Meleager. A Fantasy
by Vaughan, H. M
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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shellharbour, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
London: Martin Secker, First edition 1916.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 324 pages. Original maroon cloth in good tight clean condition, lettered and ruled in black Top edge slightly dusty Front pastedown with two neat owners' signatures. Endpapers slightly browned. Dustjacket, unclipped, with only minor wear and rubbing to edges. The spine slightly browned. Despite these minor blemishes the volume presents very well. Important first novel by Welsh author Herbert Millingchamp Vaughan, 1870-1948. A rare dystopian science fiction work in which a vellum scroll is found in a metal cylinder in the Andes. This relates the dystopian history of the miniature planet Meleager, where the practice of eugenics ensures the death of defective children and where women have no power or political rights A rare book with a possible influence on Charlotte Haldane's Man's World and feminist dystopian literature generally, especially in the areas of eugenics and male patriarchy
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- Bookseller
- Gordon Hughes (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5037
- Title
- Meleager. A Fantasy
- Author
- Vaughan, H. M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- London: Martin Secker, First edition 1916.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- feminism dystopia science fiction fantasy eugenics
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About the Seller
Gordon Hughes
Biblio member since 2009
shellharbour, New South Wales
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