BARR, Densil Neve.
The Man with Only One Head.
The Man with Only One Head.
Stock Code 124561
London, Rich and Cowan, 1955.
The Man with Only One Head, a satirical science fiction novel in which an ominous fog turns all but one man sterile, was written in response to Harry Hart Frank's 1946 novel Mr. Adam.
First edition, review copy with the publisher's slip loosely inserted; 8vo (20.5 x 13.5 cm); top edge a little dulled, contents clean; original blue boards, titles to spine in silver, spine rolled, boards bowed with some bumps to the lower edge, a very good copy in the rubbed and nicked jacket; 192 pp.
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