First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Original full navy leather with five raised bands and gilt titles to the spine and gilt illustrations to the upper and lower boards. All edges gilt. Moire silk endpapers. Gold ribbon bookmark. With a colour frontispiece by Jerry Vanderselt. With The Easton Press's certificate of authentication and promotional material loosely laid in. A near fine copy, the binding square and tight, the lower fore-edge of the rear board with a light blue mark. The contents are clean and bright throughout and without previous owners' stamps or inscriptions.
Issued in a limited edition of 900, this example is numbered 165 and is signed by Jack Williamson in blue ink on the limitation page. The multi-award winning science fiction author's final novel.
Stock code: 27903
£35