George Lucas

First hardcover issue of Alan Dean Foster's ghostwritten novelization.

• George Lucas (American).
• Jacket painting by John Berkey (American).
• New York: Del Rey, 1976.
• [4], 183, [1] pages. 
• Illustrated with two 8-page color photographic supplements.
• "S27" printed in gutter of page 183.
• In original dust jacket clipped free of book club notice.
• Bound in original light gray boards, blue-lettered spine.

One of a select number of genuinely scarce and collectible book club editions: issued after the paperback release, just months before the film itself appeared in theaters, and preceding the first trade hardcover edition by a year. Foster, currently waging his own valiant rebellion against Lucasfilm's new overlord, the Disney empire, for the royalties due him, is a giant of the media franchise novelization world: adapter not only of STAR WARS but also of Clash of the Titans, The Last Starfighter, several Star Trek, Terminator, Transformers and any number of Alien properties.