Author: Douglas Adams Title: So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
Description: London, Pan Original, 1984. First edition. Cloth. A well presented first edition of this novel by Douglas Adams, with an eye-catching dust wrapper with a moving dinosaur motif. This is a first edition of the work, in the original publisher's cloth binding, with the original dust wrapper. This novel is the fourth installment in the Hitch-Hiker series. Originally a BBC radio comedy, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy developed into a "trilogy" of five books, as well as being adapted into a television series and a 2005 film starring Martin Freeman and John Malkovich. This particular novel receives its title from the message left by the dolphins when they departed Earth before it was due to be demolished. The story follows the hitchhiking travels of Arthur Dent, as he is dropped off on a planet which looks a lot like Earth, even though Dent knows this is impossible. Dent seeks out his companions to get to the bottom of these mysterious occurrences. With a dust wrapper designed by graphic designer Gary Day-Ellison. The wrap features an image of a dinosaur which changed form as the page moves. In original publisher's cloth binding, with the original dust wrapper, which has been price-clipped. Externally, excellent, with light bumping to the extremities. The dust wrapper is in very good condition, with light edge wear and the odd closed tear to the head and tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.
Keywords: hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy douglas adams first edition dust wrapper douglas adams None
Price: GBP 45.00 = appr. US$ 64.26 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 874Q18
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