Search Results: the canopy of time by brian w aldiss

Faber & Faber, 1959. Hardcover. Good. 1959. 1st Published. 221 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Moderate tanning, with light foxing and marking to pages. Some foxing to pastedowns and endpapers with inscriptions and small area of loss to front. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and marking. Light bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends. Book has noticeable forward lean with sunning overall.

SIGNET, 1960. Mass Market Paperback. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Signet / New American Library [1960], 1960. Mass Market Paperback. Acceptable. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

[New York]: Signet / New American Library [1960]. Good. 1960. First Edition Thus. Mass Market Paperback. First edition thus. Signet S1815 with 35 cents cover price. "The exciting chronicle-novel of eight distant tomorrows---each another step forward into the future reaches of time and space". 144 pages collecting 8 stories. Otherwise VG+ copy [some spine cocking, cheap text paper tanning] with a diagonal crease to the rear cover, and two check marks to the upper portion of the front cover. .

London: Science Fiction Book Club, 1961. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Very Good in a Good jacket, generally toned, stains at the front panel, foxed at the spine, a chip at the bottom of the front panel. Green cloth, stained and bumped at the corners, with a red ink panel on the spine. Firmly bound with a slight forward lean, foxed at the edges, clean internally.

The Science Fiction Book Club, 1961. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1961. Book Club Edition. 222 pages. Illustrated jacket over green cloth. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. Boards have some moderate edge wear, with slight bumping to corners and minor bumping to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with small tears and creasing. Jacket is slightly rubbed and marked overall.

London: Four Square Books 821 1963 First Four Square Paperback Printing, 1963 GD+ Cover art by Roy Carnon.

London: London: New English Library May 1971 First NEL Paperback Printing ISBN 0-450-00708-1, 1971 Good reading copy. Cover art by Bruce Pennington.

London: New English Library May 1971 First NEL Paperback Printing ISBN 0-450-00708-1, 1971 VG. Light edgewear, light creasing to spine, otherwise an attractive copy, very clean throughout. Cover art by Bruce Pennington.

London: London: New English Library May 1975 NEL Paperback Reprint ISBN 0-450-02254-4, 1975 Near Fine. Light edgewear, light creasing adjacent to spine, otherwise an attractive copy. Cover art by Bruce Pennington.

London: The Science Fiction Book Club By Arrangement With Faber & Faber. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. 1961. 1st Book Club Edition. Original boards. With some foxing to edges and a few pages. Dustjacket in protective plastic cover. Slight wear to spine, covers, corners & dustjacket. ; GPT"The Canopy of Time" (also published as "Galaxies Like Grains of Sand") by Brian Aldiss is a collection of interlinked short stories that span billions of years, presenting a grand tapestry of humanity's future evolution and its interactions with the cosmos. Each story, while distinct, contributes to a cohesive narrative arc that explores themes of time, civilization's rise and fall, and human adaptability. Aldiss masterfully combines speculative science with deep philosophical questions, considering not just the technological advances of future societies but also their cultural, social, and ethical dimensions. From the dawn of humanity's expansion into space… Read More

London: Four Square 821 1963 First Four Square Paperback Printing, 1963 A Fine unread copy, with a trace of edgewear & slight warping of covers, not unusual with these editions. Cover art by Roy Carnon.

Faber, 1959. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. The jacket is a bit marked, sunned and worn. Soundly bound. One ownership signature. Internally clean.. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

London: Faber & Faber. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. The novel is a fix-up of previously published short stories, centering on the forty-million year history of the fictional city of New Union, published in 1960 in the USA under the title “Galaxies Like Grains of Sand”. A bright book in in original navy cloth, dealer sticker in the front board and previous owner name written in pen on the verso (Ian Ferguson 1960). Unclipped jacket (15s) with some edgewear and chipping in particular at the top and bottom of spine and flaps. Now housed in a removable acetate cover for protection. Book about VG+ and DW, VG .

UK: Faber, 1959. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 1st Edition 1959. Book is very good and quite bright. Shop stamp and feint foxing to endpaper. The complete wrapper is very good with slight edge rubbing and light soiling to white rear. Light foxing. More images can be taken upon request. Ref ###003648

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

London: Faber & Faber. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. The novel is a fix-up of previously published short stories, centering on the forty-million year history of the fictional city of New Union, published in 1960 in the USA under the title “Galaxies Like Grains of Sand”. A fine book, tight binding some dealer notes in the front written in pencil. A NF or better dust jacket, slight browning of the spine and very little wear. Collectable copy .

Faber and Faber, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Small 8vo. Includes dust jacket; English edition includes signed card tipped in; some slight foxing to book block