The Road Ahead

New York: Viking, 1995. First edition. In-text illustrations. 286 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Publisher's blue paper backed black boards, spine lettered in yellow; top and bottom edges of spine rubbed. Inscribed by the author on the title page. Fine in a ine dust jacket, lightly rubbed to top of spine panel. Without companion CD-ROM. First edition. In-text illustrations. 286 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. An inscribed, first edition of Bill Gates' first book. The Road Ahead was a collaboration between Gates, Nathan Myhrvold (Microsoft's first CTO), and Peter Rinearson (former Microsoft vice president and Pulitzer Prize winner). This first edition, published in 1995, was heavily revised for a second, 1996 edition.

The inscription reads, "To Charlie, Best wishes, Bill Gates.