A SUMMER BEYOND YOUR REACH

First edition in English, first printing. Hardcover. Signed by the author. Publisher's original blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in the Bangqiaoyan illustrated dustwrapper. A fine copy, the binding square and tight, bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owners' marks. Complete with the fine original dustwrapper that is without fading, loss or tears. Scarce.

Signed by Xia Jia in blue ink on a front blank endpaper. The author's first English language collection, comprising 14 stories: 'Six Views of a Spring Festival'; 'The Psychology Game'; 'Up in The Air'; 'Meeting Anna'; 'On Miluo River'; 'A Time Beyond Your Reach'; 'Tick-Tock'; 'Eternal Summer Dream'; 'Heat Island'; 'Duet of Love'; 'Light of Their Days'; 'All You Need Is Love'; 'Night Journey of the Dragon-Horse'; 'Tongtong's Summer'. Xia Jia's short fiction works have won eight Galaxy Awards for Chinese Science Fiction and six Nebula Awards for Science Fiction and Fantasy in Chinese.