AFTERNOONS IN UTOPIA ... TALES OF THE NEW TIME. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1932. Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v-vi [1-2] 3-221 [222: blank], original light green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black, fore-edge untrimmed, cream endpapers. First edition. A satire of utopian tales. The section, "Grandfather Goes to War," includes the ghastly slaughter of the "War of Desolation" of 1950 and the "fascinating but quite harmless" Utopian warfare of 2050 conducted by clockwork and wireless. Lewis, Utopian Literature, p. 109. Negley, Utopian Literature 667. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 196. Bleiler (1978), p. 120. Reginald 08750. Several small stains to top edge of text block, spine panel a bit sunned, a very good copy. (#158409).
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