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New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, [1977]. First edition. A fine copy in a fine first printing dust jacket priced $8.95. (28519). Octavo, cloth backed boards. Inscribed and signed by Niven on the title page. "An exploration team consisting of an exotic mix of humans and aliens investigates a huge artifact occupying a planetary orbit around a sun." - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-807. Hugo Award winner, 1971; Nebula Award winner, 1970. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-807].

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.

The first edition of 'Ringworld' can be identified by its full cloth binding, lack of ISBN (which was not widely used until 1970), and the publisher's code 'K18' on the page after the end of the text.