New York: Signet, 1979. First Paperback Edition, First Printing. Softcover. Very good copy with visible creases and wear. Bookstore stamp on top edge. Page edges are lightly soiled, Interior is clean and bright, and binding is tight and solid despite creases along spine. Scarce in any condition. Item #10771
ISBN: 0451086732

The Patternist novel Butler disowned and would never allow back into print, which makes it far and away the hardest of her books to find. First paperback edition, first printing; the Science Fiction Book Club insert card is still present in this copy.