(#168373) 1920: DIPS INTO THE FUTURE by Lucian [pseudonym]. Lucian, pseudonym.
1920: DIPS INTO THE FUTURE by Lucian [pseudonym].

1920: DIPS INTO THE FUTURE by Lucian [pseudonym]. London: Headley Bros. Publishers, Ltd, n.d. [1918]. Octavo, pp. [1-8] [1] 2-98 [99: printer's imprint] [100: blank] [note: first leaf is a blank], original pictorial tan boards, printed in red and black. First edition. Satirical scenes of what life might be like if the Great War is of long duration, first published as a series of articles in THE NATION Nation in late 1917. Fairly short linked chapters each dealing with different cultural and social aspects of postwar, post-catastrophe England. Probably an early argument for a League of Nations as antidote. Clarke, Tale of the Future (1978), p. 47. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, pp. 160-61. Reginald 09288. Not in Bleiler (1948; 1978). A fine copy. A lovely copy of an uncommon, fragile little book. (#168373).

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