Under Compulsion

First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Collection of seventeen stories by Thomas M. Disch (1940-2008), including "Thesis on Social Forms and Social Control in the U.S.A." The collection was published in the U.S. as Fun with Your New Head (1971). "Much of Disch's best work in the years around Camp Concentration is in shorter forms [.] Because of his intellectual audacity, the chillingly distanced mannerism of his narrative art, the austerity of the pleasures he affords, and the fine cruelty of his wit, Disch was perhaps the most respected, least trusted, most envied and least read of all modern sf writers of the first rank" (SFE). Inscribed by the author to New York editor David G. Hartwell around a slp of paper on the flyleaf, a bookseller''s listing for the title on a narrow slip, and quoting one of the blurbs from the back panel, "For David H. A born story teller with an ability to grip the reader. Fondly, Tom Disch" Inscribed copies are uncommon. Currey, p. 165. Provenance: David G. Hartwell Grey boards titled in gilt. Corners bumped. Fine copy in very good plus dust jacket by Ken Reilly (short tear along front flap fold).…