THE GREEN CURVE OMNIBUS. London: Faber and Faber Limited, [1942]. Octavo, original green cloth, spine panel stamped in black. First edition. Twenty-five stories, mostly war stories or topical humor, reprinting the contents of THE GREEN CURVE AND OTHER STORIES (1911) and THE GREAT TAB DOPE AND OTHER STORIES (1916), plus some other stories not previously published. "Full Back" is an imaginary war story with slightly advanced technology; "The Sense of Touch" is a horror story about advanced motion picture technology (rationalized as a dream). During World War I, Sir Ernest Dunlop Swinton (1868-1951), a Royal Engineer, advocated the use of caterpillar tractors for trench-crossing, developed the idea of tanks, and commanded the tank training force in 1916. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1707. Bleiler (1978), p. 150. A very good copy with some foxing on endpapers in good dust jacket with shelf wear at edges, shallow chipping at spine ends, and some general soiling. (#117192).
Price: $25.00
"First published in this new edition October Mcmxlii" on copyright page.