Item #48827 The Eighty-Minute Hour: A Space Opera. Brian W. Aldiss.

The Eighty-Minute Hour: A Space Opera

London: Jonathan Cape, 1974. First UK edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 285pp. Octavo [20 cm] Blue cloth-effect paper over boards with the title stamped in gilt on the spine. Publisher's magenta top stain. The front board is just a trifle stained. In the dust jacket illustrated by Alan Tunbridge, with moderate edge wear. Very good + / very good +. Item #48827
ISBN: 0224009419

Brian Aldiss was voted Best Contemporary Writer of Science Fiction shortly before this was published. Inscribed on the front free endsheet, "Salutations to Salt Lake City- which luckily for itself is not mentioned in this post-apocalyptic farce from Brian W. Aldiss, '84." Also on this page, is the author's red ink stamp, bearing the initials "BWA," and the notation in pen, "This is the authorized edition."

Price: $100.00

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