(#173427) LAST AND FIRST MEN: A STORY OF THE NEAR AND FAR FUTURE. William Olaf Stapledon.
LAST AND FIRST MEN: A STORY OF THE NEAR AND FAR FUTURE.

LAST AND FIRST MEN: A STORY OF THE NEAR AND FAR FUTURE. London: Published by Penguin Books Limited, [1937]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. Third (first paperback) edition, first impression. Pelican Books A3. "LAST AND FIRST MEN and STAR MAKER soar far beyond the accepted limits of science fiction ... Stapledon is the great classical example, the cold pitch of perfection as he turns scientific concepts into vast ontological epic prose poems, the ultimate SF writer." - Aldiss, Trillion Year Spree: The History of Science Fiction, p. 198. Satty and Smith A3.3.1. This paperback was issued with a dust jacket that is not present. Wrapper just a bit rubbed, mild tanning to text paper, a nearly fine copy. (#173427).

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