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COLIN KAPP : The Patterns of Chaos [and] The Chaos Weapon

Victor Gollancz Ltd., London [and] Dennis Dobson Ltd., London 1972 and 1979

The first edition and first English edition respectively, and in both cases the first casebound issues. Individual volumes as follows: 'The Patterns of Chaos' (Gollancz, 1972). First Edition (first printing) - preceding the American edition by a year (the US edition also only appeared in paperback format). 8vo. 222pp. Maroon cloth lettered in gold at the spine. Top- and fore edge very lightly spotted, and with a single tiny nick to the upper hinge. A virtually fine copy in non-price-clipped dust wrapper with a tiny trace of creasing to the upper edge. 'The Chaos Weapon' (Dobson, 1979). The first UK and first casebound edition (first printing), issued two years after the American edition, which was only published in paperback format. 8vo. 201pp. Black cloth lettered in silver at the spine. A tiny sliver of toning to the fore edge margin of the front free endpaper, else a fine copy in very good non-price-clipped dust wrapper, with just a tiny trace of creasing to the head of the spine panel, and the publisher's laminate lifting a fraction in one small area. A super hardcover set of the author's classic all-action space opera and its sequel.. Book. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Near Fine

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