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New York: Harmony Books, 1980. First American edition of Adams' sequel to the The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Ted - Douglas Adams." Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Ken Sansone. Jacket illustration by Peter Cross. Uncommon signed and inscribed. The Restaurant at the End of the Universe is the second volume in the "The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy" series. "What’s such fun is how amusing the galaxy looks through Adams’s sardonically silly eyes" (Detroit Free Press).

Brand new box set. Five volumes bound in cloth blocked in holographic silver, turquoise, pink, blue, green, red and orange foils. Presented in a two-part box covered in cloth and paper blocked with metallic foils. 44 colour and 30 black & white illustrations in total. Limitation label signed by the Illustrator Jonathan Burton.

All first printing. Published 1979-1992. All with archival protective covers. The 5th book, "Mostly Harmless," is SIGNED by the author. Nearly all fine in fine DJ, but see all descriptions following. (1) Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: VG in VG DJ. Worn edges on DJ. Price clipped. No marks. Previous owner's bookplate inside front cover. (2) The Restaurant at the End of the Universe: Fine in fine DJ. No marks except previous owner gift dedication. (3) & (4) Life, the Universe and Everything & So Long, and Thanks for all the Fish: Fine in fine DJ. No marks. (5) Mostly Harmless: As new in as new DJ, signed by author on title page. A set to brag about.

Fine Book & Jacket, Signed to title page , First Edition First Print, no chips, clips, tears, or owner marks, in protective cover

Signed and inscribed by author on front endpaper: 'Best wishes Douglas Adams' (no recipient's name). A fine copy of the first American edition, 1st printing (with complete numberline) in a fine first printing jacket (jacket price-clipped). Basis of the wonderfully odd film of the same name.

First American edition, first printing. Signed by Douglas Adams and inscribed to a former owner on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's original dark blue paper-covered boards over magenta spine cloth lettered in metallic blue. Near Fine with light wear and toning to pages, former owner name and inkless emboss to half-title page. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with light chipping to edges, creases to flap, light toning and bleeding to blindside. A nice copy.

First American edition, first printing. Signed by Douglas Adams on the title page. Bound in publisher's original dark blue paper-covered boards over magenta spine cloth lettered in metallic blue. Near Fine with light lean to binding and toning to extremities, contents tanned. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light rubbing to crown and toning to flaps. A nice copy of this sci-fi classic.

First American edition, first printing. Signed by Douglas Adams and inscribed to a former owner on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's original dark blue paper-covered boards over magenta spine cloth lettered in metallic blue. Near Fine with light wear and toning to pages, former owner name and inkless emboss to half-title page. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with light chipping to edges, creases to flap, light toning and bleeding to blindside. A nice copy.

The trilogy in five volumes. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 215 pages. Bound in quarter purple cloth with purple gilt lettering to spine over grey boars with blind-stamped pictorial to cover in original jacket. Signed on title; The Restaurant at the End of the Universe 250 pages. Bound in original quarter aqua cloth with purple gilt lettering to spine over black boards with purple pictorial to cover in original jacket. Inscribed on the front end paper; Life, the Universe and Everything 204 pages. Bound in black cloth with green gilt lettering to spine and green gilt pictorial to cover in original jacket. signed on title; So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish 204 pages. Bound in black boards with green gilt lettering to spine and pictorial to cover in original jacket. Inscribed to Josh on title. Small octavos (7 ½" x 5") bound original quarter cloth with original pictorial jackets. Mostly Harmless 277 pages. Signed on title. Octavo (8 ½" x 5 ½") bound in original publisher s quarter purple cloth with light green gilt to spine over green boards in original jacket. First American editions. With the original movie poster. The novels are described as "a trilogy in five parts", having been described as a trilogy on the release of the third book, and then a "trilogy in four parts" on the release of the fourth book. The US edition of the fifth book was originally released with the legend "The fifth book in the increasingly inaccurately named Hitchhiker's Trilogy" on the cover. Subsequent re-releases of the other novels bore the legend "The [first, second, third, fourth] book in the increasingly inaccurately named Hitchhiker's Trilogy". In addition, the blurb on the fifth book describes it as "the book that gives a whole new meaning to the word 'trilogy'". The first book was adapted from the first four radio episodes (the Primary Phase), with Arthur being rescued from Earth's destruction by Ford, meeting Zaphod and Trillian, coming to the planet of Magrathea to discover the true purpose of Earth, and ending with the group preparing to go to the Restaurant at the End of the Universe. It was first published in 1979, initially in paperback, by Pan Books, after BBC Publishing had turned down the offer of publishing a novelization, an action they would later regret. Condition: The Restaurant at the End of the Universe previous owner's name to front paste down. Jacket minor edgewear. Life, the Universe and Everything previous owner's name to half title, slightly cocked else a very good set or better in near fine jackets. Poster in near fine condition. The poster will be shipped separately.