Barbara Muir — Elkin Mathews Celebrates Its Centenary

London, The Book Collector, 1988. Paperback. A very scare essay by Barbara Muir celebrating Elkin Mathews, signed by Muir to Brian Aldiss. A very scarce work.Signed by the author to Brian Aldiss to the front paste down. Extracted from 'The Book Collector', Volume 37 Number 2 for Summer 1988.A short essay celebrating the centenary of the publisher and bookseller Elkin Mathews, written by Barbara Muir.From the library of Brian Aldiss, with a note loosely inserted regarding the provenance from his daughter, Wendy Aldiss. Aldiss was a popular English science fiction author, an influential writer of the twentieth century. One of his short stories, 'Supertoys Last All Summer Long', was the basis for the Stanley Kubrick - Steven Spielberg 2001 film 'A. I. Artificial Intelligence&apos. He was part of the British New Wave of sci-fi, and was greatly influenced by H. G. Wells. In the original publisher's paper wraps. Externally, fine. Author's inscription to the front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine .