Shaw Desmond — Chaos

London, Hutchinson & Co, 1938. First edition. Cloth. A scarce to see first edition copy of this dystopian Future War novel by Shaw Desmond. The first edition, first impression, of this scarce work.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.A Future War novel by Shaw Desmond, 'Chaos' prophesies on a war between the U.K. and Germany, a novel on love, power, and hope.Written by the Irish novelist Shaw Desmond.Undated, dated from Jisc from a copy held at the British Library.Twenty-six pages of publisher's adverts to the rear. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart. A few light marks to the boards. Very light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Spots to the fore edge. Dust wrapper is edge worn with chips and closed ters, larger chips to the head and tail of the spine, and to the head of the front wrap. Rubbing to the dust wrapper. Light spots to the reverse of the dust wrapper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean, with scattered spots to the first and last few pages. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Good.