E. C. Tubb — World at Bay

London, Panther Books, 1954 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of E. C. Tubb"s atomic Cold War-era science fiction novel, complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original blue cloth binding. Complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper.  First edition. Issued by Panther Books as no. 10 in the Panther Science Fiction Library.  A Cold War-era science fiction novel in which a world threatened by atomic catastrophe is pushed to crisis point when two scientists carry out an experiment that goes terribly wrong.  E. C. Tubb (1919 -2010) was a prolific British science fiction, fantasy, and western writer, publishing more than a hundred novels under his own name and several pseudonyms. He is best remembered for the long-running Dumarest saga. Michael Moorcock wrote, "His reputation for fast-moving and colourful SF writing is unmatched by anyone in Britain." In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart. Slight shelf lean. Very minor shelf wear to extremities. Slight offsetting to endpapers. One or two vanishingly slight handling marks to rear board. Dust wrapper, excellent. Slight soiling to wraps, more apparent to pale rear. Slight edge wear resulting in one or two small chips, creases, and closed tears to extremities, more so to spine ends. Slight sunning to spine. Slight creasing towards front joint. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with marginal age toning. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed.