THE OUTWARD URGE
first edition
1959 · London
by Wyndham, John (pseudonym of John Beynon Harris)
London: Michael Joseph, 1959. Octavo, boards. First edition. Collects four Troon stories. "A brief, episodic 'family saga' about the near future exploration of space." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 271. Light age-darkening to edges of text block, owner's name in ink at top edge of front free endpaper, a near fine copy in very good dust jacket with wear at head and tail of spine panel and corner tips, several tiny internal tape reinforcements, and age-darkening along rear flap fold. (#74101) (Inventory #: 74101)