first edition
1944 · London
by Stapledon, William Olaf
London: Secker & Warburg, 1944. Octavo, pp. [1-4] 5 [6] 7-200, original brown cloth, spine panel stamped in dark brown. First edition, first impression. 2209 copies printed. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1071. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 721. Survey of Science Fiction Literature V, pp. 2085-90. Bleiler (1978), p. 185. Reginald 13561. Satty and Smith A14.1.1. Corner tips a little soft, two small areas of fading at spine ends, cloth faded on rear panel at spine edge, a very good copy in very good dust jacket with some shelf wear with shallow loss at spine ends, some fading to spine panel, and clipped price. (#132319) (Inventory #: 132319)