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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 .
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Last and First Men: A Story of the Near and Far Future
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Last And First Men A Story Of The Near And Far Future
by STAPLEDON, W. Olaf
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London: Methuen & Co., [1930]. First Edition. 8vo. pp. xi, 355. cloth (edges rubbed with some fraying, previous ownerís signature on front free endpaper)
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Last and First Men: A Story of the Near and Far Future
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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
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Last and First Men - A Story of the Near and Far Future
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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.
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Last and First Men - A Story of the Near and Far Future
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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.
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Last and First Men: A Story of the Near and Far Future
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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…
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