First edition, second printing. 340pp. Black cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. Light damage to front board. Lightly bumped spine ends. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has some shelf wear, light chipping to edges, price unclipped. 8vo. Comedy-thriller as the author predicts that the car, for so long the symbol of freedom and liberation, has become society's ball and chain and that the world is driving itself to its own funeral.