Stanislaw Lem
The Invincible.
The Seabury Press, 1973. A Continuum Book. First US edition. Translation by Wendayne Ackerman. 0816491232 183 pages.
Volume, measuring approximately 6" x 8.75", is bound in blue cloth, with black lettering to spine. Book is in near fine condition, with light soiling to top edge of text block. Binding is firm. Interior is clean and bright.  Price-clipped dust jacket displays light wear at edges, with minor creasing and a small closed tear at top of rear panel. Rear panel has a b&w photo of the author. Jacket design is by Richard Powers. Dust jacket is preserved in mylar cover.
"In the grand tradition of science fiction narrative represented by the best of H. G. Wells and Jules Verne, Stanislaw Lem describes the story of a space cruiser sent to an obscure planet to determine the fate of another ship whose communications with Earth have abruptly ceased. On Regis III, Navigator Rohan and the crew of the "Invincible" encounter the classic quandry: what course of action can man take once he has reached the limits of his knowledge? The question of the inexplicable, the bizarre, the problem that lies just beyond analytical reach are women into a science-fiction plot that sustains excitement to the last."