Cover: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday & Co.
Date: 1966
First Edition
First Printing
Signed By: Author
Book: VG+
DJ: VG
Navy cloth cover has modest wear to corners and spine cups with scuffed boards and a few small stains on back cover bright and in very good condition. Inscribed and signed by author (A. E. Van Vogt) on title page, which reads, "For ____, This was originally a 35000 word novella by Mayne & I added 25000 & a new villain for the book version. A E Van Vogt". Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Pages are clean and pristine. Book has never been cracked open. Multiple items of ephemera laid-in including a 1979 science fiction convention flyer in which Van Vogt was guest of honor; a 1971 money order purchase receipt for the book to a used bookseller specializing in sci-fi and a portion of the packaging in which the book was shipped; and the entire cover and front matter of the first paperback edition published by Berkley. Dust jacket has a faint damp stain in upper right corner and wear otherwise clean, bright, and overall in very good condition. Publisher's price of $3.95 on DJ flap and small chip to back flap. DJ protected by a brand new, clear, acid-free mylar cover. We add mylar covers to all books with DJs to preserve the DJs and add luster to magnify their beauty. (If pictured, shown without the mylar cover for an accurate representation of dust jacket. ) .
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