BRITISH FUTURE FICTION: THE BEGINNINGS; NEW WORLDS; THE MARVELS OF MECHANISM; WOMEN'S RIGHTS: YEA AND NAY; WOMEN TRIUMPHANT; THE NEXT GREAT WAR; DISASTERS-TO-COME; and THE END OF THE WORLD

by Clarke

$850 · Offered by L. W. Currey

First edition

London: Pickering & Chatto, 2001. Octavo, eight volumes, cloth. First edition. Facsimile reproduction of texts from original publications, 1763-1914 with preface, introduction, story notes, bibliography, epilogue, and index by Clarke. A massive anthology of reformist and utopian fiction published in England prior to the First World War with settings in the future, typically as a way to extrapolate perceived trends or

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