Description
The first American edition of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams.
Octavo, [8], 215pp, [1]. Blue hardcover, purple cloth spine with title stamped in blue. Stated “First American edition” on the copyright page with a full number line. Internally clean, appears unread. In the publisher’s first state dust jacket, $6.95 retail price on front flap, small blemish at the heel of the spine, bright illustrations.
Douglas Adams developed The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy after a successful BBC radio comedy in 1978. It continued into a trilogy, which includes “The Restaurant at the End of the Universe” and “Life, the Universe, and Everything”.
