Mcintosh, J T Psued. (James Murdoch MacGregor) — One in Three Hundred

Museum Press 3rd prize winner of 1955 International Science Fiction Awards. Scarce 1st UK edition. "He held the power of life after the world's end! In four days the world was coming to an end! The exploding sun would burn every living thing on Earth to a cinder! In Simsville, it was Bill Easson who got the job of picking those fit to escape. He had to choose ten people - men, women, or children - out of its desperate, hysterical three thousand. Whom should he pick - the beautiful, the bold, or the clever? Did they really have a chance to reach a new world in the rickety, jerry-built, inadequate space boat that would be given them? Would cold and hostile Mars welcome them?" CONDITION Black bds with crisp Silver title (unworn with sharp cnrs) pp 192. Crisp and bright copy. Original DJ is fresh with small chip to mid spine and sl wear to spine ends. H First British Near Fine London, United Kingdom Fine 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall