Seestern Pseudonym (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Armageddon 190-- by Seestern [pseudonym]. Authorized Translation by G. Herring. With an Introduction by Admiral the Hon. Sir E. R. Fremantle, G.C.B. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., 1907. Octavo, xxiii + 402 pages. Publisher's black cloth pictorially decorated on cover in red, white and taupe, spine stamped in red, cover and spine bordered in taupe. Important and influential early future history novel. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1991. Handsome fine copy with a hint of shelf wear and dust darkened top edge, clean unmarked interior with tanning endpapers and tight and square binding.…

First English edition, first impression. Publisher's original black cloth with illustrations in grey, red and white to the upper board and with titles in red to the spine. A better than very good copy, the binding square and firm with some softening to the spine tips. The contents, with some foxing to the prelims and text block edges, are otherwise clean throughout and without previous owner's inscriptions or stamps. The original title being "Der Zusamennbruch der Alten Welt" and is an account of an imaginary world war set in the near future. (Bleiler). From the library of Martin Stone. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.…