Waterloo StanleyABAA
Waterloo StanleyABAA
ARMAGEDDON: A TALE OF LOVE WAR AND INVENTION .
1898110007Chicago and New York: Rand 1898. Octavo pp. 1-4 5-259 260: blank fly leaves at front and rear inserted frontispiece map of Nicaragua title page printed in orange and black original decorated red cloth front and rear panels stamped in black spine panel stamped in black and gold t.e.g. other edges untrimmed. First edition. Future war novel depicting an Anglo-American victory over the rest of Europe in a highly destructive war caused by European imperialism. "An Anglo-American alliance is established to rule the world until the 'lesser breeds' are capable of ruling themselves. This provides one of the most jingoistic statements of Anglo-Saxon supremacy during the period." - Anatomy of Wonder 1981 1-168. "Oddly enough Waterloo has only adapted with the most overblown language and development a dime novel of the Frank Reade Jr. type to a more adult novel comic Irishman and all. Almost unreadable." - Bleiler Science-Fiction: The Early Years 2307. Anatomy of Wonder 1976 2-158. Clareson The Emergence of American Science Fiction: 1880-1915 pp. 265-67. Clareson Science Fiction in America 1870s-1930s 787. Lewis Utopian Literature p. 199. Locke A Spectrum of Fantasy p. 223. Roemer The Obsolete Necessity p. 205. Sargent British and American Utopian Literature 1516-1985 p. 117. Bleiler 1978 p. 203. Reginald 14902. Wright III 5815. A bright clean very good to near fine copy. #110007 Rand unknown books
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