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MILLER, Walter M., Jr. (1923-1996). A Canticle for Leibowitz. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1960. 8vo. 320 pp. Publisher’s black cloth backstrip over pink cloth boards, front board stamped in black, publisher’s unclipped (“$4.95”) dust jacket and the scarce publisher’s orange paper wrap-around band with the blurb by Ray Bradbury (cloth lower corners bumped; jacket toned unevenly due to the presence of the wrap-around band, minor wear, soiling to jacket spine, band sunned at spine and front, light minor wear, soiling to jacket). Still, a fine copy. FIRST EDITION. “Named by many as the best SF novel of the modern period.” - Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-287. Pringle, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels, 30. Survey of Science Fiction Literature I, pp. 288-93. 1961 Hugo Award winner. From the renowned personal collection of Dr. George D. Lacy.