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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 Salmon of Doubt. Hitchhiking the Galaxy one last time.
London: Macmillan, 2002. [Modern literature] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.xxxci; 299; [1], blank. Publisher's black cloth, gilt titles to spine, pictorial dust-jacket designed by David Tran, priced at £16.99. A clean, fine copy. A posthumous collection of rarely-seen essays articles and interviews, plus the author's final..... More
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency.
London: Heinemann, 1987. [Modern literature] FIRST US EDITION, first impression. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[14] 247 [3]. Publisher's black quarter cloth, with gilt titles to spine, and black paper over boards. With the dust-jacket designed by Paul Bacon, priced at $14.95. A crisp, clean copy with a touch of spotting..... More
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul.
New York, NY: Simon and Schuster, 1988. [Modern Literature] FIRST US EDITION, first impression. Octavo (25 x 16cm), pp. 319; [1], blank. Publisher's quarter blue cloth, brown card over boards. Lettered in gilt to spine. Pictorial dust-jacket designed by Jackie Seow-Pracher with illustrations by Wilson McLean, with the printed price..... More
Mostly Harmless.
London: Heinemann, 1992. [Modern literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[16] 219 [5]. Publisher's grey cloth with silver titles to spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket, priced at £12.99. Contents clean, no inscriptions, one short tear to front panel of jacket. A near fine copy. "The fifth book in the..... More
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe.
New York, NY: Harmony Books, 1981. [Science-Fiction Satire] FIRST US EDITION, first impression. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.[6] 250. Publisher's cyan quarter cloth, with pink metallic titles to spine, black paper over boards with a device stamped to upper, and yellow endpapers. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Peter Cross, priced..... More
So Long And Thanks For All The Fish.
New York, NY: Harmony Books, 1985. [Science-Fiction Satire] FIRST US EDITION, first impression. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.[4] 204. Publisher's black cloth with green metallic titles to spine, a device stamped to upper, and lilac endpapers. With the dust jacket illustrated by Peter Cross, priced at $12.95. Spotting to edges..... More
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