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John C. Winston Company. 1952, First Edition. Hard Cover. Ill.: Orban, Paul and Alex Schomburg. Hardcover first edition, first printing. Stated first edition on copyright page. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. Light fading to spine of dust jacket, some wear and tiny chips to all edges and corners of jacket, dust soiling with tanning to the page block (normal for books this age). Small, triangular shaped tear out (2cm x 3cm in size) at heel of spine panel. Top 1cm of jacket at head of spine panel missing. A single tape ghost on inner edge of front flap. Faint jacket crinkling at lower tips. All stated, these defects are minor - this is a clean, square copy without stains, marks or the usual previous owner's marks. Anderson's debut novel. "Brisk adventure, well written, effective in dramatizing human ambivalence before the potential of knowledge." Barron (ed), Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 5-4. Dark blue boards with white lettering on spine. Library of Congress Card No. 52-8971. Features the famous black and white endpaper illustrations by Alex Schomburg. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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