The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (First American Edition, inscribed by the author)
by Douglas Adams
- Used
- Signed
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0517542099
- ISBN 13
- 9780517542095
- Seller
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About This Item
New York: Harmony Books, 1980. First American Edition, preceded by the First UK Edition published by Pan Books in 1979. INSCRIBED by the author on the half-title page: "To Michael / Best wishes / Douglas Adams."
The author's beloved first novel, and first book in the Hitchhiker series. Basis for the 1981 television miniseries, and for the 2005 film starring Martin Freeman, Zooey Deschanel, and Alan Rickman.
Very Good plus in an about Very Good plus dust jacket. Boards slightly frayed on the top and bottom edges of the rear board, with faint foxing on the page edges. Jacket has several corresponding pinholes and points of fray on the edges of the rear flap, with flap edges and verso lightly foxed.
The author's beloved first novel, and first book in the Hitchhiker series. Basis for the 1981 television miniseries, and for the 2005 film starring Martin Freeman, Zooey Deschanel, and Alan Rickman.
Very Good plus in an about Very Good plus dust jacket. Boards slightly frayed on the top and bottom edges of the rear board, with faint foxing on the page edges. Jacket has several corresponding pinholes and points of fray on the edges of the rear flap, with flap edges and verso lightly foxed.
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- Bookseller
- Royal Books, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 161947
- Title
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (First American Edition, inscribed by the author)
- Author
- Douglas Adams
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0517542099
- ISBN 13
- 9780517542095
- Publisher
- Harmony Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- Books into Film | Author's First Book | Science Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books into Film; Science Fiction;
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- Inscribed
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