Author: Walter Besant
Title: The Revolt of Man
Description: Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1882. First edition. Cloth. Walter Besant's science fiction novel set in a future where women rule, the author's own copy, with his bookplate to the front paste down. The first edition of this uncommon work.Author's bookplate to the front paste down.An intriguing science fiction novel by Walter Besant, 'The Revolt of Man' is an anti-suffragette novel depicting a society dominated by women, and a world wherein religion has been abolished.'The Revolt of Man' offers a lens into Victorian views of feminism and the growing questions of sexual attitudes and gender roles, particularly showing male worries over the growing trend of suffrage.Four pages of adverts to the rear. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, worn. Spine is faded. Small chip to the tail of the spine, larger chip to the head of the spine. Minor marks to the cloth. Minor bumping to the extremities. Tear to the head of the rear joint. Author's bookplate to the front paste down. Tidemark to the paste downs and endpapers. Internally, textblock is detached from the binding, and the binding is strained in places, gathering Z is detached but present. Pages are lightly age-toned and clean. Fair . Ill.: None. Fair .

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