Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first edition, first printing hardcover copy of Greetings, Carbon-Based Bipeds! by Arthur C. Clarke in an archival wrap.
The book is in Near Fine condition with clean, bright boards, strong title gilt on a straight spine, clean page blocks, tight binding, no spine tilt, lightly rolled spine ends, mild edge wear, and strong corners. The interior of the book is also in Near Fine condition with an erased price on the first free end paper. No other marks, inscriptions, or other signs of ownership inside. The end papers and the interior pages are clean and bright, making it an excellent addition to any collection.
The dust jacket is in Near Fine condition with the price on the front flap, and mild surface and edge wear. Looks great in a Brodart archival wrap.
An anthology of futuristic nonfiction essays by the best-selling author of 2001: A Space Odyssey spans more than sixty years of work in a collection, organized chronologically, that includes his prophetic predictions about geosynchronous satellites, space travel, and the Internet.
Small volume ships promptly in a corrugated mailer with book wrapped in both craft paper and multiple layers of bubble wrap.
