Alph

NY: Nelson Doubleday. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1972. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 218 pages; Near Fine/Very Good. This Book Club was the first hardcover of this title (per Currey). Soft bump bottom corner tips. Boards are straight, tips are pointed, spine is square and pages are clean. DJ back panel lightly shelf rubbed. Flap folds lightly age tanned. Fantastic artwork to cover by Brad Holland. Now in protective sleeve. ALPH is set in a far distant future when widespread use of a new birth control tablet has drastically affected the birth of ratio of males to females - until finally no male children are born at all. .