The Remarkable Exploits of Lancelot Biggs: Spaceman

Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1950. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21cm); navy blue cloth-covered boards, with titling and decorations stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; [viii],9-224pp. Previous owner's name and date in ink on front endpaper; spine ends nudged; Near Fine. Dustjacket unclipped (priced $2.50) with shelfwear, fading, foxing, and a few tiny nicks and small tears; Very Good+. The author's short-story character, Lancelot Biggs, expands to science fiction chapters as he navigates Earth, relationships, Venus, catastrophes, and problem-solving. Bond later earned the Nebula Author Emeritus award for lifetime achievement (1998). [82477].