A Conversation larger than the Universe. Subscriber Edition

Henry
Wessells

$300

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Wessells
Henry
A Conversation larger than the Universe. Subscriber Edition
Readings in Science Fiction and the Fantastic 1762-2017. 288 pp. With more than 100 illustrations; index
8vo
[Upper Montclair, New Jersey]
Temporary Culture
2018
Edition of 75 copies. Signed by John Crowley and Henry Wessells. With: Reading in Public (stitched in blue Hahnemühle wrappers with printed label, signed by Michael Swanwick)
Hand bound in sand cloth with letterpress label. As new
310002
$300

“erudite and altogether fascinating . . . essential reading” — Publishers Weekly

“an extremely valuable book about what we think of the fantastic and why . . . Wessells knows and loves books, and he knows how to write about them. This is an important book.” — Andy Sawyer, in Foundation: the international review of science fiction.

A Conversation larger than the Universe. Readings in Science Fiction and the Fantastic 1762-2017 is an illustrated collection of essays to accompany the first Grolier Club exhibition of science fiction, with a descriptive checklist of the materials on view at the Club from 25 January to 10 March 2018.

The book includes ‘A Hatful of Adjectives’, an original Foreword by John Crowley. Book design by Jerry Kelly.

The subscriber edition is hand bound in sand cloth and is signed by both Wessells and Crowley, and is issued with an original short short story by Michael Swanwick, Reading in Public, signed by Swanwick.
Note: Reading in Public is original to this edition and does not form part of the trade edition.

ISBN 978-0-9961359-4-8