NINETEEN HUNDRED? A FORECAST AND A STORY. London: James Clarke & Co., 1892. Octavo, pp. [i-vii] viii [1] 2- 318, [319: printer's imprint] [320: blank] + 8-page publisher's catalogue dated "1/3/92" inserted at rear, original red cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold, floral patterned endpapers, all edges untrimmed. First edition. "The Christian Party secures control of Parliament and a perfect state begins." - Clarke, Tale of the Future (1978), p. 18. Lewis, Utopian Literature, p. 85. Negley, Utopian Literature: A Bibliography 546. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 95. Suvin, Victorian Science Fiction in the UK, p. 49. Bleiler (1978), p. 71. Reginald 05221. Early owner's signatures on front free endpaper and half-title leaf, age-darkening to free endpapers and first and last leaves, else a near fine, bright copy. (#75225).
Price: $150.00
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