West of Eden.

Harrison (Harry)

West of Eden.

Description: UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY FOR FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, 2 full-page engraved illustrations by Bill Sanderson preceding text, headpieces by the same to first two chapters, the rest with 'Art to Come' instead, further illustration to 'Zoology' section at rear (otherwise marked 'Art to Come'), pp. [vi], 427, 4to, riginal wrappers, a few spots to backstrip and some light handling, touch of corner-creasing, very good

Publication Details: Granada, 1984

Notes: Signed on the title-page by the author and Tom (T.A.) Shippey, the dedicatee of the work who assisted Harrison with the novel's constructed language, Yilanè – also the name of the intelligent reptile species, evolved from the dinosaurs (who, in this alternate history, did not suffer extinction by meteorite). The narrative relates their first encounter with the Tanu, a human society with their own language, Marbak. An ambitious and complex work, uncommon signed – particularly by both Harrison and his collaborator on the project. ...moreSigned on the title-page by the author and Tom (T.A.) Shippey, the dedicatee of the work who assisted Harrison with the novel's constructed language, Yilanè – also the name of the intelligent reptile species, evolved from the dinosaurs (who, in this alternate history, did not suffer extinction by meteorite). The narrative relates their first encounter with the Tanu, a human society with their own language, Marbak. An ambitious and complex work, uncommon signed – particularly by both Harrison and his collaborator on the project. HIDE