NEUTRON STAR

First UK, and first hardcover edition, first printing. Publisher's original green cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth and gilt bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly rubbed and creased dustwrapper that has a few marks to the rear panel. Not price-clipped (25s net to the lower front flap, crossed through and repriced in ink).

The author's first collection of hard science fiction, the title story of which won the 1967 Hugo Award for Best Short Story. Comprising 'Neutron Star'; A Relic of the Empire'; 'At the Core'; 'The Soft Weapon'; 'Flatlander'; 'The Ethics of Madness'; 'The Handicapped'; 'Grendel'. The collection was first published in America by Ballantine in 1968 as a paperback original, this is the first hardcover edition.