Edward E. Smith — Subspace Explorers
New York, Canaveral Press, 1965 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Edward E. Smith's science fiction novel in which the majority of the human population have migrated to space, leaving Earth run by a dictatorial monarch. The first edition, first printing of this work.In the publisher's original price clipped dust wrapper.The work of American food engineer and science-fiction author Edward Elmer Smith, sometimes termed the 'father of the space opera&apos.Illustrated with a frontispiece by Roy G. Krenkel. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price clipped dust wrapper. Externally, fine. Dust wrapper exceptionally vibrant, with light edgewear to back strip head. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Fine . Ill.: Roy G. Krenkel. Fine/Near Fine.