Basic terms in the
tables below:
Condition -- I
won’t always know till I look whether I have anything in excellent condition left;
unless you tell me otherwise I’ll assume you prefer the excellent.
Excellent means
it’s in as good a shape as a new copy in a bookstore. Because publishers don’t
always take great care in shipping anymore, there might be a 0.5-3 mm dent on a
corner, for example, or the spine may not be perfectly true (that is, if you
lay it flat on a table the spine may differ by 10 degrees or less from the
vertical). Or on paperbacks, along one edge, there might be a visible white
line from rubbing in the boxes, not more than a millimeter thick. (Almost any
bookseller would sell that book as new).
Very Good means
it’s like a very good used book (actually a bit better because it will not have
been read). There might be some small corner bends but not creases, spine
somewhat out of true, perhaps some rub marks on the dust jacket, and maybe a
few smaller-than-5-mm tears in the dust jacket edge.
I have a couple of “hurt books” in worse-than-very-good condition. In some cases they’re the only
version of that title I have for sale, so I’m making them available. The pages
are still tight, the book is still readable, but it’s not as pretty as it was.
Types of books-
HB hardbound, with dust jacket over a rigid cloth cover.
TPB, a paperback about the size of a HB. Some of the
European ones have cover flaps.
MMPB: what most English speaking people mean by a paperback:
a physically smaller cheaper book with a paper cover.
Some books had separate UK and US editions so I’ve noted
where there’s a difference. Any other nation, you may assume it’s a translation
in the language of that country. I can only vouch for the French translations;
I seem to draw French translators who are better writers than I am, or perhaps
my ideas just lose something in the original.
If you would like to buy something, or several somethings
Please email me
to see whether it’s still available, work out any personalization (unless asked
not to I sign and date everything), and figure out how you’d like me to ship
it. Please do not send any money until we've got a deal worked out and I've checked to make sure that the books are still in the condition I've listed. I don't want to disappoint anyone!
Once we have the deal figured out, I’ll then invoice you, either via PayPal or street mail, your choice, for
the agreed-on price plus shipping and handling. I’ve had great luck with media
rate within the US, which is very cheap, and with International Priority Mail
outside the US, so that’s what I’ll propose first as a default. Obviously, the
more you tell me about what you’d like, the less time it will take to get it
all figured out.
And now, on with the merchandise!
Good quality signed first editions of Orbital Resonance available again!
The
story of how these happened to fall into my hands is probably of little
interest to most of you, but you can find it at this blog post. For all
of you, however, here's the deal:
Last year, my former agent found in a storage locker one of my most popular novels ever, the Nebula finalist Orbital Resonance, shrinkwrapped on minipallets, the original shipping packaging from 23 years ago. So far 14 out of the 18 I have unwrapped have been in excellent condition, so I have 4 which had to be priced down to Very Good. Unless you tell me otherwise, I'll assume you want Excellent.
Last year, my former agent found in a storage locker one of my most popular novels ever, the Nebula finalist Orbital Resonance, shrinkwrapped on minipallets, the original shipping packaging from 23 years ago. So far 14 out of the 18 I have unwrapped have been in excellent condition, so I have 4 which had to be priced down to Very Good. Unless you tell me otherwise, I'll assume you want Excellent.
Title
|
Quantity
on hand
|
Price
if Very Good
|
Price
if Excellent
|
Orbital
Resonance
|
43
|
$18.00
|
$19.75
|
additional deal-sweetener:
buy any of the other 3 Century Next Door novels in hardcover
(signed of course) and receive a $3
discount on each title, OR buy all four and receive a $10 overall discount.
Title
|
Quantity
on hand
|
Price
if Very Good (and if purchased with 1st edn HC of Orbital Resonance)
|
Price
if Excellent (and if purchased with 1st edn HC of Orbital Resonance)
|
Kaleidoscope
Century (UK edition, hardcover, the first "good" edition and the
earliest one I'll sign)
|
46
|
$13.00
|
$14.50
|
Candle
(Hardcover 1st edition, signed)
|
29
|
$14.00
|
$15.50
|
The
Sky So Big and Black (Hardcover 1st edition, signed)
|
18
|
$14.00
|
$15.50
|
All
four Century Next Door books, Hardcover 1sts (or first good edition for KC),
including Orbital Resonance, Kaleidoscope Century, Candle and The Sky So Big
and Black
|
Up to 18 (if everyone wants this
deal)
|
$58.00
|
$64.25
|
ADVANCED READING COPIES
These
are the paperbound photocopies, usually of the
uncorrected page proofs but sometimes of manuscript or copyedit, that
are sent
out to reviewers and to other writers for blurbage. Generally fairly
small
numbers (fewer than 50) are produced and covers are often just colored
cardstock with title, author name, and stock promo text. Because they’re
scarce, and a step or two before the final edition that goes to the
bookstore,
some people collect them.If you're not a collector, you will probably
find them pretty dull; they're just like regular books except with dull
covers and more typos.
Title
|
Quantity on hand
|
Price if Very Good
|
Price if Excellent
|
A Million Open Doors
|
1
|
$18.00
|
$19.75
|
Earth Made of Glass
|
1
|
$18.00
|
$19.75
|
Merchants of Souls
|
3
|
$18.00
|
$19.75
|
Sky So Big and Black
|
3
|
$18.00
|
$19.75
|
FIRST EDITIONS
(often your last or only chance for a signed first edition! Many of these
are out of print!)
Title
|
Quantity on hand
|
Edition
|
Price if Very Good
|
Price if Excellent
|
A Million Open Doors
|
6
|
US HB 1st
|
$17.00
|
$18.50
|
Armies of Memory
|
2
|
US HB 1st
|
$17.00
|
$18.50
|
Caesar's Bicycle (Timeline
Wars #3)
|
4
|
PB 1st
|
$7.75
|
$8.50
|
Candle
|
30
|
US HB 1st
|
$17.00
|
$18.50
|
Daybreak Zero
|
1
|
US HB 1st
|
GONE
|
GONE
|
Directive 51
|
1
|
US HB 1st
|
GONE
|
GONE
|
Duke of Uranium
|
11
|
PB 1st
|
$7.75
|
$8.50
|
Encounter with Tiber
|
4
|
US HB 1st
|
$17.00
|
$18.50
|
In the Hall of the Martian
King
|
14
|
PB 1st
|
$7.75
|
$8.50
|
The Last President
|
10
|
US HC 1st
|
....
|
$18.50
|
Losers in Space
|
1
|
HB 1st
|
$17.00
|
$18.50
|
The Merchants of Souls
|
10
|
US HB 1st
|
$17.00
|
$18.50
|
Mother of Storms
|
19
|
US HB 1st
|
$17.00
|
$18.50
|
A Princess of the Aerie
|
33
|
PB 1st
|
$7.75
|
$8.50
|
The Sky So Big and Black
|
20
|
US HB 1st
|
$17.00
|
$18.50
|
Tales of the Madman
Underground
|
5
|
HB 1st
|
$17.00
|
$18.50
|
Union Fires (Time Raider
#3)
|
8
|
PB 1st
|
$7.75
|
$8.50
|
Wartide (Time Raider #1)
(Pretty chewed up, not better than Fair or Acceptable)
|
1
|
PB 1st
|
$4.00
|
---
|
Washington's Dirigible
(Timeline Wars or Crux Ops, #2) (Pretty chewed up, not better than Fair or
Acceptable)
|
1
|
PB 1st
|
$4.00
|
---
|
EASTON PRESS LEATHERBOUND SIGNED
COLLECTOR EDITION
Easton Press Directive 51
|
4 excellent, 1 very good
|
Special Collector Edition
with author signature sewn in
|
$30.00
|
$50.00 (in original packaging)
|
TRANSLATIONS AND FOREIGN
EDITIONS
Title
|
Number on hand
|
Edition
|
Price if Very Good
|
Price if Excellent
|
A Million Open Doors
|
1
|
French TPB
|
$9.75
|
$10.50
|
A Million Open Doors
|
1
|
Dutch TPB
|
$9.75
|
$10.50
|
A Million Open Doors
|
1
|
French MMPB
|
$7.50
|
$8.25
|
Encounter with Tiber
|
1
|
German MMPB
|
$7.50
|
$8.25
|
Mother of Storms
|
4
|
Dutch TPB
|
$9.75
|
$10.50
|
Mother of Storms
|
4
|
French TPB
|
$9.75
|
$10.50
|
Mother of Storms
|
2
|
Italian MMPB
|
$7.50
|
$8.25
|
Mother of Storms
|
1
|
French MMPB
|
$7.50
|
$8.25
|
One for the Morning Glory
|
3
|
French TPB
|
$9.75
|
$10.50
|
One for
the Morning Glory
some
wrinkles on plastic-slicking of cover
|
1
|
Russian "slickboard”
|
$6.00
|
----
|
Orbital Resonance
|
3
|
Danish TPB
|
$9.75
|
$10.50
|
Sin of Origin
|
1
|
German MMPB
|
$7.50
|
$8.25
|
The Return
|
3
|
German TPB
|
$9.75
|
$10.50
|
Mother of Storms
|
1
|
French ARC
|
$19.50
|
$21.25
|
Other Editions of John Barnes Books
(nothing special unless as noted. All
will be signed, dated, and personalized as you like)
|
Title
|
Edition
|
Price
if Very Good
|
Price
if Excellent
|
|
Apocalypses
and Apostrophes
|
UK
HB
|
$16.00
|
$17.50
|
|
Apostrophes
and Apocalypses
|
US
TPB
|
$9.00
|
$9.75
|
|
Armies
of Memory
|
MMPB
|
$7.00
|
$7.50
|
|
Candle
|
MMPB
|
$7.00
|
$7.50
|
|
Daybreak
Zero
|
MMPB
|
$7.00
|
$7.50
|
|
Directive
51
|
MMPB
|
$7.00
|
$7.50
|
|
Earth
Made of Glass
|
US
MMPB
|
$7.00
|
$7.50
|
|
Finity
|
US
MMPB
|
$7.00
|
$7.50
|
|
Gaudeamus
|
US
TPB
|
$9.00
|
$9.75
|
|
Kaleidoscope
Century
|
UK
HB
|
$16.00
|
$17.50
|
|
Kaleidoscope
Century
|
US
MMPB
|
$7.00
|
$7.50
|
|
Merchants
of Souls
|
MMPB
|
$7.00
|
$7.50
|
|
Mother
of Storms
|
UK
MMPB
|
$7.25
|
$7.75
|
|
Mother
of Storms
|
US
MMPB
|
$7.00
|
$7.50
|
|
Mother
of Storms
|
US
TPB
|
$9.00
|
$9.75
|
|
Sin
of Origin
|
UK
MMPB
|
$7.25
|
$7.75
|
|
Sky
So Big and Black
|
US
MMPB
|
$7.00
|
$7.50
|
|
Tales
of the Madman Underground
|
TPB
|
$9.00
|
$9.75
|
|
The
Duke of Uranium
|
POD
TPB
|
$9.00
|
$9.75
|
|
The
Last President
|
US
MMPB
|
$7.00
|
$7.50
|
|
The
Man Who Pulled Down the Sky
|
US
MMPB
|
$7.00
|
$7.50
|
|
The
Return
|
MMPB
|
$7.00
|
$7.50
|
ADDITIONAL SPECIAL ITEMS
I have a few audio
unabridged editions of Directive 51
and of Daybreak Zero on CD. Some are regular audio, some mp3.
There’s no really satisfactory way of signing them, but I’ll take a Sharpie and
scrawl my name on the box or across the non-playing side upon request, if you
like.
Commemorative
watches:
Buzz Aldrin Moon Landing 25th Anniversary Watch in
Original Box
Buzz authorized these for a company that makes a
variety of celeb and event collectibles. One day in 1994 while he and I were
working on Encounter with Tiber, a
crate of them arrived. He handed me some of them in a desperate attempt, I
think, to regain some closet space. I thought I had given them all away as
presents, but as I was moving my office, I discovered I still had one left in a
desk drawer. I don’t see any strong reason to hang onto it. It’s a perfectly
nice dial, not digital, watch, in excellent condition in a case; the black
cardboard store-shelf box it came in has been battered by many moves, but is
the original.
Please do note that this is not a historically
signficant item; other than the odd way it will be coming to you, and the fact
that it’s almost 20 years after the limited edition went on sale, it is
otherwise just a commemorative piece, and this particular item is only as
connected with Buzz as any other product he has endorsed. I’m suggesting
$110.00, but I'd be happy to hear other offers.
Sci-Fi
Channel Launch Party Souvenir Watch
In a chain of odd
circumstances, I was one of very, very few writers or publishing people invited
to be present at the launch party for The Sci Fi Channel, back when that was
what it was called, in 1992. I managed to meet, among other people, June
Lockhart—we talked about cats, as I recall, and did not mention either Lassie or Lost in Space. I spent considerably more time with Leonard Nimoy; we
mostly talked about how much I had liked him as Tevye in the tour of Fiddler on the Roof, and he was charming
and funny and had marvelous road stories from that tour.
It just wasn’t a very book-y
event. There wasn’t a Hugo or Nebula winner in the room, I don’t think, and
most of the publishing people were from advertising or marketing departments,
there to be wined and dined in the hopes of selling them some ads. It was truly
about the TV. But, anyway, I was
there, and owing to this fact, on the way out, they handed me this
commemorative watch, which has been moving around with me, sitting in its case
inside its box for all this time.
Dial, not digital. Rather nice looking, and clearly
marked to commemorate the launch of the Sci Fi Channel. Still in its sleeve box
with case inside. It’s actually much scarcer than the Buzz Aldrin
commemorative, but it lacks most of the coolness of Buzz (after all, it’s just
swag from a corporate launch cocktail party), so I figure I’ll split the
difference between scarcity and coolness, and price it at $110.00 as well (and
similarly, I'd be happy to hear other offers.)
Box of OPARCS
That is my abbreviation for Other People's Advance Reading Copies.
Back in the late 90s and early 00's, before it became clear that I read
slowly if at all and didn't write very usable blurbs, publishers used to send
me Advance Reading Copies in hopes of securing a book blurb. Eventually
the publishers mostly gave up, which was sensible of them, but I hate to throw
a book away, so I ended up with a large number of ARCs, most of which I looked
at and decided not to finish long after the due date for the blurb, but which I
can't quite bear to throw away. Nearly all the books are now out of print, so
there will be little if any damage to any author's sales if any of you
collector types pick one up.
Update as of 12-7-2014: One enterprising dealer bought 7 of the 14 ARCs, the ones most appealing to his specific group of collectors (mainly "classic" sf from the older generation). He points out that the 7 books he didn't take contain some real finds for people who deal to YASF collectors. So if that's you, you may want to drop me a note, get the new (shorter) list, and see if you're interested.
If any dealers/collectors are interested in a list of the contents of the box (I really don't remember much of anything about it), let me know, I'll take a look and give you a fuller report, and we can work out some deal. It's the kind of thing that a dealer who does convention tables might do well with.
Update as of 12-7-2014: One enterprising dealer bought 7 of the 14 ARCs, the ones most appealing to his specific group of collectors (mainly "classic" sf from the older generation). He points out that the 7 books he didn't take contain some real finds for people who deal to YASF collectors. So if that's you, you may want to drop me a note, get the new (shorter) list, and see if you're interested.
If any dealers/collectors are interested in a list of the contents of the box (I really don't remember much of anything about it), let me know, I'll take a look and give you a fuller report, and we can work out some deal. It's the kind of thing that a dealer who does convention tables might do well with.
