MRS. BROWN ON THE BATTLE OF DORKING. By Arthur Sketchley [pseudonym]. London: George Routledge and Sons, n.d. [1871]. Small octavo, pp. [1-2] [1-3] 4-58, original pebbled green binder's cloth titled in gold on the spine panel. First edition. "Not science fiction, but humor based on science fiction ... Two Cockney women comment on George Chesney's pamphlet THE BATTLE OF DORKING (1871) which they assume is factual ... Capable topical humor." - Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 2046. Clarke, Tale of the Future (1978), p. 6. Clarke, Voices Prophesying War: Future Wars 1763-3749 (1992), p. 226. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, pp. 199-200. Suvin, Victorian Science Fiction in the UK, p. 117. Reginald 13260. Not in Bleiler (1948; 1978). Topp, Victorian Yellowbacks & Paperbacks, 1849-1905 I, pp. 212-13. Usually found in pictorial wrappers, this is the first copy we have encountered in the original binder's cloth. Scarce. (#173024).
Price: $350.00
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