THE HOPKINS MANUSCRIPT. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1939. Octavo, pp. [1-5] 6-352, original medium blue cloth, spine panel stamped in dark blue. First edition. A classic catastrophe novel depicting survival after the earth is struck by the moon. "A superior work." - Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-341. Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 4-517; (1981) 3-666; and (2004) II-1002. Bailey, Pilgrims Through Space and Time, pp. 175-76. Clarke, Tale of the Future (1978), p. 75. Gerber, Utopian Fantasy (1973), p. 154. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 194. Stableford, Scientific Romance in Britain 1890-1950, p. 248. In 333. Bleiler (1978), p. 178. Reginald 13020. Spine lean, edges of text block a bit tanned, a near fine copy in very good printed dust jacket with light wear along top edges, some dust soiling, light sunning to spine panel and along flap folds, and several small fox marks to front and rear panels. Overall, a nice copy. (#109619).
Price: $350.00
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