Naomi Mitchison — The Powers of Light

London, Pharos, 1932 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Naomi Mitchison's delightful tale about early humans. Illustrated with colour plates, and with the scarce original dust wrapper. The first edition of this work.In the scarce publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.Illustrated with seven colour plates from Eric Kennington. Collated, complete.Mitchison was a prolific author, writing more than ninety books in her lifetime, with genres including historical and science fiction, travel and autobiography and literary criticism.This short story is structured as a short story about the first people on earth, and has been described as 'prehistoric science fiction&apos.With the contemporary owner's inscription of Guy Barton to a front blank.A lovely example of this unusual tale. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper. Back strip a touch age toned, otherwise externally excellent. Inscription to a front blank. Dust wrapper back strip and wrap perimeters significantly age toned, with minor loss of paper to back strip tail, and more significant loss to back strip head. Losses of paper to head of each wrap. Closed tear to centre of front wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Eric Kennington. Very Good Indeed/Good.