Close Encounters of the Third Kind, by Steven Spielberg. Published by Sphere Books Ltd, 1978.

Close Encounters of the Third Kind, by Steven Spielberg. Published by Sphere Books Ltd, 1978.

First Edition. Paperback, 228pp.

Light shelf-wear and foxing to wraps. Light rubbing to edges and spine hinges. Spine creased; bumped, creased, scuffed and chipped at the head and rubbed at the heel. Light rubbing to corners. Light creasing across corner tips on front panel. Price sticker on back. Two stains to top edge of text block; fore edge and lower edge foxed. From second half of the book the one stain migrates onto the top margin of all pages to a maximum of 3mm. Inside of cover foxed, front and rear. Binding secure, but tender--no loose or missing pages, but does requires careful handling. No torn pages. Besides persistent foxing and age-toning throughout the text block is clean: No inscriptions, no highlighting or underlining, no annotations or marginalia.