by Douglas Adams
First British edition, first printing
London: Arthur Barker Limited, 1979. First hardcover edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's dark blue cloth-affect boards with spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine with light lean to binding, light wear to corners and spine ends, light toning to pages. In a Near Fine price-clipped first issue dust jacket with the Capricorn One advert on the rear panel, light edge wear, toning, light rubbing and heavy foxing to the flaps. Scarce in the first issue dust jacket.