AND A NEW EARTH: A ROMANCE ..

London: George Routledge & Sons, 1926. Octavo, pp. [1-2] [1-7] 8-239 [240: blank] [note: half title leaf is a singleton preceding signature "a"], original dark green cloth, spine panel stamped in gold, top edge stained red, bottom edge untrimmed. First edition, first binding. "Post-catastrophe, second flood. 'Civilization' discovers remnant of small island where a utopian society had been established prior to the catastrophe and had survived, isolated from the rest of the world." - Lewis, Utopian Literature, p. 103. "Elitist social theories and geographical upheavals... An obvious source for Olaf Stapledon's ODD JOHN." - Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1173. Clarke, Tale of the Future (1978), p. 54. Gerber, Utopian Literature (1973), p. 149. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 121. Negley, Utopian Literature: A Bibliography 614. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 179. Bleiler (1978), p. 108. Reginald 07760. A near fine, bright copy. (#63156) (Inventory #: 63156)