CRISIS! 1992: A NOVEL ... With a Preface by M. P. Shiel. London: Richards, [1936]. Octavo, pp. [1-6] 7 [8] 9-11 [12-14] 15-286 [287-288: blank] + [16]-page publisher's catalogue for 1936 publications inserted at rear, original blue cloth, spine panel stamped in black. First edition. First published as a three part serial in WONDER STORIES in 1935 as "The Perfect World." "Interplanetary adventure story of the future when an alien planet enters the solar system ... A hard book to come by on the open market ..." - Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 111 and A Spectrum of Fantasy Volume II, p. 141. Clarke, Tale of the Future (1978), p. 70. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 211. Bleiler (1978), p. 98. Reginald 07114. Text block just a bit dusty, else a bright, near fine copy. A nice copy of an uncommon book. (#79661).

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