Here are three first edition hardbacks, all bought at Half Price Books.
Calvino, Italo. Invisible Cities. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1974. First English language edition, a Near Fine+ copy with small name to front free endpaper, slight bumping at head and heel and uneven fading at top and bottom edges, in a Very Good+ dust jacket with two closed 3/4″ tears at top front cover, shallow chipping at head, crease to front inner flap, slight bumping at points, and traces of wear to reflective silver surfaces along spine board join, front edge-fold and rear cover (slightly exaggerated in the scan). Important slipstream work of European fantasy, or what John Clute would call “Fantastika.” Bought for $45.
Gibson, William. Agency. Berkley, 2020. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. Sequel to The Peripheral. Bought for $9.99.
Heinlein, Robert A. Off the Main Sequence: The Other Science Fiction Stories of Robert A. Heinlein. Science Fiction Book Club, 2005. First edition hardback (stated “First SFBC Science Fiction Printing, October 2005”; the SFBC is the only edition), a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. Short story collection, including three (“My Object All Sublime,” “Pied Piper,” and “A Tenderfoot in Space”) that were previously uncollected. Bought for $5.95.
Tags: Books, Fantasy, Half Price Books, Italo Calvino, Robert A. Heinlein, Science Fiction, Slipstream, William Gibson
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