ISBN10: 0575002069, ISBN13: 9780575002067, [publisher: Victor Gollancz Ltd, London] Hardcover First Edition First UK edition, first impression. Ex library with usual stamps and defects, including jacket stuck down onto boards and laminated, corners bruised, price clipped, no personal inscriptions, slight lean, overall a poor copy of a scarce book. 302pp. In the far future, young Thorby is sold in a slave market to an old beggar who is more than he seems to be, and Thorby takes part in many adventures as he climbs the ladders of power and learns the truth of his own identity. A suspenseful tale of adventure, coming of age and interstellar conflict by science fiction's Grand Master.
[Lilley nr Luton, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1969]