Ages in Chaos is a book by the controversial writer Immanuel Velikovsky, first published by Doubleday in 1952, which put forward a major revision of the history of the Ancient Near East. Velikovsky had put forward his ideas briefly in Theses for the Reconstruction of Ancient History in 1945, but Ages in Chaos was his first full-length work on the subject.This is a rare example of this edition, published by Sidgwick and Jackson, London in 1953 and is a first edition by this publisher. Contains 9 illustration plates, see photos for list.Photos are of the actual book.To give a little of its provenance, the book is marked inside (see photos) stamped \"Officers Mess, R.A.F. Station Deservoir\". RAF Deservoir was formally a major RAF airfield built in the 1930s. It is currently an active airbase of the Egyptian Air Force.It is in good condition, no dust jacket, wear to top and bottom of spine, and corners of cover as shown. Some foxing to page edges as shown. Pages themselves are generally in clean condition.