Description
The first paperback edition of Asimov’s autobiography, In Joy Still Felt, inscribed by Isaac Asimov.
Octavo, x, [1], 828pp. Illustrated paperback. Stated “First Avon Printing, March, 1981” on copyright page. Wear to front cover, front hinge worn. General toning to text block, solid binding.
Inscribed on the title page: “To Merrill Panitt, with love. Isaac Asimov / 1 April 1981 / (pages 344, 779).”
This copy was inscribed to Merrill Panitt (1918-1994), the founder and editorial director of TV Guide. During World War II, Panitt served on the staff of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, where he came to the attention of Walter Annenberg, the publisher of The Philadelphia Inquirer. Panitt joined The Inquirer in 1945 and worked with Annenberg to found TV Guide in 1953. He later became the director of Triangle Publications, the publisher of TV Guide, Seventeen Magazine, and many more.
