Hardcover (Original Cloth)
1944 · London
by Stapledon Olaf
London: Secker & Warburg, 1944. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Jacket chipped with loss along edges and heavy loss at spine ends - front and rear panel are attractive. Old private library bookplate and pocket to front endpapers (from The Cleveland Science Fiction Society), modest uniform browning to paper. Stapledon remains a singular figure in early science-fiction, taking on sprawling, nebulous issues with deftness and unending creativity. Sirius is told from the perspective of an enhanced dog raised as a family member by a psychologist. Size: Octavo (8vo). Text is clean and unmarked. Previous owner's name ink-stamped. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Science & Technology; Inventory No: 046042.
(Inventory #: 046042)