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A hardcover US first edition, unstated but presumed of the 1963 [1962] novel by Philip Wylie, TRIUMPH. Wylie was also the author of the classic SF disaster novel When Worlds Collide.
Condition - Book - Very good + , age darkening to the uncut, american sytle page block ends, slight shelfwear to the cloth edges. Titles in silver to spine, not cocked, no other marks or inscriptions, code D46 to final page gutter.
Although apparently published in late Nov 1962, the Library of Congress code is indicative of 1963.
Condition - dustjacket, not clipped , shows original price of $4.50, uniform yellowing and fade, esp to the spine. no paper loss, no undue creasing, faint circular ghost mark on front cover, possibly from a price label.
In the world's upper hemisphere, only one small group has survived World War III: fourteen people, sheltered deep within a limestone mountain in Connecticut and with enough supplies and equipment to maintain their subsistence for upwards of two years. The group includes a forward-thinking millionaire and his family, a levelheaded Jewish scientist, a playboy, an aging African American servant and his daughter, a gigolo and the glamorous woman who has been his mistress, a beautiful Chinese girl, a young meter reader, two children, and a Japanese engineer. Fully aware of the outcome of the war that had raged briefly above them, the survivors seethe with hatred, fall into depression over their losses, rise to moments of superhuman bravery, and lapse into behavior that reflects their human weaknesses. Philip Wylie mercilessly predicts the inevitable end of a world that continues to function as selfishly and as barbarously as our own.
