Growing Up Weightless

by John M. Ford (signed)
Frontispiece by Frank Mayo
Introduction by James Gunn (signed)

Easton Press First Edition

Description: Leatherbound hardback book published by Easton Press in 1993. Bound in top grade dark brown leather with 22kt gold lettering and cover artwork. Hubbed spine, acid neutral paper with page edges gilded, satin moire endpapers, and a satin ribbon book mark sewn in. Unused publisher supplied bookplate laid in (not attached). Originally issued by Easton Press signed only by the author on a special signature page without inscription or personalization, I have also gotten this copy signed as follows: Signed by the introduction writer SFWA Grand Master James Gunn on the title page without inscription or personalization. Part of the Easton Press Signed First Editions of Science Fiction series. This book won the 1995 Philip K. Dick Award for best novel.

Publisher's Note: Talented, imaginative, and self-confident, Matthias Ronay has never known any life but that on the moon, and he clashes with his brilliant politician father, Albin Ronay, in an attempt to change his future.

Condition: Binding - near fine, a little light rubbing of the leather of the front cover along the edges, otherwise like new. Dust jacket - none, as issued.

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