LAST AND FIRST MEN: A STORY OF THE NEAR AND FAR FUTURE

by William Olaf Stapledon

$100 · Offered by L. W. Currey

London: Published by Penguin Books Limited, 1937 . Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. Third first paperback  edition, first impression. Pelican Books A3. LAST AND FIRST MEN and STAR MAKER soar far beyond the accepted limits of science fiction ... Stapledon is the great classical example, the cold pitch of perfection as he turns scientific concepts into vast ontological epic prose poems, the ultimate SF writer. - Aldiss,

• Printing: first
• Binding: Paperback

Found via Rare Books Intel, a search across rare-book dealers, auction houses and marketplaces worldwide.