Lord of Light 1st Edition

Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., (1967). Octavo, 14.5 x 21.5 cm. 257pp. First edition, winner of the 1968 Hugo Award. Original dark blue cloth, spine stamped in silver. In an unclipped dust jacket (with $4.95 on the front flap). Binding lightly rubbed at the corners and spine ends. Brown liquid stain on the boards and the bottom edge of the text block, extending to the endpapers and the lower margin of several leaves. Foxing to the front and rear endpapers as well as the top edge of the text block. Dust jacket a bit toned and rubbed; evidence of the aforementioned stain discernible on the verso of the jacket only. Good/Very good. CVW/beh