first edition Hard Cover
1934 · Boston
by C. S. Forester
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1934. First US Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Fair dust jacket. First American Edition of the only science fiction work by the acclaimed author C. S. Forester. Following the attempt of a pacifist schoolteacher to blackmail world leaders into world peace, using what seems like an EMP device. Described as "one of the more thoughtful examples of the subspecies" of political science fiction. Some toning to the endpapers only. Soiling and wear to the dustjacket, and loss at the spine. Orange cloth with a Good or Fair dustjacket. (Barron Anatomy of Wonder II-413). Very Good binding / Fair dust jacket.
(Inventory #: 289593)