ALAS, BABYLON.
Philadelphia and New York: J.B. Lippincott Company, [1959]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Post nuclear holocaust novel. A group of survivors in Florida cope with the aftermath, and day to day survival. A well received novel with a warning toward nuclear war as well as an ethical statement on the responsibility of citizens toward the prevention of one. Magill: Survey of Science Fiction Literature, Volume 1, pp. 38-42. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-74. Pringle, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels 29. Private owner's bookplate affixed to front paste-down. A fine copy in very good dust jacket with wear at spine ends and two corner tips and 8 mm closed tear and associated horizontal crease at top edge of front panel. An elusive book rarely found in a decent jacket. (10853). Item #10853
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