Hellflower: A Science Fiction Novel

1st UK edition (preceded by USA publication in 1953). 250pp plus publisher's catalogue at rear. Blue cloth boards (some mild marks, sharp and strong). Internally a hint of toning and mild scuff on title page, else neat, clean and tight. In its original dust jacket by E J Pagram (not price clipped, a little rubbed and chipped at edges, bright and clean). Jacket fitted with archival-quality mylar wrapper to protect & prolong its life. It is not adhered to the book or to the jacket. Following a mysterious accident on his spaceship, space-pilot Charles Farradyne is disgraced and turns to a life of fungus farming on Venus. But his moral fibre is tested as he is tempted to join the unscrupulous men and women who smuggle goods by planet hopping.