Lot 95
Adams (Douglas) The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, first hardback edition, signed by the author, 1979
Hammer Price: £3,800
Description
Adams (Douglas) The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, first hardback edition, signed by the author on title, original boards, slight bumping to spine tips and corners, second state dust-jacket with blank lower panel, light damp-mottling to verso, minor chipping to spine tips and corners, very light creasing to head and foot, but a near-fine example generally, 8vo, 1979.
⁂ Preceded by the Pan paperback edition published the same year, signed copies of the hardback edition are rare at auction, we have only traced one other example in the last 40 years.
Description
Adams (Douglas) The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, first hardback edition, signed by the author on title, original boards, slight bumping to spine tips and corners, second state dust-jacket with blank lower panel, light damp-mottling to verso, minor chipping to spine tips and corners, very light creasing to head and foot, but a near-fine example generally, 8vo, 1979.
⁂ Preceded by the Pan paperback edition published the same year, signed copies of the hardback edition are rare at auction, we have only traced one other example in the last 40 years.
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