2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
New York, NY: The New American Library, 1968. First American Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 221 pages. In Good condition with a Good condition dust jacket. White spine with black lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering, price is uncut "$4.95", has mild age-toning, bending along the flap fore corners, stains on the front and rear boards, and mild wear along the extremities. Boards have moderate age-toning along the head and tail edges, stains on the rear board, and mild wear along the extremities. Textblock has foxing stains through to the dedication page, moderate age-toning along the edges, mild wear along the edges, and foxing along the edges. Contains pictoral end-pages and pastedowns. DL consignment. Shelved in Case 8.
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Shelved Dupont Bookstore
Price: $1,500
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Arthur C. Clarke was born December 16, 1917 in Minehead, England. Clarke would spend his early years growing a love for science fiction reading American pulp magazines. After service in the RAF during the Second World War, Clarke would get a degree in physics and mathematics. He would make a name for himself for widely publishing a paper proposing the idea of using satellites for communications as well as several nonfiction works mainly on space travel and it's societal implications. Clarke would write the script and book of "2001: A Space Odyssey" concurrently with Stanley Kubrik, the novel releasing after the film in 1968. The novel would see great success alongside the movie, many noting how it helped clarify some of the more vague elements of the movie. Both the movie and novel have had immense impact and influence on both the interest in space exploration and the science-fiction genre as a whole.