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First Edition. 8vo. [187 x 120 x 20 mm]. 233pp. Newly bound by Bayntun-Riviere in brown stained calf, the covers tooled in gilt with pictograms. Smooth spine lettered in gilt on a bright green and a red label and dated at the foot on a black label, marbled endleaves, gilt edges. The author's second novel, following Lord of the Flies. London: Faber and Faber Ltd, 1955.

A novel about the last days of the Neanderthals, exploring their interactions with early Homo sapiens.