SMITH, GUY N. — Locusts.

Feltham: Hamlyn Paperbacks, 1979. 0600355640. 1st edition. "It seems the start of a glorious summer as Alan Alton and his family settke into their new home in the Shropshire hills. Then the insects start to appear. First there's one..then hundreds..thousands..millions. A smothering tide of destruction covers the land..Before this onslaught the human population turns to flight. As panic grows, the death toll also rises and the whole country is plunged into chaos. Britain is being eaten alive." Pp.230, pages tanned. Paperback, minor edge wear . G+.