Beresford, John Davys - The Hampdenshire Wonder

London, Martin Secker, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. The New Adelphi Library Volume 20. First edition from this publisher, originally published in 1911. Green cloth lettered in gold on the spine. "The first important novel about a superman, and in many respects still the best.. An excellent psychological study of the impact of the utterly-beyond on normal man, with a mild semi-allegorical note", Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 182. Cloth shows light fading to spine panel and along the spine on the rear panel. A touch of foxing to the first few leaves and the edges of the text block. A very good+ copy in very good dustjacket with toning and minute chips to the spine panel. In Bleiler, 1978, p. 21. An early edition, uncommon in dustjacket. ; Octavo. .

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