LAST MEN IN LONDON.
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., [1932]. pp. [i-iv] v-viii 1-312 + 8-page publisher's catalogue dated "932" at bottom of page 8 inserted at rear, original blue cloth, front panel stamped in blind, spine panel stamped in gold, fore and bottom edges untrimmed. First edition, first impression, first issue. 1518 copies were prepared in this format. Stapledon's elusive second novel, written as a companion piece to his LAST AND FIRST MEN (1930). With its unique perspective and autobiographical focus, LAST MEN IN LONDON is one of Stapledon's most powerful and personal novels. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 3-57. See Anatomy of Wonder (1981) 2-98; (1987) 2-109 and (1995) 2-119. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 719. Clarke, Tale of the Future (1978), p. 62. Clute and Nicholls (eds), The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (1993), p. 1152. Gerber, Utopian Fantasy (1973), p. 151. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 205. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 196. Stableford, Scientific Romance in Britain 1890-1950, pp. 203-06. In 333. Bleiler (1978), p. 185. Reginald 13556. Satty and Smith A4.1.1.1]. Some mild foxing mostly to early and late leaves, a nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with dust soiling, mild edge wear with shallow loss at spine ends and front corner tips, darkening to spine panel. (33351). Item #33351
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