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London: Victor Gollancz Ltd. / VGSF 1st Printing, 1987 ----------paperback. The first book in Clement's Mesklin series. Cover creases, trace of edgewear, tiny scuff to back cover, a VG+ copy.. .. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good+. Illus. by Tony Roberts (wraparound cover). Note: our prices on Biblio are the LOWEST of any of the sites on which we list our books.

Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1954. First edition. Some light off setting to end papers, inked $1 to upper corner of front free end papers, vertical crease to front free end paper with the ink stamp "NOT TO BE REMOVED FROM EDITORIAL RECEPTION ROOM," mild foxing to upper page edges, a nearly fine copy in a fine dust jacket with mild rubbing to corner tips and spine ends. (27939). Octavo, boards. Signed on the title page by Stubbs as "Hal Clement" and Harry C. Stubbs. "At the behest of human space-farers, flat centipede-like creatures set out on a heroic mission across the surface of the heavy planet Mesklin. Scrupulously thought out, this is one of the best-loved examples of hard SF." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 241. Runner-up for the 1955 International Fantasy Award. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-260. Pringle, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels 15. Survey of Science Fiction Literature III, pp. 1424-28.