DELUGE: A ROMANCE.

New York: Cosmopolitan, 1928. Octavo, cloth. First U.S. edition. "Geological upheavals result in widespread flooding, but southern England is elevated to make the Cotswolds a tiny archipelago. The inhabitants' struggle for existence is described with a cold realism not previously seen." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 2-149. "...one of the very best catastrophe stories." - Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 2439. A film based on this novel was released in 1933 with the setting changed to New York. Fine, previous owners gift inscription to half title, in very good dust jacket with some chipping at extremities and shelfwear along bottom edge. (3402). Item #3402

Price: $75.00

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