Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first UK edition, first printing hardcover copy of Imperial Earth by Arthur C. Clarke in a new archival wrap.
The book is in Near Fine condition with clean, bright boards, strong title gilt on a straight spine., heavy, uneven foxing on the top page block, tight binding, no spine tilt, lightly rolled spine ends, mild edge wear, and one bumped corner. The interior of the book is also in Near Fine condition with the ghost of 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 UK price on the front flap in British pounds, mild surface and edge wear. Looks great in a new Brodart archival wrap.
Duncan Makenzie makes the journey from his satellite republic of Titan to Earth, as diplomatic guest at the United States’s Quincentennial, observer of humanity’s oldest existing civilization, and seeker after the woman he has loved for years
Small volume ships promptly in a corrugated mailer with book wrapped in both craft paper and multiple layers of bubble wrap.
