MCKENNA, STEPHEN — Beyond Hell
NY, Dodd, Mead & Co. 1932, First Edition. Hardcover, with dust jacket. Book, [1st printing] 1932. Red cloth stamped in black on front and spine; 326pp.; light blue endpages. A sociology experiment at a secluded island penal colony goes wrong. "Novel of ten to fifteen years in the future and of a Utopian experiment in which criminals are sent to an isolated volcanic island", Locke; Sectrum I, p. 148. "Island of convicts. Two experimental societies - before and after revolution", Sargent, British & American Utopian Literature, 1516-1975. Dj has a couple of 1" closed tears (one has a tiny chip) and there are a few other minor ones; top text block edge has darkened (factory stained? - perhaps, but definately dust-soiled) and foredge is a little foxed; late page is uncut at foredge. Very Good+/Very Good+.
