Ronald Duncan — The Last Adam

London, Dennis Dobson Limited, 1952. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this brilliant 'Last Man' science fiction novel by Ronald Duncan, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.A 'Last Man' genre sci-fi novel by Robert Duncan, in which his 'last man' encounters the 'last woman', and abandons her.Duncan is best known today for his poem 'The Horse', and for writing the liberatto of Benjamin Britten's opera 'The Rape of Lucretia&apos. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart, with only a couple of small marks to the boards. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Spots to the fore edge. A little edge wear to the dust wrapper. Spine is age-toned with only the occasional mark to the wraps, including spots to the reverse. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good.