1972 The City and the Stars by Arthur C. Clarke
1972
255pp.
Victor Gollancz Ltd., London
A new edition of 'The City and the Stars', which itself is a complete reworking of his first novel ‘Against the Fall of Night’.
First published in 1956, with this being the second impression of the 1968 edition, published in 1972.
In the original unclipped dust wrapper.
Written by Arthur C. Clarke, one of the ‘Big Three’ of science fiction alongside Isaac Asimov and Robert Heinlein. The novel is set two and a half billion years in the future, in a closed city called ‘Diaspar’, believed to be the last remaining city on earth.
In the original cloth binding in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally in excellent condition with slight bumping to head and tail of the spine. Dust wrapper is very smart with sunning to spine and extremities. The odd light mark to the wrap. Prior owner’s ink inscription to front free endpaper. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean.
Grading: NEAR FINE in a NEAR FINE dust wrapper.
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