Harben william n athaniel (4 risultati)

Octavo, cloth. Later edition. Text offset from that of the 1894 Merriam Company edition. New introduction by L. W. Currey. An important early American dystopian novel. See Kenneth Roemer, "1984 in 1894: Harben's Land of the Changing Sun, "Mississippi Quarterly, Winter 1972-3, XXVI, 29-42. Anatomy of Wonder (1981) 1-92. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 398. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 102. A fine copy without dust jacket as issued. (#90498).…

Octavo, pp. [1-8] 1-357 [358] [359-360: blank] [note: first and last leaves are blanks], original red cloth, front panel stamped in gold and blind, front and spine panels stamped in white. First edition. The posthumously published last novel by William Nathaniel Harben (1858-1919), a prolific American novelist whose fiction is set mostly in rural Georgia. Here Harben "breaks away from his familiar scenes of rural Georgia to write a thrilling narrative set in and around New York . It is a story full of mystery and the thrill of the unknown, working through scenes of suspense and tense interest to the happy ending of Lucia's quest." - publisher's blurb. Smith, American Fiction, 1901-1925 H-173. Not in Bleiler (1948; 1978), Reginald (1979; 1992) or Day, Supplemental Checklist of Fantastic Literature. Water stain to lower edges of cloth and text block, a very good copy in four-color pictorial dust jacket with dust soiling, water stains, and short closed tears at edges. Still a nice example of this striking and uncommon jacket. (#157227).…

Small octavo, pp. [1-3] 4-233 [234-240: ads], inserted frontispiece with illustration by T. C. Gordon, original decorated tan cloth, front panel stamped in black and yellow, spine panel stamped in black, t.e.g., other edges untrimmed. First edition. A major early American dystopian novel. "Anti-utopian novel of what appears to be a beautiful sub-ocean world, but is revealed to be an ugly place ruled by scientists who enslave the people through technology." - Lewis, Utopian Literature, p. 79. See Kenneth Roemer, "1984 in 1894: Harben's Land of the Changing Sun," Mississippi Quarterly, Winter 1972-3, XXVI, 29-42. Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 2-89 and (1981) 1-92. Bailey, Pilgrims Through Space and Time, pp. 66-7. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1039. Clareson, The Emergence of American Science Fiction: 1880-1915, pp. 137-39. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 398. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy Volume II, p. 56. Negley, Utopian Literature: A Bibliography 516. Roemer, The Obsolete Necessity, p, 197. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 102. Bleiler (1978), p. 93. Reginald 06755. Wright (III) 2447. Bookplate of pioneer F&SF bookseller and collector Stuart Teitler affixed to the front paste-down. Some light foxing to cloth, a very good copy. A nice copy of an attractive book that does not age well. (#171076). …

Small octavo, pp. [1-3] 4-233 [234-240: ads], inserted frontispiece with illustration by T. C. Gordon, original decorated tan cloth, front panel stamped in black and yellow, spine panel stamped in black, t.e.g., other edges untrimmed. First edition. A major early American dystopian novel. "Anti-utopian novel of what appears to be a beautiful sub-ocean world, but is revealed to be an ugly place ruled by scientists who enslave the people through technology." - Lewis, Utopian Literature, p. 79. See Kenneth Roemer, "1984 in 1894: Harben's Land of the Changing Sun," Mississippi Quarterly, Winter 1972-3, XXVI, 29-42. Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 2-89 and (1981) 1-92. Bailey, Pilgrims Through Space and Time, pp. 66-7. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1039. Clareson, The Emergence of American Science Fiction: 1880-1915, pp. 137-39. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 398. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy Volume II, p. 56. Negley, Utopian Literature: A Bibliography 516. Roemer, The Obsolete Necessity, p, 197. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 102. Bleiler (1978), p. 93. Reginald 06755. Wright (III) 2447. Contemporary owner's bookplate on front paste-down and name and date (Xmas '94) on front free endpaper. Spine lean, mild insect tracking to spine panel, a bright, very good copy. (#137398). …