LAND UNDER ENGLAND
by O'Neill, Joseph
- Used
- Condition
- Offsetting to endpapers, darkening to text block, lower corners bumped, a very good copy without the dust jacket. (15022)
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1935. First U. S. edition. Offsetting to endpapers, darkening to text block, lower corners bumped, a very good copy without the dust jacket. (15022). Octavo, [1-8] 9-296 [297: note about the author] [298-300: blank], cloth. A terrifying journey into the earth's interior. The protagonist refuses to join the rigidly controlled society of the interior world's inhabitants and must find a route to the surface or perish. "... a totalitarian utopia where little individual emotions are absorbed by the love for the common good. There are only two classes: the leaders and the robotlike citizens, whose minds have been 'rearranged.'" - Gerber, Utopian Fantasy (1973), p. 152. Anatomy of Wonder (1981); 2-77; (1987) 2-86; (1995) 2-96; and (2004) II-836. Cawthorn and Moorcock, Fantasy: The 100 Best Books 49. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 609. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 169. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 208. In 333. Bleiler (1978), p. 151. Reginald 10999.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15022
- Title
- LAND UNDER ENGLAND
- Author
- O'Neill, Joseph
- Book Condition
- Used - Offsetting to endpapers, darkening to text block, lower corners bumped, a very good copy without the dust jacket. (15022)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First U. S. edition
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1935
- Keywords
- SF
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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