Charles Ross  - THE FLY-BY-NIGHTS (1921) – Tale of the Future

ROSS, C.B., D.S.O. Major-General Charles  [1864-1930] - THE FLY-BY-NIGHTS London – John Murray (1921) 1st ed. (x), 11-250, 2pp ads., (ii). Integral front endpaper. Blue-green cloth lettered in black on spine and upper board.

Condition : Spine faded, front hinge weak. Some discolouration to endpapers else clean and tight. Good to very good.

About : Set in a future Britain (or is it an alternate world?) when alcohol has been prohibited and communist revolutionaries are importing drugs and liquor into the country, using advanced aircraft, to undermine the populace. A rare novel by the author of the supernatural fantasy “When the Devil was Sick” and the golfing novel “The Haunted Seventh.”