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1967. Unbound. Near Fine. Typed Manuscript. 106pp. Loose quarto sheets, typed rectos only, and hand corrections on every page in pen and/or pencil. These include typical edits removing or replacing words throughout, but there are also a number of instances of entire sentences and paragraphs crossed out and additional replacement lines added and, in one instance, an entirely new paragraph written out by hand. At the top of the first sheet are two titles with one ("The Falling Star") crossed out in red wax pencil and the typed note ("Riverworld Story No. 4") under the author's name crossed out. Overall near fine with very minor edgewear, toning to the first sheet and a couple of small coffee stains. *The Felled Star* was first published in two parts in *Worlds of If* in 1967, and published several years later as the *The Fabulous Riverboat*, the second book of Farmer's Riverworld series. The popular series lasting five books followed the posthumous adventures of famous historical…

The second book in the Riverworld series, following the adventures of Mark Twain as he constructs a riverboat.