THE TALE OF THE FUTURE (From the Beginning to the Present Day) : A CHECK-LIST
by Clarke, I.F
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- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
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About This Item
London: The Library Associaton. Very Good/Good. 1961. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo Dust jacket complete, unclipped, tiny closed tears and some staining. Original cloth boards with bright silver titling on spine. No ownership marks. Frontis plate. 165 pages clean and tight. Approximately 1,200 entries. From the dj flap. "The Tale of the Future. the tale of tomorrow, the future in fiction, the romance of the future - these are terms used to describe a literary device that the work of Wells, Huxley and Orwell has made immediately recognisable. This annotated chronological Iist includes all tales of the future (so far discovered) that have been published in the United Kingdom between 1644, the date of the earliest specimen as far as is known. and 1960. The list is preceded by an essay on the origin and development of this brand of fiction and its three main types - the utopian, the political and the scientific romance. A list with particular reference to contemporary literature, for it may well be asked whether the scientific romance is the natural literary product of an age of anxiety." .
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- Bookseller
- CHARLES BOSSOM (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 145796
- Title
- THE TALE OF THE FUTURE (From the Beginning to the Present Day) : A CHECK-LIST
- Author
- Clarke, I.F
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good/Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Library Associaton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1961
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