John Wyndham; Lucas Parkes — The Outward Urdge

London, Michael Joseph, 1959. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Parkes and Wyndham"s ambitious generational space epic, tracing humanity"s perilous first steps toward the stars, complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original dark cloth binding. First edition. Complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper.A speculative science-fiction novel charting humanity"s long and difficult expansion into space, following several generations as they attempt to overcome technological limits, political obstacles, and human failings.Parkes was an earlier pen-name used by Wyndham. Due to this works genre of being hard science fiction, which was slightly different from his normal works, the publishers decided to include both pseudonyms on the byline. John Wyndham (1903-1969) is one of the most prolific British science fiction authors who penned his novels during the Golden Era of science fiction. Born John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris, he wrote under the names John Wyndham, John Benyon and Lucas Parkes. He is best known for The Day of the Triffids and The Midwich Cuckoos. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, smart. Very minor shelf wear to extremities. Previous owner's contemporary ink inscription to front free endpaper, inscribed from "HMS Vidal, 1959." Stamp to lower fore edge "Supplied for the public service." Dust wrapper, smart. Slight offsetting from removed tape repairs to head and tail of spine and extremities, with one tape reinforcement remaining. Edge wear to extremities resulting in the odd small chip, crease, and closed tear to extremities with slight loss to head and tail of spine. Slight sunning and minor soiling to wraps visible to pale paper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with the odd spot to fore edge and first and last few leaves. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Very Good.