Out of the Silent Planet

by Lewis, C. S.

$9,800 · Offered by Biblio

First edition

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1943. Advance Uncorrected Proof. Very Good+. Uncorrected proof of the first American edition. 113 leaves printed recto only; pagination every other leaf. Tall galley, green cloth spine over brown paper front cover and cardboard back. Two publisher's slips tipped to front cover, book title written in pencil to same. Very Good+ with bump and short tear to cloth at tail of spine, light soiling and foxing to front cover, and chipping to corners of same. Moderate toning to contents, ownership signature to first page, penciled date September 21 and price $2.00 to copyright page. Housed in a custom leather clamshell case with decorative stamping in blind and in gilt. Rare in this format. The publisher's galley for the first American edition of Lewis's first science fiction novel, published five years after the first British edition. Lewis decided to try his hand at science fiction after a conversation with J.R.R. Tolkien about the state of contemporary fiction. Like the Narnia books that came later, the Space Trilogy books are philosophical works grounded in Christian values.

• Publisher: The Macmillan Company
• Year: 1943
• Edition: First Edition
• Binding: unknown

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