London: Faber and Faber, 1966. the first issue binding in dark green cloth - this copy is warmly & cleverly inscribed to Aldiss's friend, mentor and fellow SF writer Judy Merrill " Dear Judy --- This novelette [ Saliva Tree ] of darkest England should open your eyes to what the country is really like ! Love Brian May '66 " - The Saliva Tree won the Nebula Award in 1965 & is first collected here - a fine copy in near fine pictoral dj - two tiny tears at spine base have wrinkled a bit, now flattened out by the mylar wrapper, jacket o/w crisp & unfaded ......scans available .. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Bookseller: Alphabet Bookshop (ABAC/ILAB (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 15837
Title: The Saliva Tree and Other Strange Growths
Author: Aldiss, Brian W
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1966
Keywords: Science Fiction - Weird Fiction - Signed & Inscribed SF - Rare SF
Bookseller catalogs: Modern Literature;
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

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