THE DEMOLISHED MAN.
Chicago: Shasta Publishers, [1953]. Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First edition. One of the subscriber's copies signed by Bester on the front free endpaper. Winner of the 1953 Hugo award for best novel and runner-up for the 1954 International Fantasy Award. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-116. Pringle, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels 7. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, Additions. Survey of Science Fiction Literature II, pp. 529-32. Genre book plate affixed to front paste down, foxing to signature page, mild foxing to fore edge, a few fox spots to text, small stain to edge with some bleed to a few pages edges, a very good to nearly fine copy in a very good to nearly fine dust jacket with mild wear to spine ends and corner tips, mild dust soiling to white jacket. (23610). Item #23610
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