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London: John Murray, [1938]. Octavo, pp. [1-5] 6-281 [282: blank] [283: biographical note on Phillpotts] [284-286: ads] [287-288: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], original olive-green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black. First edition, first binding. "A spaceship from another world contains an egg that hatches into an intelligent lizard. This was the first story that attempted to use an alien visitor as an objective observer to comment on the state of contemporary human civilization, and is rather more sympathetic than most work in this vein." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 2-98. Anatomy of Wonder (1981) 2-81; (1987) 2-90; and (2004) II-850. Clarke, Tale of the Future (1978), p. 73. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, 176. Stableford, Scientific Romance in Britain 1890-1950, pp. 271-72. Survey of Science Fiction Literature IV, pp. 1866-70. Bleiler (1978), p. 158. Reginald 11489. A fine copy in a just about fine dust jacket with a touch of wear to corner tips and spine ends, 11 mm closed tear at head of spine panel. Slip laid in "With the Author's Compliments." (25515). Item #25515
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