EARTHMAN'S BURDEN

First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Original light blue cloth with dark blue titles to the spine, in the Edd Cartier illustrated dustwrapper. A very good copy, the binding firm, the extremities lightly rubbed and bumped. There is moderate toning to the margins throughout, the contents are otherwise clean and without previous owners' stamps or inscriptions. Complete with the lightly rubbed, nicked and creased dustwrapper which has a couple of short closed tears to the top edge and is a little faded to the spine. Not price-clipped ($3.00 on the front flap).

Inscribed by Gordon Dickson on the title page "To Terry / Gordon Dickson". A humorous collection of six short science fiction stories about a race of teddy bear-like aliens called 'Hokas' which are discovered by humans on a distant planet.