Arthur C. Clarke “Earthlight” 1977 vintage paperback

Earthlight
Arthur C. Clarke’s mid-century masterpiece remains a foundational text of “hard” science fiction, detailing a tense political conflict set on a colonized Moon. This Del Rey edition features the evocative, surrealist cover art that defined the publisher’s science fiction line in the late 1970s.

#### **Book Details**
* **Author:** Arthur C. Clarke
* **Illustrator:** Stanislaw Fernandes
* **Publisher:** Ballantine Books / A Del Rey Book
* **Edition Points:** Eighteenth Printing, November 1977. ISBN 0-345-27273-0. Original cover price $1.75.
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#### **Condition Report**
* **Overall Grade:** Very Good
* **Front Cover:** Light shelf wear at the extremities; minor white scuffing along the top edge and lower-right corner. Shows some tanning along edges on the interior.
* **Spine:** One very light vertical reading creases present but colors remain vibrant; minor rubbing at head and tail edges.
* **Back Cover:** Generally clean with minimal surface soiling; light edge wear.
* **Text Block & Pages:** Uniform medium toning to the page edges, typical of mass-market paperback pulp of this era.
* **Binding:** Square and tight, no loose, torn or folded pages.
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