THE FINAL WAR: A STORY OF THE GREAT BETRAYAL. London: C. Arthur Pearson Limited, 1896. Octavo, pp. [i-vii] viii [ix] x [xi-xii] [1] 2-372, sixteen inserted plates with illustrations by Ernest F. Sherie, original decorated blue-gray cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold and blind. First British edition. A future war novel in which Britain defeats a Franco-German attack with some help from the U. S. Navy and a British secret weapon, the Thompson Electric Rifle. "One of the most extravagant novels to portray a future war." - Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 753. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1140. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 2192. Clarke, Tale of the Future (1978), p. 22. Clarke, Voices Prophesying War: Future Wars 1763-3749, pp. 104-05. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 213. Suvin, Victorian Science Fiction in the UK, pp. 66. Bleiler (1978), p. 194. Reginald 14201. Hint of rubbing to spine ends and corner tips, a tight, clean, very good copy. A nice copy of an attractive book. The British edition is uncommon. (#60437).
Price: $150.00
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