James Blish; Robert Lowndes — The Duplicated Man

New York, Avalon Books; Thomas Bouregy and Company, 1959. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this science fiction novel about cloning, written by James Blish and Robert Lowndes, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition, first printing. This science fiction novel was co-written by James Blish and Robert Lowndes and was one of the first fiction works to cover 'cloning&apos. The work tells the story of a battle between Earth and Venus, and a man called Paul Denton that attempts to use a cloning machine to clone world leaders and bring peace to the planets. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally lovely with only an owner's stamp to the front pastedown. The wrap is very smart with sunning to the spine, the odd minor handling mark and the odd very small chip and closed tear to the extremities. Internally firmly bound with clean and bright pages. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Very Good.