Clifford Simak City Science Fiction classic 1952 1st US edition VG+ DJ VG

Description: Clifford Simak City Science Fiction classic 1952 1st US edition VG+ DJ VG First US Edition Hardcover with unclipped pictorial dust jacket ($2.75). 1952. Publisher: New York: Gnome Press Octavo [ii] [4 pages Editor's Preface] Text 7-224 pages. Publisher's original blue cloth with black lettering on the spine. Top edge is stained brown. All page edges are trimmed. Cover artist: Frank Kelly Frease. Book condition: Very Good+ Front covers are bright. Binding is tight. No insciptions. Text is clean and unfoxed. Nice square copy. Dust Jacket condition: Very Good Covers are chipped. Spine is chipped at top and bottom edges. Otherwise the dust jacket is bright. Simak's "City" is a series of connected stories, a series of legends, myths, and campfire stories told by dogs about the end of human civilization, centering on the Webster family, who, among their other accomplishments, designed the ships that took men to the stars and gave the dogs the gift of speech and robots to be their hands. The story follows the Webster family starting in the late 20th-century and spanning 10,000 years. This award-winning science fiction classic explores a far-future world inhabited by intelligent canines who pass down the tales of their human forefathers. Thousands of years have passed since humankind abandoned the city for the countryside, then for the stars, and ultimately for oblivion. They leave their most loyal animal companions alone on Earth the intelligent, pacifist dogs who are the last keepers of human history. The dogs raise their pups with bedtime stories, passed down through generations, of the lost “websters.” Winner of the 1953 International Fantasy Award.

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