Kalki (The First Edition Society) de Vidal, Gore - 1978

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1978. First Edition. Full-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Jones, George H. First edition. Small blemish to rear board corner. 1978 Full-Leather. 315, [4] pp. Full red leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Illustrations by George H. Jones. A pre/post-apocalyptic focused on the leader of a religious cult who may cause the downfall of civilization. Vidal discusses over-population, feminism, bisexuality, and birth control in the novel, which takes its title from the Hindu goddess who ushers in the end of the fourth and final era of the life cycle.