Arthur C. Clarke - 2001: A Space Odyssey - Hutchinson, 1968, First Edition.

London, Hutchinson, 1968. First edition, first impression. Hardback. A very good copy. An important work of science fiction, notably providing the plot for the Kubrick film (Clarke's short piece The Sentinel provided the bones of the story, the book is more of a novelisation of The Sentinel and film - a bit like von Harbou's Metropolis). Rolling and bumping rubbing to the jacket and spine tips. A slight reading lean, price-clipped and a small bookshop sticker to the front pastedown. [11235, Hyraxia Books].