NON-STOP
by Aldiss, Brian W
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- A little foxing to edges of first few and last few leaves, a fine copy in a fine dust jacket with slight rubs to the front corne
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
London: Faber and Faber, [1958]. First edition, first printing. A little foxing to edges of first few and last few leaves, a fine copy in a fine dust jacket with slight rubs to the front corner tips. (28433). Octavo, boards. Signed by Aldiss on the title page. The author's first sf novel. Issued later with textual differences in the U.S. as STARSHIP (1959). "... a brilliant treatment of the generation starship and also the theme of conceptual breakthrough in a kind of spacegoing ruined-Earth society; it has become a classic of the field and in 2008 was awarded a retrospective British Science Fiction Association Award for best novel of 1958." - John Clute / David Pringle, SFE (online). Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-4. Pringle: Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels #25. Gerber, Utopian Fantasy (1973), p. 160.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28433
- Title
- NON-STOP
- Author
- Aldiss, Brian W
- Book Condition
- Used - A little foxing to edges of first few and last few leaves, a fine copy in a fine dust jacket with slight rubs to the front corne
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, first printing
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- [1958]
- Keywords
- SF . Signed
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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