2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original black cloth with silver titles to the spine, in the Michael Brett designed photo illustrated dustwrapper. A very good or better copy, the binding firm with a little bumping to the extremities, the cloth and titles bright and fresh. The contents, with a couple of foxing spots to tone page, are otherwsie clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. The closed text block edge also has a few light spots. Complete with the lightly rubbed and creased dustwrapper that has a little bubbling to the laminate around the spine. Not price-clipped (25s net to the lower front flap). An attractive example.

The novel, inspired by Clarke's 1951 short story "The Sentinel" and written concurrently with the screenplay by Arthur C. Clarke and Stanley Kubrick, was published shortly after the release of Kubrick's 1968 multi-award winning film adaptation.