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London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., [1930]. First edition. A little darkening to end papers, mild foxing to page edges and to early and late leaves, a nearly fine copy in a good to very good dust jacket, light wear with minor loss at corner tips, two tiny chips at upper spine panel, slight color fade to spine panel, large chip along upper rear panel 70 mm long x 15 mm deep, verso of head of spine and upper corner fold have brown stains from tape (no longer present) with some bleed through at the corners. (28417). Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v-xi [xii] 1-355 [356: printer's imprint], original dark blue cloth, front panel stamped in blind, spine panel stamped in gold. Laid into this copy are two brief notes signed by Stapledon, one dated 1929 and one dated 1930, a brief signed telegram, newspaper tear sheet with a long review for the book from John O London's Weekly, dated 15 November 1930 and a small newspaper clipping with the author's obituary. Variant without publisher's catalogue inserted at…

An epic science fiction novel exploring the future evolution of humanity over the course of two billion years.