"Raymond's novel is rooted firmly in the dystopian vision of Orwell and Huxley, sharing their air of horrifying hopelessness."- Sunday Times It is the 1960s. England has become a dictatorship, governed by a sly, ruthless politician called Jobling. All non-whites have been deported, The English Times is the only newspaper, and ordinary people live in dread of nightly curfews and secret police. Derek Raymond's skill is to make all too plausible the transition from complacent democracy to dictatorship in a country preoccupied by consumerism and susceptible to media spin.
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Seller: Book Alley, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. First edition; Good+ in Good dust jacket; boards have general wear/bumping; bookplate of former owner to ffep and discoloration; no markings to the text. Dust jacket has creasing to the flaps and a bit of age discoloration. Pasadena's finest independent new and used bookstore. Seller Inventory # mon0000149915
Seller: Burwood Books, Wickham Market, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. Original publisher's raspberry cloth lettered gilt on spine. Pages: 269 Endpapers browned and slightly stained otherwise about VG in near VG dust jacket with some wear at edges but no loss. Seller Inventory # C102866
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Seller: Stephen White Books, Bradford, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Ex-library book, usual markings. Hardback with dust cover. Well read copy with some spine wear. Colouring of page edges due to age. Quick dispatch from UK seller. Seller Inventory # mon0000210661
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Seller: Black Cat Bookshop P.B.F.A, Leicester, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Novel about an alternative political future for England as a dictatorship. Early title from popular novelist. Seller Inventory # 002394
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Seller: Raymond Tait, Beccles, SUFFO, United Kingdom
Original Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Endpapers slightly browned. Price-clipped by the publisher with another price printed and then blacked out by the publisher and a further price printed up above on the front flap. Light edge wear to the jacket with a slight separation in the surface of the laminate on the top left corner of the front panel - this can be seen but not felt, i.e. there is no bubbling up. Slight fading to the spine. First printing. Seller Inventory # 005494
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Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The jacket is a bit rubbed and chipped - very little paper loss. Internally mostly clean and tightly bound. Library scarring and markings. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Seller Inventory # 813t
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