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White, Jane (pseudonym of Jane Brady). COMET. London: Hamish Hamilton, [1975]. Octavo, boards. First edition. After a catastrophic war severely reduces the world's population, most people live miserably on farms and in small villages under the brutal authoritarian rule of the "Leaders." The cities are overgrown with vegetation, animals have gone feral, and machines have disappeared. Books are forbidden, as is childbirth without the permission of the State. Into this grim future, under a bright new star in the sky, an unauthorized Child is born. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 379. Reginald 36820. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#61093).

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