signed first edition
1968 · Garden City
by Farmer, Philip Jose
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1968. Octavo, cloth. First hardcover edition. Nice three-quarter page signed inscription by Farmer to "Jean" on front free endpaper. First printing of the revised text. "A space expedition comes home to discover that Earth has reverted to worship of the Great Mother. Captain Peter Stagg is given a pair of antlers and is required by the priestesses to indulge in some startling rites. A bawdy SF vulgarization of themes from Robert Graves's THE WHITE GODDESS (1948). Quite entertaining -- and daring for its day." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), pp. 138-9. A fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket with just a touch of age-darkening. A sharp copy. (#89297) (Inventory #: 89297)