HIS WISDOM THE DEFENDER: A STORY

Published by Harper & Brothers, New York and London, 1900

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Octavo, pp. [i-ii: blank] [iii-vi] vii [viii] 1-328 [329] [330: blank] [331-332: ads], inserted frontispiece, publisher's decorated red cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black and silver. First edition. Brilliant Harvard professor trains a band of stalwart followers in the use of advanced weapons he has invented and forces the world to disarm and unite in peaceful prosperity under his leadership. Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 2-118 and (1981) 1-131. Bailey, Pilgrims Through Space and Time, p. 84. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1610. Clareson, The Emergence of American Science Fiction: 1880-1915, pp. 267-69. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 594. Clarke, Tale of the Future (1978), p. 26. Kopp 913. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 165. Locke, Voyages in Space 152. Roemer, The Obsolete Necessity, p. 207. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 122. Suvin, Victorian Science Fiction in the UK, pp. 80-1. Bleiler (1978), p. 147. Reginald 10643. Wright (III) 3951. Slight spine lean, White enamel largely perished from "HARPERS" on spine panel, mild stain at top fore-edge of pages, a very good copy. (#174256).…

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Title
HIS WISDOM THE DEFENDER: A STORY
Author
Newcomb, Simon
Publisher
Harper & Brothers, New York and London
Publication year
1900
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
1st Edition
Seller catalogs
Tale of the Future, Utopian Literature, Victorian Fiction

Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB

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