First UK edition. First collected edition. Publisher's original red cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. With a small black and white illustration on page 122. A very good or better copy, the binding square and firm, the gilt lettering is somewhat dulled and the cloth is a little toned to the spine. The contents, with a little spotting and toning to the text block, are clean throughout, and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the rubbed and nicked dustwrapper, which has a short split to the head of the lightly toned spine. Not price-clipped (15/- net to the lower front flap).
The first collection of darkly humorous short stories which includes the Retro Hugo Award-winning short story 'To Serve Man'.
Stock code: 29477
£50