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Bishop, Michael. A LITTLE KNOWLEDGE. New York: Berkley / G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1977]. Octavo, printed blue wrappers. Advance copy (uncorrected proof) of the first edition. Presentation copy with nice signed inscription by Bishop signed "Mike" to the book's editor on the first leaf of the "prologue." Signed in full on the title page. A dystopian vision of Atlanta, Georgia in the late twenty-first century, whose bleak history Bishop continued in CATACOMB YEARS (1979). Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 4-62. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 380. A fine copy. A scarce proof. (#112171).

Price: $250.00