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Mostly Harmless

   


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Author: Adams, Douglas Noel (1952-2001) inscribed
Mostly Harmless
Year: 1992
Price: $150.00
Publisher: Harmony Books
Place: New York
Description:

277 pages. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's quarter black cloth with green gilt lettering to spine over green boards in original pictorial jacket. Inscribed by author. First American edition.

Mostly Harmless is a 1992 novel by Douglas Adams and the fifth book in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series. It is described on the cover of the first editions as "The fifth book in the increasingly inaccurately named Hitchhikers Trilogy". It was the last Hitchhiker's book written by Adams and his final book released in his lifetime. The title derives from a joke early in the series, when Arthur Dent discovers that the entry for Earth in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy consists, in its entirety, of the word "Harmless". His friend Ford Prefect, a contributor to the Guide, assures him that the next edition will contain the article on Earth that Ford has spent the last 15 years researching—somewhat cut due to space restrictions, but still an improvement. The revised article, he eventually admits, will simply read "Mostly harmless". It later turns out that Ford had written a long essay on how to have fun on Earth, but the editors in the guide's main office building edited everything out. Later in the series, Ford is surprised to discover that all of his contribution had been edited back into the Guide, prompting his reunion with Arthur on the alternative Earth in So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish.

Condition:

Inscribed on the title. Gently bumped corner at front corner heal else a near fine copy in a fine jacket.
SOLD 2020





 
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