/rubbing to (blue) dustjacket.

Octavo, boards. First edition. Signed inscription by Priest to "David" on the title page. The author's second collection of short fiction, including two Hugo nominees. "Five delicate sf/fantasy stories about time and perception. Most notable are the title piece, 'Palely Loitering' and 'The Watched.' Priest is not really a stylist, but these tales are poetically conceived: he manages to evoke a curious, haunting atmosphere by dogged attention to detail and his characters' unusual states of mind." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 186. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-880. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#153968)

Octavo, boards. First edition. Signed on the title page by Priest. The author's second collection of short fiction, including two Hugo nominees. "Five delicate sf/fantasy stories about time and perception. Most notable are the title piece, 'Palely Loitering' and 'The Watched.' Priest is not really a stylist, but these tales are poetically conceived: he manages to evoke a curious, haunting atmosphere by dogged attention to detail and his characters' unusual states of mind." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 186. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-880. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#168657)

Octavo, boards. Signed on the title page by Priest. The author's second collection of short fiction, including two Hugo nominees. "Five delicate sf/fantasy stories about time and perception. Most notable are the title piece, 'Palely Loitering' and 'The Watched.' Priest is not really a stylist, but these tales are poetically conceived: he manages to evoke a curious, haunting atmosphere by dogged attention to detail and his characters' unusual states of mind." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 186. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-880]. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#168657) (29480)

8vo blue cloth with silver lettering in dustwrapper. The picture on this listing page is of the actual book for sale. 208 pp Very Good hardback (light edgewear, ownership sig., text clean and unmarked) in Good dustwrapper (light edgewear, internally foxed). Inscribed by the author on title page.

8vo. Pp: 208. Publisher's blue buckram with silver lettering at spine in publisher's blue dust jacket with white and yellow lettering at spine. Signed by author at title page.ISBN: 0571113435 Very good in very good dust jacket. Slight foxing to top edge, very slight shelfwear at top of spine. One very small foxing mark at rear free endpaper near bottom edge and at bottom edge of pages 200-208. Slight shelfwear to dust jacket and at edges of dust jacket. Very small mark at rear inside flap near base. Binding tight and text clean and unmarked throughout.

First UK Edition. Publisher's blue boards with silver spine lettering. A very fine copy in like D/W. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE TITLE PAGE. An OUTSTANDING copy

Signed by Priest, and with an autograph letter signed by Priest to John Fowles laid in, saying Faber was intending to send him a copy but Priest feared it would be misconstrued as a review solicitation, given the strong review Fowles had given a previous book [A Dream of Wessex], so Priest was sending a copy along himself so that it be received only as "inadequate appreciation for a lot of kind encouragement. You do not even have to read it! (However, if you have the time to glance through "The Negation" you might discover a fingerprint I put in for you.)" One may infer Priest means a metaphorical fingerprint, as no actual fingerprint is in evidence. An Infinite Summer is a collection of stories, including the first of his stories to feature the Dream Archipelago, which appears in a number of his works. Priest won the James Tait Black Memorial Award, the World Fantasy Award, and the British Science Fiction Association's award for Best Novel four times. The book is fine in a fine dust jacket, with Fowles' blindstamp on the front flyleaf; the letter is folded to fit in the book, else fine. Fowles, in his A Dream of Wessex review, had called Priest "one of our most gifted young writers of science fiction.I think not only H.G. Wells but Thomas Hardy himself would have enjoyed and approved of it." A nice literary association copy. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings.

London, Faber, 1979. First Edition. First Impression. Manuscript of Priest's novelette, gathered together in An Infinite Summer (for which the proof is included). 31 typed sheets. The story was first anthologised in Andromeda 1 in 1976, and subsequently in Trips in Time (Silverberg, 1977) and The Best Science Fiction of the Year 6 (Carr, 1977). This is the author's top-copy fair-copy of the manuscript, with a handful of minor corrections. Comparison to the proof shows considerable alterations. Manuscript in very good condition, coffee stain to first sheet, general edgewear and some markings from staples and paperclip. Proof is in good condition with some splitting at the spine and a little foxing. General wear. [5969, Hyraxia Books].