Lot 220
Adams (Douglas) The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, first hardback edition, 1979.
Hammer Price: £1,700
Description
⁂ Please note, the description of this lot has changed ⁂
Adams (Douglas) The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, first hardback edition, endpapers very lightly foxed, original cloth, first state dust-jacket with "Capricorn One" advertisement on rear panel, light chipping to spine ends, spine lightly toned, light denting to lower panel, 8vo, 1979.
⁂ A superb copy of this keystone of 20th century sci-fi literature, very rare in commerce, especially with the first state jacket. The conceit was originally a radio series, broadcast in 1978 on BBC Radio 4, with Adams later developing the Hitchhiker's Guide into a "trilogy" of five books which sold more than fifteen million copies during his lifetime.
Description
⁂ Please note, the description of this lot has changed ⁂
Adams (Douglas) The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, first hardback edition, endpapers very lightly foxed, original cloth, first state dust-jacket with "Capricorn One" advertisement on rear panel, light chipping to spine ends, spine lightly toned, light denting to lower panel, 8vo, 1979.
⁂ A superb copy of this keystone of 20th century sci-fi literature, very rare in commerce, especially with the first state jacket. The conceit was originally a radio series, broadcast in 1978 on BBC Radio 4, with Adams later developing the Hitchhiker's Guide into a "trilogy" of five books which sold more than fifteen million copies during his lifetime.
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