New York: Doubleday, (1989). First edition, 1st printing. 8vo. 482 pp. Original quarter navy cloth over lavender paper-covered boards, stamped in gilt, in original unclipped ($18.95) dust-jacket. Faint edge wear. Protected in archival mylar. Book is tight, square and firm. Light wear to edges, panels and corners. Page edges with light vintage toning, a few light smudges. Light curling to spine ends. Interior is clean and unmarked. Signed and dated by the author in the month of publication - the earliest signed date I have seen.

Dust Jacket: Fine

Hardcover: Fine

“Hyperion is a 1989 science fiction novel by American author Dan Simmons. The first book of his Hyperion Cantos series, it won the Hugo Award for best novel. The plot of the novel features multiple time-lines and characters. It follows a similar structure to The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. The next book in the series was The Fall of Hyperion, published in 1990. The novel won the 1990 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel. It was nominated for the 1991 BSFA Award for Best Novel. With its sequel The Fall of Hyperion, it was nominated for the 1992 Arthur C. Clarke Award.”