NY: Atheneum, 1960. First edition. Octavo. 171pp. Black papered boards backed with pale yellow cloth; dark red spine lettering and topstain; dust jacket. A fine copy with a former owner's (attractive) bookplate on front pastedown. In a fine unclipped jacket with mild rubbing to rear panel and spine hinges.
A pleasantly sharp copy of Berriault's first novel, a political satire about a near-future America driven underground by the looming threat of nuclear war. Jacket design by Janet Halverson.
