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First hardback edition. Ringworld was first published in paperback by Ballantine Books in 1970, though the preferred hardback edition is rarer in commerce. The first book in the Fleet of Worlds series, Ringworld won the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus awards. Octavo. Original dark red boards, spine lettered in gilt. With dust jacket. Small bookseller's ticket on front pastedown. Spine slightly cocked, a few spots of foxing to edges; tiny mark to front joint of unclipped jacket, head of spine just creased, nick at foot of front flap fold: a near-fine copy in like jacket. .

Ringworld is a science fiction novel by Larry Niven, known for its sophisticated treatment of hard SF concepts and the early exploration of the 'big dumb object' story device.