Book is tight and square with the usual light bumping to spine ends; spine is showing very faint spotting/discoloration with age. A pair of ID-numbers written in pen on bottom corner of left-endpaper; "ChUSFA" stamps on first right-endpaper, title page, and page 85 - no other marks or writing. Dustjacket has no tears, but spine is showing some wear; light wear to top edge & spine-ends; light overall wear as loss-of-gloss/rubbing - faint scrape at upper right corner of front cover / 2 faint scratches on back cover (may not show in scans.) Line in marker next to spine on bottom page-block (remainder mark?)

The presence of the original Koontz story makes this collectible (hence the high price.)

Future City, edited by Roger Elwood. An original anthology - stories are new to the 1973 Trident Press hardcover. Once again, Elwood gets an impressive line-up of well-known authors.

Contents:
(Preface by Roger Elwood)
(Foreword" by Clifford D. Simak)
"In Praise of New York" by Thomas M. Disch (verse)
"The Sightseers" by Ben Bova
"Meanwhile, We Eliminate" by Andrew J. Offutt
"Thine Alabaster Cities Gleam" by Laurence M. Janifer
"Culture Lock" by Barry N. Malzberg
"The World as Will and Wallpaper" by R. A. Lafferty
"Violation" by William F. Nolan
"City Lights, City Nights" by K. M. O’Donnell (Barry N. Malzberg)
"The Undercity" by Dean R. Koontz
"Apartment Hunting" by Harvey and Audrey Bilker
"As a Drop" by D. M. Price (verse)
"Abendländes" by Virginia Kidd (verse)
"The Weariest River" by Thomas N. Scortia
"Death of a City" by Frank Herbert
"Assassins of Air" by George Zebrowski
"Getting Across" by Robert Silverberg
"In Dark Places" by Joe L. Hensley
"Revolution" by Robin Schaeffer
"Chicago" by Thomas F. Monteleone
"The Most Primative" by Ray Russell
"Hindsight: 480 Seconds" by Harlan Ellison
"5,000,000 A.D." by Miriam Allen deFord
(Afterword by Frederik Pohl)