The Gateway Trip
Heechee Book Five

by Frederik Pohl (signed)
Illustrated by Frank Kelly Freas (signed art card)
Introduction by James Gunn (signed)

Easton Press First Edition

Description: Leatherbound hardback book published by Easton Press in 1990. Bound in top grade blue leather with 22kt gold lettering and cover artwork. Hubbed spine, acid neutral paper with page edges gilded, satin moire endpapers, and a satin ribbon book mark sewn in. Unused publisher supplied bookplate laid in (not attached). Originally issued by Easton Press signed only by the author on a special signature page without inscription or personalization, I have also gotten this copy signed as follows: Art trading card signed by the frontispiece artist without inscription or personalization laid in; Signed by the introduction writer on the title page without inscription or personalization. Part of the Easton Press Signed First Editions of Science Fiction series. Besides the color frontispiece, Kelly Freas did 100 black and white partial and full page illustrations for this book.

Synopsis: A collection of short stories in the Heechee series, making up the fifth volume of that series.

Publisher's Note: The Heechee were perhaps the greatest and most tantalizing mystery the human race had ever known. The first Heechee artifacts were uncovered on Venus, and in the beginning they were treated as nothing more than costly souvenirs and curiosities for tourists from Earth and Mars. But when an asteroid stocked with autonavigating spacecraft was discovered, suddenly the Heechee universe was thrown wide open, giving birth to the Gateway Corporation and bringing untold riches to the adventurers who risked the unknown to see where those Heechee spacecraft would take them.

Many of those brave souls never returned. The ones who did brought back technological wonders that transformed life on Earth -- but of the Heechee themselves there was no sign...

The Gateway Trip, lavishly illustrated by artist Frank Kelly Freas, presents the tales of those perilous journeys and marvelous discoveries, as those intrepid pioneers followed the trail of the elusive Heechee and changed the course of human history forever!

Condition: Binding - fine, edges of the satin moire endpapers slightly faded, a couple of slight flaws to the page edge gilding, otherwise like new. Dust jacket - none, as issued.

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