Faber and Faber, London, 1955. Hardcover. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Previous owner's name written on the front free paper. Dust jacket has some wear but is complete and not price clipped; a nice tight copy.

When the spring came the people - what was left of them - moved back by the old paths from the sea. But this year strange things were happening, terrifying things that had never happened before. Inexplicable sounds and smells; new, unimaginable creatures half glimpsed through the leaves. What the people didn't, and perhaps never would, know, was that the day of their people was already over...