J. Jefferson Farjeon — Death of a World

London, Collins, 1948 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of J. Jefferson Farjeon's science fiction novel, in which aliens land on a long dead Earth. The first edition, first impression, in the publisher's original price clipped dust wrapper.Signed by the author to the front free endpaper, with 'good wishes and kind regards from J. Jefferson Farjeon 17/6/48&apos.In Farjeon's novel, aliens arrive on a dead Earth, where they discover the diary of an Englishman, written just as World War Three is about to begin. He manages to survive the predicted nuclear Holocaust in an Underground Keep along with a few companions, but the diary ends mid-sentence, indicating that Earth really is dead. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price clipped dust wrapper. Bumping to back strip head and tail, otherwise externally excellent. Signed to front free endpaper. Loss to dust wrapper back strip head, with shelf wear to back strip tail. Sticker residue to back strip tail, with brown tide mark to fold over rear joint. Edgewear and minor closed tears to head of front wrap. Handling marks to rear wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good.