The Hitch Hikers Guide to The Galaxy. London: Pan Books, 1979. First Edition. Pp, 158. Paperback edition in pictorial wrappers. A fine bright copy.

The first published edition of the Hitch Hikers Guide, preceding the Arthur Barker hardback by a few months.

First published in London on 12th October 1979, the novel is an adaptation of the first four parts of Adams’s radio series of the same name.

The popularity of the radio series gave rise to a six-episode television series which first aired on the BBC in January 1981.