No Blade of Grass
Publication: New York: Simon and Schuster, [1957]. First US edition.
Notes: The American edition of The Death of Grass, an apocalyptic science fiction novel about what happens when a virus appears in China that kills off all forms of grass, including most grain plants.
The book appeared in the UK in 1956, which is the date on the copyright page of the American edition; however, the US version came out in 1957.
219 pages.
Edition + Condition: First US edition (first printing stated). The page block has tanned noticeably, as usual due to the poor-quality paper used, thus very good in a jacket with some rubbing to the front panel. The jacket is price-cipped, either by the publisher or a discount retailer, with a $2.95 price sticker (the book was issued at $3.50).
Provenance: James Strand, a major science fiction collector from Portland, Oregon, with his estate bookplate on the front free endpaper.
Item No: #366016
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