"You can't get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me."
— C. S. Lewis
Douglas Adams | First Editions
1952 - 2001
Douglas Adams (11 March 1952 - 11 May 2001) was an English author, scriptwriter, essayist, humourist, satirist, and dramatist. He is best known for the celebrated The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which orginiated on radio in 1978. The book sold more than 15 million copies in his lifetime, and inspired many adaptations on stage, screen, and paper.Adams was known as an advocate for environmentalism and conservation, as a lover of fast cars, cameras, technological innovation (including a love of the Apple Mac). He was described as a "devout atheist".
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The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul.
London: Heinemann, 1988. [Modern literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[6]; 246; [2]. Publisher's grey cloth, gilt titles to spine, pictorial dust-jacket designed by Claudia Zeff with printed price of £10.95 net. Textblock marginally toned to edges otherwise clean and bright. Cloth and wrapper lightly handled, lightly bumped to top corners. Very good. More about The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
Mostly Harmless.
London: Heinemann, 1992. [Modern literature] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[16]; 217; [32]. Publisher's grey cloth, titles in silver to spine, pictorial dust-jacket with printed price of £12.99. Signed by the author to the title page. Lightly toned to edges, small water stain to the cloth at the... More about Mostly Harmless
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So Long And Thanks For All The Fish [Hitch-Hikers Guide].
London: Pan, 1984. [Comedy-Fantasy] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm). pp. [5], 191. Bound in publisher's black cloth with titles in silver to spine. Black dust jacket, designed by Gary Day-Ellison, with holographic panel to front cover, and titles in white to front cover and spine, unclipped. Includes publisher's... More about So Long And Thanks For All The Fish [Hitch-Hikers Guide
So Long And Thanks For All The Fish.
London: Pan, 1984. [Comedy-Fantasy] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm). pp.191; [1]. Bound in publisher's black cloth with titles in silver to spine. Black dust jacket, designed by Gary Day-Ellison, with holographic panel to front cover, and titles in white to front cover and spine, unclipped. With signed presentation... More about So Long And Thanks For All The Fish
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