Smith, Frederick Edwin 1st Earl of Birkenhead — The World in 2030

Hodder & Stoughton The Author is best remembered today as Winston Churchill's greatest personal and political friend. His futuristic vision of life in 2030 will be adorned by cultured and urbane amenities in excess of the pleasant accompaniments with robots and atomic power stations; where people are more humane in their warfare. Wonderful deco airbrush illus by E McKnight Kauffer. CONDITION Black waxed cloth bds with crisp Red titles, pp xi 215 with fronti illus and 8 plates, very bright and crisp copy one tissue guard missing, the rest are snowy white with 2 laid in and tears to bottom of one. Cloth unworn with mild silverfish speckling to wax top and bottom edges front and top edge rear. Orinal DJ is torn with loss top front some silverfish damage bottom front, tear to spine head and stain to heel. OVERWEIGHT H First Edition Good London, United Kingdom Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall