LAFFERTY IN ORBIT

First edition, first printing. Original black cloth lettered in silver to the spine, in dustwrapper. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents clean throughout. Complete with the very near fine dustwrapper which is a touch faded to the yellow pigment on the spine. Not price-clipped ($13.95 to the upper edge of the front flap). A crisp, sharp copy.

A collection of the nineteen stories Lafferty published in 'Orbit', the landmark series of science fiction anthologies edited by by Damon Knight (who introduces the book) between 1966 and 1980. Lafferty's stories appeared in eighteen of the anthology's twenty-two volumes. "R. A. Lafferty is unique, in the old, unspoiled sense of the word. A genius as wild and joyful, delightful and unpredictable as his comes along but once in a lifetime... Cherish him. If there were no Lafferty, we would lack the imagination to invent him." (Michael Swanwick).