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[H. G. Wells]. Olaf Stapledon. INSCRIBED. Star Maker. London: Methuen & Co., [1937]....
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[H. G. Wells]. Olaf Stapledon. INSCRIBED. Star Maker. London: Methuen & Co., [1937]. First edition, inscribed by the author on the front endpaper: "H. G. Wells / from / Olaf Stapledon." Octavo. xii, 339, [1, printer's imprint] pages. Publisher's blue cloth lettered in purple. Covers lightly rubbed with some wear to extremities, spine faintly faded with some light soiling, top edge lightly dust-soiled. Very good. Stapledon's masterwork, containing a description of what would later be known as Dyson Spheres, inscribed to his most famous science-fiction contemporary. Currey, 379.From the Larry McMurtry Collection of H. G. Wells.
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2015 April 8 - 9 Rare Books Signature Auction - New York #6117 (go to Auction Home page)
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