A Romance of the Near Future
Love Among the Ruins A Romance of the Near Future
Chapman and Hall, 1953.
First edition, deluxe issue. Number 265 of 350 copies, signed by the author. Original red buckram, decoration to upper board and title on the spine in gilt. Top edge gilt others untrimmed. Title page in black and sepia and sepia chapter numbers and initials. Full page illustrations "by Various Eminent Hands Including the Author's" also in sepia. A very good copy indeed with some fading to the spine.
This novella is a political satire set in a world where politicians agree on all major issues.
"Despite their promises at the last Election, the politicians had not yet changed the climate....The weather varied from day to day and from county to county as it had done of old, most anomalously."
Stock ID: 47047
