THE FINAL WAR. New York, London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1896. Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v [vi] vii-viii [ix-x] 1-464 [465-466: ads] [467-468: blank] [note; last leaf is a blank], flyleaf at front, sixteen inserted plates with illustrations by Ernest F. Sherie, original pictorial blue cloth, front panel stamped in white and gold, spine panel stamped in gold. First 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. Inner hinges repaired, owner's name and "Chicago" penciled on flyleaf, ghosting on pages 2-3 from small clipping once laid in but no longer present, a very good, externally bright copy of an attractive book. (#74498).
Price: $125.00
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