First US edition of this early career novel by one of the Big Three authors of the Golden Age of Science Fiction.
Near fine in very good plus jacket.
Price: $350.00
"Gibson felt a wonderful sense of exhilaration. The moment he had waited for all his life had come. He was in space!"
The tale of a troubled writer who takes an extended trip to see a burgeoning Mars colony. Preceded by the UK edition in 1951 from Sidgwick & Jackson. Copies are difficult to find in nice dust jackets.
First printing. New York: Gnome Press Inc, (1952). 8'' x 5.25''. Original red textured paper boards, spine stamped in black. In original unclipped ($2.75) color pictorial dust jacket with design by Ric Binkley. [6], 216 pages. Jacket with rubbing to rear panel, some edgewear. Book a little bumped, else neat and clean.
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