THE TIDE WENT OUT. London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1958]. Octavo, boards. First edition. "Nuclear tests cause the oceans to drain away under the Earth's crust. A stiff-upper-lipped British disaster novel of the old school, and one of Maine's better books. Following the drought of 1976, it was revised and reissued in the UK as THIRST!" - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition. p. 373. Brians. Nuclear Holocausts: Atomic War in Fiction, 1895-1984, p. 369. Small book label of Dr. Anthony R. Michaelis, editor of Discovery, affixed to front free endpaper. Top edge of pages a bit dusty and foxed, else a fine copy in very good dust jacket with soiling and age-darkening to spine panel, shelf wear at edges, small chips from front corner tips, and 15 mm closed tear at lower rear spine fold. A scarce book seldom found in jacket. (#139759).
Price: $150.00
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