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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