![]() ![]() We find the same previous owner name inked on both the front pastedown and the final free endpaper recto, as well as a tiny bookseller sticker "Weinstock Lubin & Co." affixed to the lower rear pastedown. The contents remain bright with no spotting and only the slightest age-toning to the otherwise immaculate page edges. First edition is confirmed by the Scribner s "A" on the copyright page. ![]() We note only the slightest wear to the lower corners and spine ends. The binding is square, clean, and tight with sharp corners. We conservatively grade this copy as near fine plus in a near fine dust jacket. The first edition was bound in tan cloth, illustrated on both the spine and front cover, with decorative endpapers featuring a dark blue and white star scape and an illustrated tan dust jacket printed white, brown, and blue. This is the first edition of the author s early novel about an overpopulated future Earth where faster-than-light gates to other planets are allowing extra-solar colonization and requiring a new breed of intrepid and resourceful pioneer. ![]()
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