Product Description
A terrific first UK edition of this absorbing science fiction work by Zenna Henderson, a collection of interconnected stories that explore the lives of extra-terrestrial beings.
Scarce first UK edition.
With the publisher's unclipped dust wrapper and the wrap-around band.
A collection of science fiction short stories, all of which concern the author's central achievement, "The People" - human beings who are forced to emigrate to Earth when their home world is destroyed.
Their unusual abilities includetelepathy,telekinesis,prophecy, andhealing, which they call the "Designs and Persuasions".
From influential American science fiction and fantasy author, Zenna Henderson, whose work is cited as pre-feminist, often featuring middle-aged women, children, and their relationships, but with stereotyped gender roles.
She frequently used her teaching experience in Arizona and elsewhere as a base for her stories and her series of stories about the "The People" became a central feature of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction.
In the original cloth binding.
With the publisher's unclipped dust wrapper and the wrap-around band.
Externally, lovely, with a hint of bumping to the spine.
Dust wrapper is excellent, with minor sunning to the spine and minor shelf wear.
Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages.
Fine
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