The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Cover designed by the art group Hipgnosis with illustrator Ian Wright; printed cover price on the front cover; early printings carry the title as 'The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy.' Identify the first printing by the imprint (copyright) page reading 'First published 1979 by Pan Books Ltd' with NO later-printing or 'reprinted' statement (the British post-1968 convention) — a descending number line ending in 1 is NOT documented in the sources consulted and should not be relied on as the point