Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first edition, first printing hardcover copy of Star Child: A Biographical Constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler by Ibi Zoboi. First Edition stated, December 2022 Dutton. First Printing with full number line, 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.
The book is in Near Fine condition with clean, bright boards, strong title gilt on a straight spine, clean page blocks, tight binding, mild spine tilt, lightly , no edge wear, and strong corners. 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 price on the front flap, and mild surface and edge wear.
From the New York Times bestselling author and National Book Award finalist, a biography in verse and prose of science fiction visionary Octavia Butler, author of Parable of the Sower and Kindred.
Acclaimed novelist Ibi Zoboi illuminates the young life of the visionary storyteller Octavia E. Butler in poems and prose. Born into the Space Race, the Red Scare, and the dawning Civil Rights Movement, Butler experienced an American childhood that shaped her into the groundbreaking science-fiction storyteller whose novels continue to challenge and delight readers fifteen years after her death.
Ships promptly in a manila envelope with book wrapped in both craft paper and multiple layers of bubble wrap.
