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New York: Gnome Press Inc.1953. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. This copy has been inscribed and signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Blue boards with purple spine lettering, 223 pages. A Very good copy with scattered light shelf wear, faint scattered top edge foxing in bright attractive very good jacket with a small area of light-colored staining to the lower right corner of the rear panel and dust soiling. See Photos LR 2/3E.

Against the Fall of Night is a novel by British author Arthur C. Clarke, originally appearing as a novella in the November 1948 issue of 'Startling Stories.' Clarke expanded the story and published it in book form in 1953. The novel takes place a billion years in the future, in the city of Diaspar. Humanity has retreated to this single, opulent city, protected from the harsh outside world by technological marvels. Alvin, the protagonist, is a young man who is not content with the stagnant perfection of Diaspar and seeks to explore the mysterious past and unknown future of mankind.