DOCTOR MIRABILIS by James Blish New York: Avon, (1982). First American paperback edition, first printing, mass-market paperback. "First Avon printing August 1982" statement and first printing number code sequence 1 through 10 to the copyright page, $2.95 to the front cover. Comprises the complete original text from the 1964 British First edition. The first installment in the "After Such Knowledge" series portrays the life of Roger Bacon, the brilliant medieval philosopher who studied nature through empiricism and was considered a wizard and sorcerer in his own time. Very tight and probably unread, some rubbing near the front spine joint, barely perceptible surface nicks at the lower spine edge and upper corner tips, age-toning to the borders of the inside covers as usual, else near fine in green stiff-card wraps with color front cover art by Wayne D. Barlowe; original printed code 6035 and $2.95 price still intact to the front cover. Elusive in such nice condition. PLEASE VIEW OUR STORE FOR MORE GREAT COLLECTIBLE PAPERBACK BOOKS THANKS!