signed first edition
1969 · London
by Anderson, Poul
London: Dennis Dobson, 1969. Octavo, boards. First British (and first hardcover) edition. Brief signed inscription by Anderson to one of his book editors. A short novel set during the Long Night, after the Terran Empire and their enemies, the Merseians, have exhausted themselves into oblivion. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, pp. 285-6. A fine copy in fine price-clipped dust jacket with small ink smudge and tiny scratch, both at bottom of rear panel. (#102887) (Inventory #: 102887)