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New York: Gnome Press, 1952. First edition, first printing. Full pale green cloth, in Frank Kelly Frease dust jacket ($2.75). 224 pp. 8.25" x 5.5" Slight lean, lightly soiled spine, 3" tide mark front board, else very good in very good dust jacket with shallowly chipped extremities, short closed tear lower edge, light foxing, 5" circular tide mark jacket verso not affecting cover illustrations, in mylar cover. A tight and internally clean copy. Item #244479
MYTHOGRAPHY OF MAN
These are the tales dogs tell their pups at night, literally. Ten thousand years ago, when men and dogs lived together as we understand them to, the Webster family set off a chain of events that would force the human race off Earth and leave dogs living peacefully (eternally helped by the immortal robot Jenkins, of course). Clifford D. Simak's imagination is astounding, transforming post-WWII disillusionment with humanity into eight linked stories first published in Astounding Science Fiction (1944-1951). Upon its 1952 release by Gnome Press, fans and critics fell over themselves for the International Fantasy Award-winning, fix-up novel. "Here is a book," critics Boucher and McComas wrote, "that caused these reviewers to chuck objective detachment out the window and emit a loud, partisan 'Whee!'" Characterized by Simak's gentle and pastoral approach to science fiction, his mythography of man allows us to imagine a more peaceful world.
This first edition of Simak's most popular work features a bright dust jacket and clean interior.
Price: $350.00