ARMED CAMPS.
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1970. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First U.S. edition. The author's first SF novel, in the style of "New Wave" fiction. A dystopian future, "...warfare is the one constant thing in the world; and although it seems that only champions fight and die, great numbers of people are killed each year. And instead of trying to end it, the top brass make sure it will go on - forever..." - Pederson (ed.), St. James Guide to Science Fiction Writers (4th ed.), pp. 770-771. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (204) II-891]. Inked name to front paste down, a nearly fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with a light stain ghost to verso of lower spine with bleed through from glue degradation from a glue tab from a dust jacket protector, mild shelf wear to the spine ends. (31767). Item #31767
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