![]() Covers are unmarked and otherwise unworn. Its binding is sound and square, with no spine crease. This book is in near fine condition, marred only by traces of wear on spine ends and cover bottom edges. This is the Greenberg hardcover first edition, with "Copyright, 1950" and no other statements of edition or printing on its copyright page, and publisher's original "$2.50" price on the un-clipped front flap of its jacket. A moving story, written with Sturgeon's usual panache. ![]() This established one of his favorite themes (seen most powerfully perhaps in More Than Human): when freaks joins forces they can achieve a heroic status. As he gets to know some other abnormal characters, he gradually learns about his own peculiar identity. After two collections of stories, this was Sturgeon's first fantasy novel and his first fully assured piece of work, a story of a boy who eats ants instinctively for their formic acid because he is not really human. A presentable copy of an important book, and a good value for the money. A nearly fine copy in a very good pictorial price-clipped dust jacket with minor edge-wear, mostly along bottom of spine. Publisher's promotional postcard laid in. ![]() Original blue decorative cloth, front panel stamped in silver and pink, spine panel in black, silver and pink. ![]()
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