A Case Of Conscience

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First Printing; A tight 1/4" split at bottom of front spine fold. Light sun spots on spine. Inked red X on top page ends. Some impressions on front cover and three tiny tack holes. Just a bit of edge wear. Pages are only slightly toned. Wrapper is crease free and quite bright. A very handsome collectable copy. ; Ballantine 256. Original price 35 cents. Paperback Original. "The alien world that showed man a power he had never known before. " The beginning of this novel first appeared in abridged form as A Case of Conscience in IF Worlds Of Science Fiction in 1953. Winner of the Hugo in 1959 for best novel. Placed 28 in the 1975 Locus Poll Award for All-Time Best Novel (a tie with 2001: A Space Odyssey. IIncludes a pronunciation key for Lithian names and words. Helpful! ; 7 1/16 x 4 1/4"; 188 pp