Description: JOHN PERCY VIVIAN DACRE BALSDON, M.A. (OXON.), FELLOW AND TUTOR IN CLASSICS AT EXETER COLLEGE, OXFORD, ALIAS DACRE BALSDON, WROTE SEVERAL SATIRICAL AND FANTASY NOVELS IN THE 1930S & 1940s, IN A SUB-EVELYN WAUGH VEIN. HE WAS ONE OF LAST OF THE GREAT ECCENTRIC OXFORD DONS, AND A WORLD EXPERT ON ANCIENT ROMAN LIFE. THIS WAS HIS SECOND NOVEL, AND I THINK, HIS BEST. IT IS A SATIRE ON JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING, A DISTOPIAN NOVEL SET IN THE FAR FUTURE, LISTED IN BLEILER. BALSDON'S FIRST NOVEL "HAVE A NEW MASTER" WAS PUBLISHED IN 1935 TO RAVE REVIEWS. 278 PAGES. I AM SELLING IT BECAUSE I HAVE FOUND A COPY WITH THE ULTRA-RARE DUST WRAPPER. POSTAGE IN UK: £2.50. I AM THINNING MY LIBRARY OWING TO LACK OF SPACE AND WILL BE POSTING MANY BOOKS IN THE COMING ,MONTHS. 100% POSITIVE FEEDBACK. SECURE, RECYCLED PACKAGING.
Price: 14 GBP
Location: London, London
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Returns Accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Binding: Hardback
Place of Publication: UK
Shape: Rectangle
Language: English
Fiction Subject: SCIENCE FICTION, ENGLAND SOLD TO AFRICAN STATE
Special Attributes: 1st Edition
Region: ENGLAND
Author: DACRE BALSDON
Publisher: EYRE & SPOTTISWOOD
Year Printed: 1936
Original/Facsimile: Original
