THE WORLD PERIL OF 1910. London: F. V. White & Co. Ltd., 1907. Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v-vi [vii-viii] [1] 2-312, original blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold, bottom edge untrimmed. First edition. "Future war novel in standard Griffith vein, using his usual technology, combined with a comet-threat to earth. The latter aspect of the book is based on his story 'The Great Crellin Comet.'" – Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 99. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 949. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 371. Clarke, Tale of the Future (1978), p. 34. Clarke, Voices Prophesying War: Future Wars 1763-3749, p. 232. Stableford, Scientific Romance in Britain 1890-1950, p. 50. Bleiler (1978), p. 87. Reginald 06391. Spine panel a bit sunned, light scattered foxing to several preliminary and terminal leaves, else a bright, tight, very good copy. (#78015).
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