ALAS, THAT GREAT CITY

by Francis Ashton

$18 · Offered by L. W. Currey · No longer available

First edition · Signed

London: Andrew Dakers Limited, n.d. 1948 . Octavo, cloth. First edition. Bookplate signed by British science fiction editor John Carnell affixed to front paste-down. Ancient Babylon as the legendary Atlantis; modern day hero lives the life of one of its inhabitants in the final days. Excellent characterization in sentimental epic tradition. - Anatomy of Wonder 1987 3-15. Eichner, Atlantean

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