FORBIDDEN PLANET, by W.J. Stuart (Philip MacDonald).  Farrar, Straus and Cudahy.  1956.  Hardcover w/ DJ.  First Edition.  184 numbered pages.  VG/F.

In the year 2371, a spaceship crew arrives at the planet Altair-4 to investigate the disappearance of an earlier mission -- and encounters a super-intelligent god machine.  A reimagining of Shakespeare's The Tempest, this is a novelization of the 1956 movie classic starring Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis and Leslie Nielsen, with a screenplay written by Cyril Hume, from the story by Irving Block and Allen Adler.  Stated First Printing.

Condition is Very Good in a Brand New facsimile jacket inside a clear protective sleeve.  Both of book’s covers have an area of faded color, former owner’s named stamped at top of first page.  Overall a solid, square, collectable copy of this scarce edition.

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