Between the Covers

Softcover. First edition. Tall octavo. 334, [4]pp. Publisher’s illustrated wrappers. Text in Polish. Cover designed by Jan S. Miklaszewski. Slight nicks on the spine, a few pencil notes, and light soiling on the rear panel, pages toned due to acidic paper, insignificant owner's inscription in ink on half title, a very good copy. First edition of Lem’s debut book, a science fiction novel of an ideal, socialist utopia. Stanis?aw Lem (1921–2006), author of *Solaris*, was a Polish writer, the most celebrated science fiction author in the Communist world. Rare. *OCLC* locates three copies, two in Poland and one in Switzerland.

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