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First hardcover edition, first printing. 183, [1, blank] pp. 8.5" x 5.75" A PIECE OF STAR WARS HISTORY The spring of 1977 reshaped popular culture as one of the most important narrative universes burst onto the screen and into the literary marketplace. Though credited to George Lucas, the novelization, which appeared in paperback form in the fall of 1976, was in fact written by science-fiction legend Alan Dean Foster, whose text introduced readers to the galaxy far, far away, just months before the film's release. Presented here is the first hardcover edition, issued by the Science Fiction Book Club in 1977 and preceded only by the 1976 Ballantine paperback original. With identifying "S27" gutter code and preserved in its original dust jacket, this edition is illustrated with dozens of color photographs from the cinematic production, securing the book as a piece of literary, cinematic, and cultural history. Very mild shelf wear, a fine copy in very good, lightly edge worn and rubbed dust jacket with spot of soiling upper front corner. Publisher's grey paper-covered boards in John Berkey dust jacket (unpriced).…

First hardback edition, with a slip of ruled paper inscribed by the director loosely inserted, "To Garry, George Lucas". This novelization of Star Wars: A New Hope was originally published as a paperback five months prior to the release of the film in May 1977 and represented the world's first encounter with a long-form story set in a galaxy far, far away. This copy is from the book club edition, published in July 1977 and preceding the first trade hardback edition of November. This copy has the printer's date code "S27" in the gutter of the final page, as required for the first printing. Foster's version is "perhaps most notable for allowing its readers to experience the interiority of characters from the film. Although the film establishes Leia's willingness to shoot the stormtroopers, the novelization allows its readers to imagine the consequences of her act more vividly by narrating the stormtrooper's thoughts and aspirations" (Webster, p. 51). It also includes colour photographs from the film with captioned explanations of the Star Wars universe, presciently described as images that "may become a milestone in the space fantasy genre" (facing p. 42). The front panel of the dust jacket was designed by the lead poster designer for the original trilogy, John Berkey, and the rear panel gives the credits for the film. The novelization includes several key details omitted from the finished film, but later retconned into the series, including Palpatine (p. 1), the Sith (p. 7), and, perhaps most infamously, a medal for Chewbacca (p. 183). By contrast, the most famous opening line in film is here given as "Another galaxy, another time". Jeremy W. Webster, "Leia Shot First: Transmedia Storytelling and the National Public Radio Dramatization of Star Wars", Star Wars and the History of Transmedia Storytelling, 2018. Octavo. With 16 pp. of colour photographic illustrations and accompanying text printed on black paper stock. Original grey boards, spine lettered in blue, fore edge untrimmed. With dust jacket. Spine ends bumped, faint spotting to endpapers and edges; jacket unclipped, extremities and rear panel a little rubbed, verso foxed: a very good copy in like jacket.…