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Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker
by Lucas, George; [Alan Dean Foster]

New York: Ballantine Books, 1977. First hardcover trade edition. Near Fine/Fine. First hardcover trade edition with "Hardbound Ballantine Books Edition: October, 1977" on copyright page. Signed by the uncredited ghostwriter Alan Dean Foster on the title page in black marker. [vi], 183 pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth stamped in gilt on front board and spine, oatmeal speckled endpapers. Near Fine in a Fine unclipped dust jacket (price $6.95).

A novelization of the feature film, illustrated with film stills, and uncommon in such nice condition. This edition was preceded by a slightly less desirable paperback original and a hardcover book club edition. Foster went on to write numerous novelizations of films and television episodes from the Star Wars, Alien, and Star Trek franchises.

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