Barrington J. Bayley — Collision with Chronos

London, Allison & Busby, 1977 . Cloth. The first UK edition of Bayley"s ambitious science fiction novel exploring paradox and the instability of time. In the publisher's original dark cloth binding.The novel was first published in the United States in 1973 by DAW Books. This is the first UK edition.Complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper. This science fiction novel centres on a universe in which time behaves unpredictably, and characters must navigate time paradoxes and shifting realities. Bayley (1937-2008) was associated with the British New Wave of science fiction admired for his ambitious narratives exploring time. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, lovely, with the slightest trace of shelf wear to extremities. Dust wrapper, very smart. One or two handling marks to wraps. One or two spots to extremities. Slight edge wear resulting in one or two very slight closed tears and chips. Slight blistering to plastic film at rear joint of wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with just one or two spots to fore edge. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.