LAST AND FIRST MEN: A STORY OF THE NEAR AND FAR FUTURE
by STAPLEDON, OLAF
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- NEAR FINE IN VERY GOOD+ D.J.
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NEW YORK NY: JONATHAN CAPE/HARRISON SMITH. NEAR FINE IN VERY GOOD+ D.J.. PUB 1931. FIRST EDITION. HARDCOVER. CURREY'S "A" BINDING ISSUE IN PURPLE CLOTH WITH "JONATHAN CAPE/ HARRISON SMITH" ON THE SPINE . PUBLISHER'S ORIGINAL PURPLE CLOTH COVERED BOARDS WITH GILT SPINE TITLES, AND TOP EDGE STAINED GREY. OTHER THAN A SLIGHT COLOR-FADE TO THE SPINE THE BOOK IS FINE. D.J. HAS A COUPLE OF SHALLOW CHIPS AT THE TOP OF THE HAROLD HAWKINS ILLUSTRATED REMARKABLE FRONT PANEL, SOME MODERATE TONING TO THE REAR PANEL AND SOME MODEST SUUNNING TO THE SPINE PANEL WHICH HAS SOME SHALLOW CHIPPING AT THE TOP AND THE BOTTOM PARTIALY AFFECTING THE TITLE AND PUBLISHER NAME, BOTH SET VERY NEAR THE EDGES OF THE SPINE, AND NOT PRICE-CLIPPED. A VERY NICE COPY OF THE BOOK AND D.J. THE D.J. MUCH NICER THAN USUALLY ENCOUNTERED. .
Synopsis
Last and First Men: A Story of the Near and Far Future is a science fiction novel written in 1930 by the British author Olaf Stapledon. A work of unprecedented scale in the genre, it describes the history of humanity from the present onwards across two billion years and eighteen distinct human species, of which our own is the first and most primitive.
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- JOHN LUTSCHAK BOOKS
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- COLLECTI014533I
- Title
- LAST AND FIRST MEN: A STORY OF THE NEAR AND FAR FUTURE
- Author
- STAPLEDON, OLAF
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - NEAR FINE IN VERY GOOD+ D.J.
- Edition
- FIRST EDITION
- Publisher
- JONATHAN CAPE/HARRISON SMITH
- Place of Publication
- NEW YORK NY
- Date Published
- PUB 1931
- Keywords
- CURREY'S "A" BINDING ISSUE IN PURPLE CLOTH WITH "JONATHAN CAPE/, HARRISON SMITH" ON THE SPINE, SCIENCE FICTION
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