CELESTALIA: A FANTASY. A.D. 1975

Sydney: The Canberra Press, 1933. Octavo, pp. [i-vii] viii [1-3] 4-279 [280: printer's imprint], original orange cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black. First edition. "A panorama of world history from 1938-75, concentrating on Australia. Volcanic activity renders much of Japan uninhabitable and many flee into China, whose people in turn take over mainland Australia, making it 'Celestalia' and forcing the white government into exile in Tasmania. Events elsewhere, such as a civil war between whites and blacks in the U.S., are also outlined." - Tuck, The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy Through 1968, p. 357. "... describes a future history of racial conflict and mass migrations. Racial conflict in Australia and racial civil war in the U.S." - Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 200. Blackford, et al., Strange Constellations: A History of Australian Science Fiction, p. 227. Larnach, Materials Towards a Checklist of Australian Fantasy to 1937 (1950), p. 19. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy Volume II, p. 93. Reginald 11930. Stone, p. 54. Not in Bleiler (1948; 1978). Binding slightly leaned, a tight, clean, very good copy. Scarce. (#20584) (Inventory #: 20584)