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Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1998. Signed limited edition of this modern classic. Octavo, bound in full leather, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised bands, gilt tooling to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, original gold silk ribbon, watered silk endpapers. Boldly signed by Douglas Adams. In fine condition. Originally a radio series, broadcast in 1978 on BBC Radio 4, Adams developed the Hitchhiker's Guide into a "trilogy" of five books which sold more than fifteen million copies during his lifetime. A television series, comic books, computer games, film, and live theatre followed. The story of hyper-intelligent beings who build a computer named Deep Thought to calculate the "Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything." It is the basis for the 2005 film directed by Garth Jennings, starring Martin Freeman, Sam Rockwell, Mos Def, Zooey Deschanel and the voices of Stephen Fry and Alan Rickman.

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 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.