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CHILDHOOD'S END.

Clarke, Arthur C.

New York: Ballantine Books, [1953]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. An enormously popular novel presaging Clarke's major thematic statements in 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY. Aired as a miniseries on the SyFy channel in December 2015. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-246. Pringle, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels 9. Survey of Science Fiction Literature I, pp. 337-41]. Previous owner's ink stamp to half title page, a fine copy in a very good or better dust jacket with a thin strip of fade along the upper jacket edge and darkening of the spine panel. (30677). Item #30677

Price: $3,750.00