First edition, first printing. Limited edition. Signed by the author. Publisher's original blue cloth with silver titles to the spine and upper board, in dustwrapper. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the near fine lightly creased dustwrapper, which has a few light marks and a small area of abrasion to the top corner of the rear panel. Not price-clipped (£27.50 to the front flap).
Issued in a limited edition of 300 copies and signed by William Charlton in black ink on the title page. Further inscribed 'To Tatiana with love from Willie'. A collection of speculative fiction comprising of fourteen stories, including 'The Television Set', 'A Votary of Science', 'Undesirable Guests', 'The Paper', 'Travelling by Air', 'A Visit to Dublin', 'Norton Camp', 'The Spider', 'A Prohibited Area', 'The Straw-Man', 'The Conference Centre', 'Hakanono', 'The Island' and 'The Area'.
Stock code: 27672
£50