(#126824) RITE OF PASSAGE. Alexei Panshin.

RITE OF PASSAGE. London: Sidgwick & Jackson, [1969]. Octavo, boards. First British (and first hardcover) edition. The author's first book. Winner of the 1968 Nebula award for best novel. 1969 Hugo nominee. "... a complex and expertly told novel, making adroit use of the basic rite-of-passage structure that underlies almost all tales set in generational starships ..." - Clute and Nicholls (eds), The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (1993), pp. 906-907. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-844. Survey of Science Fiction Literature IV, pp. 1805-08. Contemporary fantasy writer's bookplate affixed to front free endpaper. Some tanning to front free endpaper, a near fine copy in near fine dust jacket with some rubbing to spine ends and corners. (#126824).

Price: $750.00

Printing identification statement for this book:
"First published in Great Britain 1969" on copyright page.