RITE OF PASSAGE.
London: Sidgwick & Jackson, [1969]. Octavo, boards. First British (and first hardcover) edition. The author's first book. 1968 Nebula award winner for best novel. "...a complex and expertly told novel, making adroit use of the basic right-of-passage structure that underlies almost all tales set in generational starships..."- Clute and Nichols: the Encyclopedia of Science Fiction pp. 906-907. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-844. Survey of Science Fiction Literature IV, pp. 1805-08]. A fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with some mild edge rubbing and two light blue horizontal lines on the verso of the jacket (offset from a previous jacket protector) with slight bleed through to white background areas of the jacket. (16697). Item #16697
Price: $450.00