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AND A NEW EARTH: A ROMANCE .. by Jacomb, C[harles] E[rnest] - 1926

by Jacomb, C[harles] E[rnest]

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AND A NEW EARTH: A ROMANCE ..

by Jacomb, C[harles] E[rnest]

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London: George Routledge & Sons, 1926. Octavo, pp. [1-2] [1-7] 8-239 [240: blank] [note: half title leaf is a singleton preceding signature "a"], original dark green cloth, spine panel stamped in gold, top edge stained red, bottom edge untrimmed. First edition, first binding. "Post-catastrophe, second flood. 'Civilization' discovers remnant of small island where a utopian society had been established prior to the catastrophe and had survived, isolated from the rest of the world." - Lewis, Utopian Literature, p. 103. "Elitist social theories and geographical upheavals... An obvious source for Olaf Stapledon's ODD JOHN." - Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1173. Clarke, Tale of the Future (1978), p. 54. Gerber, Utopian Literature (1973), p. 149. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 121. Negley, Utopian Literature: A Bibliography 614. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 179. Bleiler (1978), p. 108. Reginald 07760. A very good copy. (#20360)
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  • Publisher George Routledge & Sons
  • Place of Publication London
  • Date Published 1926
  • Keywords Catastrophe Fiction; Tale of the Future; Utopian Literature
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Torment (A Study in Patriotism).

by JACOMB, Charles Ernest

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London: Andrew Melrose, Ltd,, 1920. First and only edition of this "impressive" and "remarkable book" (The Bookman), an account of the author's services on the Western Front, this copy inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper; "Miss G. R. Wells, with compliments from the author and in gratitude especially for the great given in writing this book. Charles E. Jacomb, 13/4/20". A fascinating study of the psychological impact of military service. Jacomb (1888-1961) is probably best remembered, in Australia, for his "extraordinarily negative and derisive assessment" of the country, God's Own Country; An Appreciation of Australia (1914), based on his time working on his family's fruit farm at Mildura (biographical details from the University of Queensland, AustLit). Having spent six years there he returned to London in time to enlist for service in the First World War, joining the 23rd Royal Fusiliers. Wounded on the Somme he was invalided out and spent the remainder of the war on home service.… Read More
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