ROUSSEAU, VICTOR PSEUDONYM OF VICTOR ROUSSEAU EMANUEL (7 résultats)

Octavo, pp. [1-4] 5-286 [287-288: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], pictorial title page, original decorated orange cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black. First edition. "Adventure novel with lost race elements: Baal worshippers in a ruined city in Africa. A touch on the marginal side." - Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 77. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 663. Bleiler (1978), p. 67. Reginald 12506. A clean, attractive copy. Uncommon in nice condition. (#161236).

Octavo, pp. [1-7] 8-254 [255: ads] [256: blank], original decorated sea-green cloth, front panel ruled in blind, spine panel stamped in black and blind. First edition, first printing. Originally published as a serial 1-22 June 1918 in ALL-STORY WEEKLY as "The Draft of Eternity" by Victor Rousseau. "Science fiction novel in which a drug, a variant of Cannabis, projects the hero into a New York of thousands of years in the future and under Mongol rule." - Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 77. "Fine novel of the far future when catastrophe has thrown the world back into a medieval society, and the time traveling potion has turned the hero into a burly, Conan-like hero." - Leon Gammell. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 604. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 652. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 661. Clarke, Tale of the Future (1978), p. 51. Bleiler (1978), p. 67. Reginald 12503. Two tape ghosts on each free endpaper, else a fine copy. A very nice copy of an uncommon book. (#90381).

Octavo, pp. [1-10] 1-319 [320-322: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], eleven inserted plates, several double page, with black and white illustrations by Joseph Clement Coll, publisher's dark green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold. First edition. Protagonist awakens in a grim world of the future dominated by socialism and science and learns that legend has made him a kind of messiah. He leads a successful revolt against the establishment. The story, first published in EVERYBODY'S MAGAZINE as a four-part serial, June-September 1917, is one of the earliest American dystopian novels. "A more considerable work than is generally recognized, despite the pulp adventure aspects. One can find among the author's ultraconservative values such Orwellian anticipations as omnipresent slogans, euphemistic terms for horrible institutions, the artificial language Spikisi, the mechanics of thought control, and the apparatus of the police state. While the book is a deutero-WHEN THE SLEEPER WAKES, it is independent in detail, and much Rousseau's best work." - Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1922. Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 2-131; (1981) 1-143; and (2004) II-927. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 662. Clarke, Tale of the Future (1978), p. 46. Gerber, Utopian Fantasy (1973), p. 147. Locke, Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 186. Negley, Utopian Literature: A Bibliography 315. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 160. Bleiler (1978), p. 171. Reginald 12502. Smith, American Fiction, 1901-1925 E-163. Lower rear corner tip bruised, spine ends pushed, a couple of mild scuffs to cloth, page edges tanned, a tight, very good copy with bright cover stamping. An attractive copy. Nice copies of this book are uncommon. (#172900).

Octavo, pp. [1-10] 1-319 [320-322: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], eleven inserted plates, several double page, with black and white illustrations by Joseph Clement Coll, original green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold. First edition. Protagonist awakens in a grim world of the future dominated by socialism and science and learns that legend has made him a kind of messiah. He leads a successful revolt against the establishment. The story, first published in EVERYBODY'S MAGAZINE as a four-part serial, June-September 1917, is one of the earliest American dystopian novels. "A more considerable work than is generally recognized, despite the pulp adventure aspects. One can find among the author's ultraconservative values such Orwellian anticipations as omnipresent slogans, euphemistic terms for horrible institutions, the artificial language Spikisi, the mechanics of thought control, and the apparatus of the police state. While the book is a deutero-WHEN THE SLEEPER WAKES, it is independent in detail, and much Rousseau's best work." - Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1922. Published in the UK in 1918 as THE APOSTLE OF THE CYLINDER. Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 2-131; (1981) 1-143; and (2004) II-927. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 662. Clarke, Tale of the Future (1978), p. 46. Gerber, Utopian Fantasy (1973), p. 147. Locke, Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 186. Negley, Utopian Literature: A Bibliography 315. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 160. Bleiler (1978), p. 171. Reginald 12502. Smith, American Fiction, 1901-1925 E-163. Cloth lightly rubbed at head and tail of spine panel and lower corner tips, faint ghosting from flaps of dust jacket (no longer present) on endpapers, a tight, near fine copy with bright cover stamping. Nice copies of this book are uncommon. (#90920).

Octavo, pp. [1-7] 8-254 [255: ads] [256: blank], original decorated sea-green cloth, front panel ruled in blind, spine panel stamped in black and blind. First edition, first printing. A presentation copy with signed inscription on the half title page by Emanuel: "To Forrest Ackerman with much /regard from the author / Victor Rousseau Emanuel / (alias H. M. Egbert)." Originally published as a serial 1-22 June 1918 in ALL-STORY WEEKLY as "The Draft of Eternity" by Victor Rousseau. "Science fiction novel in which a drug, a variant of Cannabis, projects the hero into a New York of thousands of years in the future and under Mongol rule." - Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 77. "Fine novel of the far future when catastrophe has thrown the world back into a medieval society, and the time traveling potion has turned the hero into a burly, Conan-like hero." - Leon Gammell. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 604. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 652. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 661. Clarke, Tale of the Future (1978), p. 51. Bleiler (1978), p. 67. Reginald 12503. Cloth minutely rubbed at spine ends, else a fine copy. A sharp copy of an uncommon book. Books signed or inscribed by Victor Rousseau Emanuel are rare. (#161235).

Octavo, pp. [1-7] 8-254 [255: ads] [256: blank] + 32-page publisher's catalogue dated "Winter - 1924" inserted at rear, original blue cloth, front panel ruled in blind, spine panel stamped in black. First edition. The author's first science fiction novel, first published as a four-part serial in ALL-STORY WEEKLY during January 1916 under his better known pen name "Victor Rousseau." A sea dwelling humanoid race invades England when its ocean food supply is exhausted. ". a very small edition . Today, it is virtually impossible to obtain." - Sam Moskowitz. ". one of the most interesting [of his fantasies], dealing as it does with an invasion of mankind by underwater creatures . regarded as the most difficult to find, an opinion with which I concur." - Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 77. Anatomy of Wonder (1981) 1-143. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 651. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 664. Clarke, Tale of the Future (1978), p. 51. Clute and Nicholls (eds), The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, pp. 1031-32. Bleiler (1978), p. 67. Reginald 12507. Synopsis of story clipped from the publisher's catalogue affixed to front free endpaper. Lacks two pages (3-6) of the publisher's catalogue, else a nearly fine copy. A very scarce book. (#170616).

Octavo, pp. [1-10] 1-319 [320-322: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], eleven inserted plates, several double page, with black and white illustrations by Joseph Clement Coll, original green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold. First edition. Protagonist awakens in a grim world of the future dominated by socialism and science and learns that legend has made him a kind of messiah. He leads a successful revolt against the establishment. The story, first published in EVERYBODY'S MAGAZINE as a four-part serial, June-September 1917, is one of the earliest American dystopian novels. "A more considerable work than is generally recognized, despite the pulp adventure aspects. One can find among the author's ultraconservative values such Orwellian anticipations as omnipresent slogans, euphemistic terms for horrible institutions, the artificial language Spikisi, the mechanics of thought control, and the apparatus of the police state. While the book is a deutero-WHEN THE SLEEPER WAKES, it is independent in detail, and much Rousseau's best work." - Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1922. Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 2-131; (1981) 1-143; and (2004) II-927. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 662. Clarke, Tale of the Future (1978), p. 46. Gerber, Utopian Fantasy (1973), p. 147. Locke, Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 186. Negley, Utopian Literature: A Bibliography 315. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 160. Bleiler (1978), p. 171. Reginald 12502. Smith, American Fiction, 1901-1925 E-163. Christmas 1917 gift inscription on front free endpaper. Slight spine lean, lower corner tips lightly bruised, endpapers foxed, some foxing to top edge of text block and upper portion of half title leaf, still a very attractive copy with clean and bright binding in fine pictorial dust jacket (with Coll illustration on front panel) with touch of wear at bottom spine end. Nice copies of this book are uncommon and it is scarce in jacket. (#108346).