The Papers of Andrew Melmoth.

Davies (Hugh Sykes)

The Papers of Andrew Melmoth.

Description: FIRST EDITION, correction to minor typo in Foreword (possibly authorial), pp. 237, crown 8vo, original grey boards, backstrip lettered in red, a couple of trivial dinks to edges, dustjacket a mite rubbed at extremities, very good

Publication Details: Methuen, 1960

Notes: Inscribed by the author to the flyleaf: 'for Gerry, and memories of much helpful conversation, Hugh Sykes Davies, 13 July 75'.A science fiction novel by an author who, early in his career, had been associated with William Empson; its narrative attempts to reconstruct the ideas and last movements of the eponymous scientist, who has descended to the sewers in pursuit of the society of rats - which, he considers, will surpass that of humans in terms of their resilience in a nuclear age.