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Hellflower: A Science Fiction Novel
Author(s): Smith, George O
| Binding: | Hardcover |
| Volume Condition: | Very Good |
| Dust Jacket: | Yes |
| Dust Jacket Condition: | Very Good |
| Dust Jacket Protection: | Mylar - Archival quality |
| Edition: | 1st Edition |
| Impression: | 1st Impression |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher Name: | The Bodley Head |
| Publication Year: | 1955 |
| Book ID: | 002462 |
| Catalogue(s): | Modern Fiction Firsts ◇ Fiction - General |
1st UK edition (preceded by USA publication in 1953). 250pp plus publisher's catalogue at rear. Blue cloth boards (some mild marks, sharp and strong). Internally a hint of toning and mild scuff on title page, else neat, clean and tight. In its original dust jacket by E J Pagram (not price clipped, a little rubbed and chipped at edges, bright and clean). Jacket fitted with archival-quality mylar wrapper to protect & prolong its life. It is not adhered to the book or to the jacket. Following a mysterious accident on his spaceship, space-pilot Charles Farradyne is disgraced and turns to a life of fungus farming on Venus. But his moral fibre is tested as he is tempted to join the unscrupulous men and women who smuggle goods by planet hopping.
Keywords:
Science Fiction
