A powerful post-nuclear holocaust novel described by the author as, 'my cry against the monstrous weapons men have made'. Everyone thought, when the alarm bell rang, that it was just another fire practice. But the first bombs had fallen on Hamburg and Leningrad, the headmaster said, and a full-scale nuclear attack was imminent . . . It's a real-life nightmare. Sarah and her family have to stay cooped up in the tightly-sealed kitchen for days on end, dreading the inevitable radioactive fall-out and the subsequent slow, ...
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A powerful post-nuclear holocaust novel described by the author as, 'my cry against the monstrous weapons men have made'. Everyone thought, when the alarm bell rang, that it was just another fire practice. But the first bombs had fallen on Hamburg and Leningrad, the headmaster said, and a full-scale nuclear attack was imminent . . . It's a real-life nightmare. Sarah and her family have to stay cooped up in the tightly-sealed kitchen for days on end, dreading the inevitable radioactive fall-out and the subsequent slow, torturous death, which seems almost preferable to surviving in a grey, dead world, choked by dust. But then, from out of the dust and the ruins and the desolation, comes new life, a new future, and a whole brave new world...
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Ex-Library copy with typical library marks and stamps. Cover and binding are worn but intact. A reading copy in fair condition. Secure packaging for safe delivery.
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Good. Ex-Library copy with typical library marks and stamps. Second printing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. In library binding w/ no jacket present; Solid binding; Clean text; Secure packaging for safe delivery.
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Good. Ex-Library copy with typical library marks and stamps. Second printing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Solid binding; Pages free of markings; Secure packaging for safe delivery.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. First American edition, first printing. Octavo in boards over cloth spine. Boards crisp and unworn; interior clean and crisp; light rubbing to jacket. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall.