BANDERSNATCH .. by Ryves, T[homas] E[vans] - 1950

London: The Grey Walls Press, 1950. Octavo, pp. [1-10] 1-299 [300-302: blank], original gray cloth, spine panel stamped in red. First edition. Two thousand years hence scientists rule automata, people constructed on an assembly line. "Authoritarian dystopia." - Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 239. "A visit to a most unattractive world of the future." - Clarke, Tale of the Future (1978), p. 83. Reginald 12609. A very good copy in good dust jacket with wear at edges and general dust soiling. (#160826)