PHOENIX, A SUMMARY OF THE INESCAPABLE CONDITIONS OF WORLD REORGANISATION

 H.G. Wells

 Secker & Warburg

 Crown 8to, 192 pages, 2^nd Imp, July 1942 (1^st also July 1942)

 H. G’s version of contemporary social events and their causes and cures

 The paper dust jacket is in two parts, with a large part of the spine missing. The rest is rubbed and chipped, and a little grimy, but  J. Zowinsky’s sketch of a Phoenix on the front is intact. Apart from a couple of infinitesimally minor bumps, the book is very good. Other than for slight foxing to the closed page edges, the pages are clean and tight. A rare item.