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DAHL, ROALD. SOME TIME NEVER, A FABLE FOR SUPERMAN. New York: Charles Scribners & Sons, 1948. Hard Cover Very Good in Very Good dj First published in the United States by Scribner's in 1948, in England a year later by Collins. A story about nuclear war; Dahl expands his story about the Gremlins (from his first novel) and wrote a blend of prophecy, fantasy and realism in this story about the end of the world. Gremlins the original rulers of the earth in ages past are forced to live underground with the advent of man. Out for revenge the Battle of Britian ensues; realizing that man will eventually destroy himself they once again retreat undergound. The atom bomb and WWIII, and finally in WW IV man's folly leads him to self-extermination. Red cloth boards and spine, mild spotty fading. DJ not price clipped, black and red, illustrations to front, small chips to edges and corners, rear lower edge 2 x 4 inch V shaped chip. Rear cover white ''Have you ever seen a Gremlin?'' description. First edition ''A'' to copyright page. Very clean text, solidly bound. In brodart mylar cover. 8 vo, 244 pages. Note: This was Dahl's second novel. Dahl in later years (1960's) became well known for his Children's books: James & the Giant Peach; the book that produced Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory ''Charlie and the Chocolate Factory''; flim script for ''You Only Live Twice''; screen play of ''Chitty Chitty Bang Bang'' and many others. Ahearn's Collected Books, 1998 values this edition of at $250.00
