Item #23618 THE HAMPDENSHIRE WONDER. Beresford.

THE HAMPDENSHIRE WONDER ...

London: Sidgwick & Jackson, Ltd., 1911. Octavo, pp. [i-vi] vii-viii [1-2] 3-295 [296: printer's imprint], original medium blue cloth, front panel ruled in blind and lettered in gold, spine panel lettered in gold. First edition, probable first binding. One of the major science fiction novels published in Britain prior to World War II. This story of a homo superior in contemporary society influenced Stapledon's ODD JOHN. "The first important novel about a superman, and in many respects still the best." - Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 182. Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 2-15; (1981) 1-21; (1987) 1-11; (1995) 1-11; and (2004) II-113. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 068. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 32 (binding variant B; no sequence established). Stableford, Scientific Romance in Britain 1890-1950, pp. 103-05. Survey of Science Fiction Literature II, pp. 945-49. In 333. Bleiler (1978), p. 21. Reginald 01157. Corners and spine ends a little rubbed, slight bump to head of spine, spine color a little faded. A nice copy. (23618). Item #23618

Price: $450.00

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