Parable of the Sower. by BUTLER, Octavia E - 1993

New York, London: Four Walls Eight Windows, 1993. A "prescient vision", inscribed by the author First edition, first printing, inscribed by the author on the half title: "Happy Birthday Stephanie! Best Wishes, Octavia E. Butler". Butler's tenth novel is a prescient sci-fi vision, nominated for the 1995 Nebula Award, and followed by the sequel Parable of the Talents (1998).
Of the Parable series, Butler remarked that "This is a cautionary tale, although people have told me it was prophecy. All I have to say to that is: I certainly hope not" (New Yorker). Octavo. Original black boards, titles to spine gilt. With dust jacket. Title page printed black and white on grey stock. A fine copy, trivial bumps to spine ends, else square and fresh, in the fine dust jacket. Abby Aguire, "Octavia Butler's Prescient Vision", New Yorker, 26 July 2017, available online.