The Hampdenshire Wonder.
London: Martin Secker, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Item #32205
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.
Price: $250.00