THE PEACEMAKER.
London: William Heinemann Ltd, [1934]. Octavo. [i-viii] 1-341 [342-344, blank], original green boards, spine stamped in gold. First edition. One of the major SF novels of the 1930's. "A bitterly ironic story about an ineffectual schoolmaster whose mathematical genius leads him to construct a machine which will demagnetize iron at a distance. He is led by unfortunate circumstance to use the machine in a hopeless attempt to blackmail England into initiating a program of disarmament." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 2-38. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 3-19; (1981) 2-28; (1987) 2-32; and (2004) II-413. Clarke, Tale of the Future (1978), p. 65. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 305. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy Volume II, p. 46. Stableford, Scientific Romance in Britain 1890-1950, p. 259. In 333. Bleiler (1978), p. 75. Reginald 05518]. A fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with a vertical crease and age darkening to the spine panel, slight wear at spine ends. An exceptional copy. (30753). Item #30753
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