First edition, first printing. Limited edition. Signed by the author. Publisher's original blue cloth with white titles to the spine, in Richard Hescox illustrated dustwrapper. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, with a small scuff to the cloth of the lower spine. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the very lightly creased dustwrapper which is free from fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped ($25.00 to the front flap).
Issued in an edition of 1500 copies of which this is numbered 847. Although not called for, this trade edition has been signed by the author Stephen Baxter in blue ink on the title page. The first 200 copies were signed by the author and artist and issued in a slipcase. A collection of 18 stories comprising of 'The Hunters of Pangaea', 'The Modern Cyrano', 'Family History', 'Raft', 'Clods', 'The Ant-Men of Tibet', 'The Orchards of the Moon', 'The Song', 'Moon Wizard', 'Behold Now Behemoth', 'A Midsummer Eclipse', 'Prospero One', 'Imaginary Time', 'The Burster', 'The Adventure of the Inertial Adjustor', 'The Dinosaur Hunter', 'The Mandate of Heaven', 'First to the Moon!' and five essays including 'The Moon is Hell', 'A Brief History of Half Time: Football in Science Fiction', 'Martian Chronicles: Narratives of Mars in Science and SF', 'Wild Extravagant Theories: The Science of The Time Machine', 'The Flight of the Taikonauts'.
Stock code: 27933
£30