Books

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (only) is signed by Adams on the limitation page. COA, also signed by Adams, and "a note about" are laid in. 22 x 14 cm. 209, 217,227, 204, 277pp. Each volume is bound in a different color full leather (black, brown, green, dark blue, red) and with the "don't panic" logo in gilt on the covers. 4 raised bands to spines, AEG, moire endpapers, silk ribbon. The binding of "Life, the Universe" is cocked. The top corners are mildly bumped. The complete Hitchhiker's Guide "trilogy of five books". Titles: "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", "The Restaurant At the End of the Universe", "Life, the Universe and Everything", "So Long, and Thanks For all the Fish", and "Mostly Harmless". Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-3.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a science fiction novel by English author Douglas Adams. It was originally a radio comedy broadcast on the BBC in 1978 before it was developed into a series of five books that sold more than 15 million copies in his lifetime. The story follows the galactic adventures of Arthur Dent, a hapless Englishman, following the demolition of the Earth by aliens called Vogons, who is whisked into space by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher for the eponymous guidebook.