THE HITCH HIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY (FIRST STATE JACKET) - Rare Book Insider
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THE HITCH HIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY (FIRST STATE JACKET)

First Edition, First Printing, First State Near fine/fine book in the exceedingly scarce near fine FIRST STATE original jacket with the requisite ?Capricorn One? Statement to the rear panel. An usually bright clean book with deep blue cloth boards. Bright unfaded gilt titles to spine. The book is in fine/near fine condition with sharp corners, one very tiny outer tip bump, and no edgewear. The binding is tight and square. The end pages are clean, bright and flat with no owner names and no inscriptions. The internal pages are clean, bright and flat with no stains, no marks, no writing, no bent pages, no age toning and no foxing. Beautiful clean, crisp book, internally appearing as unread! Please see images. The book comes with a fine/near fine FIRST STATE first edition, first printing original dust jacket, with the requisite ?Capricorn One? Statement to the rear panel. The dust jacket benefited from very slight restoration to the outer spine tips and present in fine/near fine condition with strong vibrant colors. The dust jacket has No rips, No chips, No edgewear, No staining, No foxing and NONE of the otherwise usual spine fading. Very slight evening toning to the rear panel. The dust jacket is NOT price clipped and has a price of £4.95 net on the front inner flap. The fantastic jacket art was designed by Patrick Gierth, and is now protected in a new clear removeable archival cover. Stunning jacket! Easily the most superb dust jacket copy we have handled. A superb copy of this classic sci-fi title which launched subsequent titles, movies and an entire following! ADDITIONAL IMAGES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Please see our ABE store for additional landmark SciFi Classics.
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