Saturn by Ben Bova - 2003

Signed first edition, Leather bound limited numbered edition. Signed by author on the signature page, and numbered 472 of 1,000 copies. Also included, loose, are a signed certificate of authenticity, a bookplate, and an information card. Fully bound in genuine leather, with hubbed spine, and 22kt gold accents inlaid on the spine and boards. Moire satin end pages, with a sewn in satin-ribbon page marker. Sewn pages with acid free paper, all edges gilt. Full color frontispiece by Kent Bash. Binding is tight and firm, book appears to have never been read. Major flaws: from careless handling and storage, the bottom corners are bumped; there is a scratch in the leather on the back board; there are small bits of what appears to be latex paint stuck to the back board. Easton Press, no dust jacket as issued, first edition, May 2003, 472 pages, frontispiece by Kent Bash. 8vo (5.5" x 9") A volume in the series, Signed First Editions of Science Fiction published by Easton Press. Actually, this is the first US edition. The first edition was published in Feb. 2003 in the UK by Hoddard and Stoughton. 11th in the author's Grand Tour series, preceded by Jupiter and followed by Titan.