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London: William Heinemann Ltd., [1926]. First edition. Foxing to page edges and throughout, more so the preliminaries and terminal leaves, rear hinge partially cracked, spine leaned, fading to cloth edges and spine, a good, sound copy. (30793). Octavo, pp. [1-6] 1-333 [334: blank], original blue cloth, front panel ruled in blind, spine panel stamped in gold, Heinemann windmill stamped in blind on rear panel, all edges trimmed. One of the key British science fiction novels in the period between the two world wars. Dent "describes two of the possible universes created by a disembodied brain in a laboratory. In the first part the past is superimposed on the present, with vivid descriptions of London being overrun by prehistoric flora and fauna; in the second the locale is a future dystopia where humans exist under the domination of self-reproducing machines." - Clute and Nicholls (eds), The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, p. 322. "Although not fully rationalized, this is a powerful and… Read More