THE PEOPLE OF THE RUINS: THE STORY OF THE ENGLISH REVOLUTION AND AFTER.
London: W. Collins Sons & Co., Ltd., [1920]. Octavo, pp. [1-8] 1-290 [291-296,catalog of books]. original dark gray cloth, spine panel stamped in pink. First edition. "General strike in 1924 marks the beginning of the collapse of civilization. 150 years later England is reduced to neolithical barbarism." - Gerber, Utopian Fantasy, p. 147. "The first of the many British postwar novels that foresee Britain returned to barbarism by the ravages of war." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 2-107. "One of the most widely read scientific romances of the post-war years..." - Stableford, Scientific Romance in Britain 1890-1950, p. 239. Anatomy of Wonder (1981) 2-88; (1987) 2-97; and (2004) II-981. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 2002. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 684. Clarke, Tale of the Future (1978), p. 48. Clarke, Voices Prophesying War (1992), p. 236. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 193. Negley, Utopian Literature: A Bibliography 1024. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 166. In 333. Bleiler (1978), p. 177. Reginald 12922. A good copy, rubbed, dings to middle of upper and lower front cover. Lacking the dust jacket. The English edition is uncommon. (11258). Item #11258
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