A.E. van Vogt “The Weapon Shops of Isher” Vintage Paperback 1977

The Weapon Shops of Isher

Part of A.E. van Vogt’s highly influential *Isher* series, *The Weapon Shops of Isher* is a landmark of Golden Age science fiction that explores the tension between an authoritarian empire and a mysterious network of weapon shops providing defensive technology to the citizenry.

Famously championing the phrase “The right to buy weapons is the right to be free,” this classic narrative of time-travel and political intrigue remains one of speculative fiction’s most debated and enduring classics.

#### **Book Details**

* **Author:** A.E. van Vogt

* **Illustrator:** Gerry Daly

* **Publisher:** Pocket Books

* **Binding:** Paperback

* **Edition Points:** First Pocket Books edition, 2nd printing. Number line “10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2” present on copyright page. Cover price of $1.95. ISBN 0-671-83429-0.

#### **Condition Report**

* **Overall Grade:** Very Good +

* **Cover & Spine:** Cover colors are deep and rich. Spine is remarkably clean and flat with no reading creases. Faint reading crease near the hinge of the front cover and minor rubbing to extremities. Inside front page features small, neat hand-written initials “BC” in ink. Very faint diagonal crease on back cover at spine corner.

* **Dust Jacket:** N/A (Paperback)

* **Text Block & Pages:** Publisher-applied yellow-sprayed edges are vibrant and uniform. Internal pages are clean, supple, and off-white/cream.

* **Binding:** Tight, solid, and square.

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