Last and First Men by Stapledon, W. Olaf - 1931

Hardback. New.

Methuen, London, 1931, Second edition, ,. Good. 1931. Hardcover. hardback, 8vo, 355pp, 8pp adverts, edges browned and scattered foxing, otherwise clean and sound, no inscriptions, blue cloth gilt, rubbed, some soiling on covers, Good / no dustwrapper .

New York: Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, 1931. First U.S. edition. 8vo, 371pp. Publisher's tan cloth, spine lettered in black (B binding) in illustrated jacket by Arthur Hawkins. Boards toned and smudged, some scuffing to spine else a very good copy in a complete jacket, with both a partial and full split down spine, toning and soiling, and some chipping at spine ends. First U.S. edition of this classic of science fiction from Stapledon, in the striking Arthur Hawkins dust jacket. Currey pg 467.

Methuen & Co., 1930. Hardcover. Very Good. FIRST EDITION 1930, TEXT UNMARKED, SMALL AMOUNT OF FOXING, DARK BLUE BOARDS WITH GILT LETTERING ON SPINE, HINGES TIGHT BOARDS UNDAMAGED

London: Methuen, 1930. First edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. A sharp, near fine copy. No signatures, no bookplates. First issue with ads date 630.

London: Methuen, 1930 light rubbing to tips and spine ends, faint small area of fade to heel of spine and top edge of lower board, very faint sunning almost unnoticeable, blind embossed bookseller stamp to fep, owners ink name and address to fep in nice copperplate hand, original booksellers pencil price as well, tight copy with foxed closed edges which shows to the very edges of the pages only, first edition and first state with the 8pp catalogue at rear with 630 dating, xii 355 + 8pp adverts. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Methuen, 1930. First edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very good or better book in jacket. First issue with ads at rear date marked 630. Dust jacket with minor wear to spine ends, brief tear touching on the AS of "LAST" closed neatly in protective mylar. A nice copy of a classic.

London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1932. First edition, first issue. A work of considerable depth, Stapledon's novel describes the history of humanity from the present onwards across two billion years. Through a conceit that a member of a future human species has channeled the text through him, the narrator relates the evolution of the human race across eighteen different species, of which our own is the first and the future being responsible for sending the text to the narrator belongs to the last. The history relies on Hegelian Dialectic, consisting of a repetitive cycle in which civilizations rise and fall from savagery, with each successive race reaching greater heights than the first. The novel has borne extensive weight among future authors, influencing C. S. Lewis's theological science fiction Space Trilogy, Arthur C. Clarke, and H. P. Lovecraft. In original first state dust wrapper, which is a touch faded to spine, has chips to edges, three short tears to back, creasing along spine, and small stains… Read More