The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Arthur Dent, an ordinary Englishman, is saved from Earth's demolition by Ford Prefect, a researcher for a galactic guidebook, seconds before the planet is destroyed to make way for a hyperspace bypass. They hitch a ride on a Vogon constructor ship, then join Zaphod Beeblebrox, the two-headed President, his companion Trillian, and the depressed robot Marvin aboard the stolen starship Heart of Gold. The travellers bounce among improbable worlds while the Guide's entries interrupt the plot with mock-encyclopedic notes. The novel is comic science fiction about bureaucracy, chance, and the search for a decent cup of tea and an answer to life.

Bound in cloth blocked in holographic silver, turquoise, pink, blue, green, red and orange foils. Metallic foil page-tops, each volume a different colour. Endpapers printed in colour with a design by the artist. Presented in a two-part box covered in cloth and paper blocked with metallic foils, labelled “Don’t Panic” and lined with paper printed with silver stars. Print of computer keyboard suitable for framing presented in a folder printed with a design by the artist. Signed by Jonathan Burton.