THE BARBAROUS BRITISHERS: A TIP-TOP NOVEL. London: John Lane, Bodley Head, [1896]. Octavo, pp. [1-4] [1] 2-95 [96: blank], original pictorial brown wrappers printed in dark green, all edges untrimmed. First edition. A parody of Grant Allen's THE BRITISH BARBARIANS (1895). "Paralleling Allen's novel incident by incident, with grotesque variations on the major characters, the parody extends even to the pictorial title page [and cover], which is a travesty of Aubrey Beardsley's work for Allen's book ... An excellent job." - Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 2197. Clarke, Tale of the Future (1978), p. 22. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 214. Suvin, Victorian Science Fiction in the UK, p. 66. Bleiler (1978), p. 195. Reginald 14206. Small private owner's book label affixed to inner front cover. 20 mm chip from bottom edge of spine panel, old repairs to spine, a very good copy of a fragile book published only in this paper binding. Scarce. (#95986).
Price: $225.00
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