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A CASE OF CONSCIENCE.

Blish, James.

London: Faber And Faber Limited, [1959]. Octavo, boards. First British (and first hardcover) edition. 1959 Hugo award winner (for best novel, 1958). A novel of a culture which develops on another planet without religion. "A rich, ambiguous, deep-cutting probe into the most ultimate of concerns." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-21. Pringle, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels 26. Survey of Science Fiction Literature I, pp. 303-07. A fine copy, upper corners gently bumped, two slight dings to bottom boards in a fine dust jacket. (9696). Item #9696

Price: $2,500.00