Ballantine Books, New York, 1953
SIGNED Stated First Edition, First printing An IMPORTANT presentation copy! Near fine book SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by Arthur C. Clarke to his Agent, Les Flood “To Les Flood, With All Good Wishes / Arthur C. Clarke / 15 July ’54”. Leslie “Les” Flood was a British literary agent, who founded the Fantasy Book Centre, and the UK’s first SF bookstore. He took over Ted Carnell’s literary agency when Carnell died. He was one of the creators of the International Fantasy Award in 1951.
Near fine clean book with a crisp interior, with a beautiful dust jacket. Arthur Clarke’s third novel, and remains listed in the top 100 of David Pringle’s “Best 100 Science Fiction Novels”.
The book is in near fine/fine condition with red cloth boards with bright unfaded black titles to spine. The boards have sharp corners with no edgewear. The binding is tight and square. The interior pages are clean, bright and flat with no marks, no inscriptions, no foxing, no stains, no bent pages and no age toning to the pages. Arthur Clarke SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by Arthur C. Clarke to his Agent, Les Flood “To Les Flood, With All Good Wishes / Arthur C. Clarke / 15 July ’54”, on the front-end paper. Beautiful clean book. Please see images.
The original dust jacket has benefited from slight restoration by an expert paper conservator and as such presents in near fine condition with strong vibrant colors. The jacket has No edgewear, No chips, No rubbing, No stains and No tears. Slight toning to the rear panel. The dust jacket is NOT price clipped and has a stated price of $2.00. The jacket is now placed in a new clear archival cover. Beautiful jacket presenting the book nicely on the shelf! Please see images.
A rare title, with an extremely important association. Signed and Inscribed by Clarke!
The story follows the peaceful alien invasion of Earth by the mysterious Overlords, whose arrival begins decades of apparent utopia under indirect alien rule, at the cost of human identity and culture.
