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THE DEMOLISHED MAN.

Bester, Alfred.

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. [Reference: 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]. Spine a little dull with some flaking to lettering, a nearly fine copy in a fine dust jacket with mild wrinkle at the upper left front corner. (35378). Item #35378

Price: $1,500.00