REPRIEVE FROM PARADISE

by H. Chandler Elliott

$35 · Offered by L. W. Currey

First edition

New York: Gnome Press Inc., 1955 . Octavo, tan boards, spine panel printed in black. First edition. A post-atomic war dystopia in which the now static authoritarian Hierarchy ruling the Earth has encouraged human reproduction, resulting in overpopulation and the extinction of most insects and animals. A fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket with light wear at edges. #145129

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