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Lot 66
Sale 6331 - The Collected Library: Summer Reading
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Jul 31, 2025
Lots Close
Aug 13, 2025
Timed Online / Chicago
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700
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$1,235
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Lot Description
CLARKE, Arthur Charles, Sir (1917-2008). 2001 A Space Odyssey. New York: The New American Library, 1968.
8vo. Original cloth-backed boards; dust jacket; cloth slipcase.
FIRST EDITION. Laid in with a signed book plate by Clarke. 2001 A Space Odyssey was the author's novelization based on the joint screenplay by Clarke and Stanley Kubrick. With the success of both the book and film, Clarke became perhaps the best "known science fiction writer in the world" (Clarke & Nicholls, p.231). Currey, p.115.
[With:] CLARKE. The Sands of Mars. London: Sidgwick and Jackson, 1951. Original red cloth (slight lean); dust jacket (chipping at ends). FIRST EDITION.
Property from the Estate of Peter Fortsas
This lot is located in Chicago.