Harold Nicolson — Public Faces

Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1933. First edition. Cloth. The first U.S. edition of this sci-fi novel by Harold Nicolson, foreshadowing the events of the World War Two. Signed by the author to the title page. The first U.S. edition, first printing, published the year after the U.K. first.Signed by the author to the title page.'Public Faces' is a Near Future Sci-Fi-Romance; set in 1939, the novel follows international conflicts that arise after the U.K. gains control of a new power source, something which gives them the ability of the atomic bomb and an intercontinental rocket. An eerie novel which foreshadows World War Two and the nuclear bomb.By Harold Nicolson, the husband of Vita Sackville-West. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. Light marks to the cloth. Spine is a little faded. A small amount of rubbing to the spine and extremities. Spots to the fore edge. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with a few scattered spots. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .