AMERICA THE MENACE: SCENES FROM          THE LIFE OF THE FUTURE                            by Georges Duhamel                                          Translated by Charles Minor Thompson             Houghton Mifflin Co., First U. S. Edition, 1931    Condition: Very Good in Fair dust jacket                                                                                          Around 1930, the author visited America and saw what he thought was the destruction of individual choice, of initiative, of character, of aesthetic appreciation.  After returning to France, he wrote this book to warn his country that, unless it took measures quickly, it could become like America.   The novel's touch is light and witty, the rapier-thrusts rapid and skillful.  But under its air of frivolity, the reader can detect the author's earnest feeling and deep conviction, as he imagines a future America (from a Frenchman's point of view in 1931). Illustrated end papers.  The front cover and top edge of the back cover and spine have soiling, but little other external wear was detected (even cover corners and spine ends are in nice shape). At least one  page has a side chip where a reader has separated two joined pages; and there are a number of instances where the dye on the top page edges has bled onto the top margin of a page.  Otherwise, securely bound with no writing or markings.  The jacket has some missing pieces along the edges and is generally worn, but it's still in one piece and is not price-clipped.  A very scarce item.