THE SYNDIC.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1953. Octavo, boards. First edition. "Future America is ruled partly by a Mafia-like mob and partly by a more benign organization referred to as "the fat, sloppy, happy Syndic." An enjoyable adventure story with satirical barbs and an underlying darkness of tone." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 360. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-612. Survey of Science Fiction Literature V, pp. 2211-14]. Some tanning to end papers and some foxing to page edges, a nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with mild wear to the spine ends, some mild darkening and fade to the spine panel, a small closed tear and long crease to upper rear panel edge. (27999). Item #27999
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