Brian Aldiss — The Magic of the Past

London, Kerosina Books, 1987. Cloth. A limited edition volume containing two short stories by Brian Aldiss, a popular science fiction author. An uncommon limited edition work, limited to three-hundred cloth copies, of which this is numbered one-hundred and sixty-five.A collection of two fascinating short science fiction stories by Brian Aldiss, 'North Scarning' and 'The Magic of the Past&apos.Aldiss was a popular English science fiction author, an influential writer of the twentieth century. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart, with a faint tidemark to the front board and pastedowns. A little rubbing to the gilt to the front board. Light marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .