Tomorrow and Tomorrow and The Fairy Chessmen
Lewis Padgett
An extraordinarily accurate reproduction of this collection of two short novels first published in Astounding Science Fiction as two-part serials in January-February 1947 and January-February 1946. "Two complexly plotted but superior short novels with grim and bitter dystopian views." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-108. With nearly identical paper weight, size, typeface, art, wrappers, finish, and texture as the original, published by Gnome Press in 1951. With the original slipcase and with the publisher's slip laid in.
Shelton, CT: The First Edition Library, circa 1990s. Cloth boards, spine lettered in black; pp. 254. Traces of foxing to text block edges, else a fine copy in a near fine + dust jacketing showing just a touch of shelfwear to rear flap. Slipcase lightly rubbed.