THE HOPKINS MANUSCRIPT .

Sherriff, R[obert] C[edric]

Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd, London, 1939

About this Item

Octavo, pp. [1-5] 6-352, original medium blue cloth, spine panel stamped in dark blue. First edition. The publisher's advance "special presentation issue" (so stated on title page and front panel of the jacket), limited to 200 copies (as per publisher's letter laid in). A classic catastrophe novel depicting survival after the earth is struck by the moon. "A superior work." - Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-341. Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 4-517; (1981) 3-666; and (2004) II-1002. Bailey, Pilgrims Through Space and Time, pp. 175-76. Clarke, Tale of the Future (1978), p. 75. Gerber, Utopian Fantasy (1973), p. 154. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 194. Stableford, Scientific Romance in Britain 1890-1950, p. 248. In 333. Bleiler (1978), p. 178. Reginald 13020. Publisher's TLs presenting the book to Hector McQuarry of Angus & Robertson, an Australian book store chain and publishing firm, laid in. Cloth unevenly faded, some foxing to text block, a very good copy in very good printed dust jacket (design differs from that of the published jacket) with mild wear to upper spine end and ink stain to spine panel and rear panel. A rare issue of this edition. (#111945). Seller Inventory # 111945

Bibliographic Details

Title: THE HOPKINS MANUSCRIPT .

Publisher: Victor Gollancz Ltd, London

Publication Date: 1939

Binding: Hardcover

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Edition: 1st Edition