Jane Fred Erick T Homas (7 results)

Octavo, pp. [1-4] 5 [6] 7-269 [270: blank] [271-272: ads], sixteen inserted plates and other illustrations and diagrams in the text by Jane, original pictorial gray-green cloth, front panel stamped in red and black, spine panel stamped in gold. First edition. The first of Jane's four scientific romances. An account of future sea warfare by a naval authority and future compiler of yearly catalogues of ships and aircraft. "War against France and Russia in torpedo-carrying ships, with love melodrama around hero. He dies saving England, after her fleet has been destroyed because of coal miners' strike. Bloody-minded anti civilian militarism." - Suvin, Victorian Science Fiction in the UK, p. 61. "I would say one final word to those who object to these 'future war yarns,' on the grounds that they are likely to set other nations, at present friendly to us, by the ears. Foreign writers are frequently turning out similar stories, describing the utter destruction of the British Navy by their own; yet I never heard of any of us bearing them ill-will for it. May our Warfare of the Future long be confined to the pages of books; as, indeed, it will be, so long as foreign nations know that we are ready to tackle the lot of them if need be." - (from the author's "preface") The author's illustrations are quite interesting from an artistic point of view and, especially in the scenes of nocturnal combat, have an impressionistic quality, a touch of Turner. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1171. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 443. Clarke, Tale of the Future (1978), p. 21. Clarke, Voices Prophesying War: Future Wars 1763-3749 (1992), p. 77 and p. 230. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 122. Stableford, Scientific Romance in Britain 1890-1950, p. 130. Bleiler (1978), p. 109. Reginald 07833. Private owner's bookplate affixed to front paste-down, cloth worn at spine ends and corner tips, cloth rubbed along outer joints and fore-edges, page edges tanned, spine lettering dull, a sound, good copy with clean interior. (#156381).…

Octavo, pp. [1-4] 5 [6] 7-269 [270: blank] [271-272: ads], sixteen inserted plates and other illustrations and diagrams in the text by Jane, original pictorial gray-green cloth, front panel stamped in red and black, spine panel stamped in gold. First edition. The first of Jane's four scientific romances. An account of future sea warfare by a naval authority and future compiler of yearly catalogues of ships and aircraft. "War against France and Russia in torpedo-carrying ships, with love melodrama around hero. He dies saving England, after her fleet has been destroyed because of coal miners' strike. Bloody-minded anti civilian militarism." - Suvin, Victorian Science Fiction in the UK, p. 61. "I would say one final word to those who object to these 'future war yarns,' on the grounds that they are likely to set other nations, at present friendly to us, by the ears. Foreign writers are frequently turning out similar stories, describing the utter destruction of the British Navy by their own; yet I never heard of any of us bearing them ill-will for it. May our Warfare of the Future long be confined to the pages of books; as, indeed, it will be, so long as foreign nations know that we are ready to tackle the lot of them if need be." - (from the author's "preface") The author's illustrations are quite interesting from an artistic point of view and, especially in the scenes of nocturnal combat, have an impressionistic quality, a touch of Turner. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1171. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 443. Clarke, Tale of the Future (1978), p. 21. Clarke, Voices Prophesying War: Future Wars 1763-3749 (1992), p. 77 and p. 230. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 122. Stableford, Scientific Romance in Britain 1890-1950, p. 130. Bleiler (1978), p. 109. Reginald 07833. Some wear to cloth at spine ends and corner tips, small nick to cloth at top edge of rear panel, top edge of text block dusty, spine lettering dull, a good copy with clean, tight interior. (#147107).…

Octavo, pp. [1-4] 5 [6] 7-269 [270: blank] [271-272: ads], sixteen inserted plates and other illustrations and diagrams in the text by Jane, original pictorial gray-green cloth, front panel stamped in red and black, spine panel stamped in gold. First edition. The first of Jane's four scientific romances. An account of future sea warfare by a naval authority and future compiler of yearly catalogues of ships and aircraft. "War against France and Russia in torpedo-carrying ships, with love melodrama around hero. He dies saving England, after her fleet has been destroyed because of coal miners' strike. Bloody-minded anti civilian militarism." - Suvin, Victorian Science Fiction in the UK, p. 61. "I would say one final word to those who object to these 'future war yarns,' on the grounds that they are likely to set other nations, at present friendly to us, by the ears. Foreign writers are frequently turning out similar stories, describing the utter destruction of the British Navy by their own; yet I never heard of any of us bearing them ill-will for it. May our Warfare of the Future long be confined to the pages of books; as, indeed, it will be, so long as foreign nations know that we are ready to tackle the lot of them if need be." - (from the author's "preface") The author's illustrations are quite interesting from an artistic point of view and, especially in the scenes of nocturnal combat, have an impressionistic quality, a touch of Turner. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1171. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 443. Clarke, Tale of the Future (1978), p. 21. Clarke, Voices Prophesying War: Future Wars 1763-3749 (1992), p. 77 and p. 230. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 122. Stableford, Scientific Romance in Britain 1890-1950, p. 130. Bleiler (1978), p. 109. Reginald 07833. Cloth lightly worn at spine ends and corner tips, some mild rubbing to cloth along outer joints, a bright, tight, very good copy. A nice copy of an attractive book rarely found in superior condition. (#168542).…

Octavo, pp. [1-4] 5 [6] 7-269 [270: blank] [271-272: ads], sixteen inserted plates and other illustrations and diagrams in the text by Jane, original pictorial gray-green cloth, front panel stamped in red and black, spine panel stamped in gold. First edition. A presentation copy with inscription by Jane on the front free endpaper: "To / J. Blowdell-Burton Esq. / in memoriam / 'C' fleet, 1890 / with / Fred T. Jane's / compliments. / Nov -- 1895." The first of Jane's four scientific romances. An account of future sea warfare by a naval authority and future compiler of yearly catalogues of ships and aircraft. "War against France and Russia in torpedo-carrying ships, with love melodrama around hero. He dies saving England, after her fleet has been destroyed because of coal miners' strike. Bloody-minded anti civilian militarism." - Suvin, Victorian Science Fiction in the UK, p. 61. "I would say one final word to those who object to these 'future war yarns,' on the grounds that they are likely to set other nations, at present friendly to us, by the ears. Foreign writers are frequently turning out similar stories, describing the utter destruction of the British Navy by their own; yet I never heard of any of us bearing them ill-will for it. May our Warfare of the Future long be confined to the pages of books; as, indeed, it will be, so long as foreign nations know that we are ready to tackle the lot of them if need be." - (from the author's "preface") The author's illustrations are quite interesting from an artistic point of view and, especially in the scenes of nocturnal combat, have an impressionistic quality, a touch of Turner. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1171. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 443. Clarke, Tale of the Future (1978), p. 21. Clarke, Voices Prophesying War: Future Wars 1763-3749 (1992), p. 77 and p. 230. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 122. Stableford, Scientific Romance in Britain 1890-1950, p. 130. Bleiler (1978), p. 109. Reginald 07833. Cloth lightly worn at spine ends and corner tips, gold lettering on spine panel a bit dull, a clean, tight, very good copy. (#170833).…

Octavo, pp. [1-4] 5 [6] 7-269 [270: blank] [271-272: ads], sixteen inserted plates and other illustrations and diagrams in the text by Jane, original pictorial gray-green cloth, front panel stamped in red and black, spine panel stamped in gold. First edition. A presentation copy with inscription by Jane on the front free endpaper: "To Philip Latey / with Fred T. Jane's / compliments. / Oct. 1895." The first of Jane's four scientific romances. An account of future sea warfare by a naval authority and future compiler of yearly catalogues of ships and aircraft. "War against France and Russia in torpedo-carrying ships, with love melodrama around hero. He dies saving England, after her fleet has been destroyed because of coal miners' strike. Bloody-minded anti civilian militarism." - Suvin, Victorian Science Fiction in the UK, p. 61. "I would say one final word to those who object to these 'future war yarns,' on the grounds that they are likely to set other nations, at present friendly to us, by the ears. Foreign writers are frequently turning out similar stories, describing the utter destruction of the British Navy by their own; yet I never heard of any of us bearing them ill-will for it. May our Warfare of the Future long be confined to the pages of books; as, indeed, it will be, so long as foreign nations know that we are ready to tackle the lot of them if need be." - (from the author's "preface") The author's illustrations are quite interesting from an artistic point of view and, especially in the scenes of nocturnal combat, have an impressionistic quality, a touch of Turner. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1171. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 443. Clarke, Tale of the Future (1978), p. 21. Clarke, Voices Prophesying War: Future Wars 1763-3749 (1992), p. 77 and p. 230. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 122. Stableford, Scientific Romance in Britain 1890-1950, p. 130. Bleiler (1978), p. 109. Reginald 07833. Cloth lightly worn at spine ends and corner tips, tiny spot at bottom edge of front cover, free endpapers and page edges a bit darkened, a bright, tight, very good copy. A nice copy of an attractive book rarely found in superior condition. (#156840).…

Octavo, pp. [1-6] 7-347 [348: printer's imprint] [349-352: ads], original decorated blue cloth, spine panel stamped in gold, front panel plain, top and bottom edges untrimmed, fore-edges rough trimmed. First edition, second binding. The second, and scarcest, of Jane's four scientific romances. "An ancient Egyptian papyrus spells out the chemical means whereby an artificial girl can be made; the novel is basically a romance describing the life of the synthetic being who is thus created." - Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 122. ". the 'lost science' of ancient Egypt enables a female homunculus to be manufactured. The story is a romance, but the girl does function to some extent as an innocent observer, after the fashion of Wells's angel in THE WONDERFUL VISIT." - Stableford, Scientific Romance in Britain 1890-1950, p. 130. "Overlong, with undeveloped themes and loose ends, but very imaginative and unusual." - Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1178. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 444. Suvin, Victorian Science Fiction in the UK, p. 112. Bleiler (1978), p. 109. Reginald 07834. Cloth lightly rubbed at spine ends, corner tips rubbed, touch of foxing to endpapers, a bright, tight, very good copy. Superior condition for this book. (#101364).…

Octavo, pp. [1-6] 7-347 [348: printer's imprint] [349-352: ads], publisher's decorated navy blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold and blind, all edges untrimmed. First edition, first binding with gold and blind stamping on front cover and Tower's device in gold on spine panel. The second, and scarcest, of Jane's four scientific romances. "An ancient Egyptian papyrus spells out the chemical means whereby an artificial girl can be made; the novel is basically a romance describing the life of the synthetic being who is thus created." - Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 122. ".the 'lost science' of ancient Egypt enables a female homunculus to be manufactured. The story is a romance, but the girl does function to some extent as an innocent observer, after the fashion of Wells's angel in THE WONDERFUL VISIT." - Stableford, Scientific Romance in Britain 1890-1950, p. 130. "Overlong, with undeveloped themes and loose ends, but very imaginative and unusual." - Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1178. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 444. Suvin, Victorian Science Fiction in the UK, p. 112. Bleiler (1978), p. 109. Reginald 07834. Front free endpaper soiled and rubbed, marginal water stains to first few leaves of text, heavy ghosting to small areas of versos or rectos of eight pages from acidic scraps of paper (perhaps newspaper clippings) which are no longer present, touch of rubbing to cloth at head and tail of spine panel and corner tips, a tight, square, very good copy with a bright, clean binding. This book is rarely found in the first binding. In A Spectrum of Fantasy, Locke surmised the existence of the first binding, but had not seen one. (#170579).…