The Road To The Rim; The Hard Way Up

An unmarked copy-" An omnibus in the 'Rim World: John Grimes' series of books. 1st printing of 1978 edition:- Contents: The novel 'The Road To The Rim' and the collection of short stories entitled 'The Hard Way Up' containing With Good Intentions / The Subtracter / The Tin Messiah / The Sleeping Beauty / The Wandering Buoy / The Mountain Movers / What You Know:- Synopsis: Meet John Grimes at the very beginning of his career that will lead him to fame and glory out at the edge of the galaxy, out where the laws of men are nonexistent, and those of nature itself are sometimes tenuous. Someday Grimes will be a Commodore in the secessionist Rim Worlds Navy, but for now, he is merely a very junior Lieutenant in another space navy entirely, that of the Federation. If he keeps his nose clean, one day he can be an Admiral in that Service; all he has to do is follow regulations regardless of the consequences, and obey orders regardless of whether they are right or wrong - and he is determined to do just that. But being John Grimes, he will find it a more difficult task than he expects - especially when he must turn a blind eye to the piratical acts of the Waldegrenese Navy, or ignore the plight of a beauteous damsel in distress. That's why, although he doesn't know it yet, he is already on the Road to the Rim."