RINGWORLD

by Larry Niven

$5,000 · Offered by Captain Ahab's Rare Books

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1972. First U.K. Edition. First hardcover edition of Niven's best-known work, originally published as a Ballantine paperback original in 1970. An exploration team consisting of an exotic mix of humans and aliens investigates a huge artifact the Ringworld occupying a planetary orbit around a sun. A novel of imaginary tourism; its real hero is the artifact, whose nature is further explored and

• Binding: Paperback

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