CHILDHOOD'S END

by Arthur C. Clarke

$7,500 · Offered by L. W. Currey

First edition

New York: Ballantine Books, 1953 . Octavo, cloth. First edition. An enormously popular novel presaging Clarke's major thematic statements in 2001: A Space Odyssey. Anatomy of Wonder 2004 II-246. Pringle, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels 9. Survey of Science Fiction Literature I, pp. 337-41. A fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket with a touch of wear at lower spine end and lower

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