THE LAST OF THE COUNTRY HOUSE MURDERS

by Emma Tennant

$125 · Offered by L. W. Currey · No longer available

First edition

London: Jonathan Cape, 1974 . Octavo, boards. First edition. The author's third book and second SF novel. Set in an overcrowded future Britain where murders are sanctioned by the government. Social unrest; dystopia. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 363. Reginald 35477. Not in Clarke 1978 . A fine copy in fine dust jacket with hint of age-darkening. An

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