Emperor of the If
London: William Heinemann, 1926. First edition. Publisher’s pale blue paper-covered boards, spine lettered in black. [6], 333, [1] pp. 7 1/4 x 4 5/8 in. Good; lacking the dustjacket, extremities a bit worn, spine and boards browned, scattered foxing. Item #7631
First edition, presumably second state binding, with the first state being bound in cloth. An uncommon work, the novel describes two possible worlds created by a disembodied brain: one in which Britain did not go through the Ice Age and thus London is filled with prehistoric life; and another where humans are subjugated by self-reproducing, autonomous machines.
Rare. Clute and Nicholls, The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, p. 322; Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 571; Reginald 04130.
Price: $400.00