Book Details
Schofield, A[lfred] T[aylor].
ANOTHER WORLD; OR, THE FOURTH DIMENSION.
London:
Swan Sonnenschein & Co.,
1888. Octavo, pp. [1-4] 1-92, original maroon cloth, front panel stamped in gold and ruled in blind, spine panel stamped in gold, brown coated endpapers.
First edition. Imitation of Abbott's FLATLAND (1884), misusing ideas of Abbott and C. H. Hinton to prove Christian spiritualism. "Clearly expressed, with many analogies from cards, but without the charm or imagination of FLATLAND." - Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1962. Reginald 38050. Not in Bleiler (1948; 1978). Cloth lightly rubbed at spine ends and corner tips, a bright, very good copy. (#109906)
Price: $750.00









