Last and First Men: A Story of the Near and Far Future

Overview:

  • Title: Last and First Men: A Story of the Near and Far Future
  • Author: Olaf Stapledon
  • Year: Unknown
  • ISBN-10: 0140080880
  • Publisher: Penguin Books
  • Price: £4.50
  • Pages: 327
  • Binding: Trade Paperback
  • Type: Novel
  • Title Reference: Last and First Men
  • Notes:
    • Printing history on copyright page:
      • First published 1930
      • Published in Pelican Books 1937
      • Reissued in Penguin Books 1963
      • Reprinted 1966
      • Reissued 1987
    • An edition with the same printing history is priced at £3.95.
    • Cover art credits on back cover (first name is misspelled "Allan"). The cover is also signed in the bottom-right corner using the signature "ALAN".
    • Foreword signed "Brian Aldiss" and "Oxford, September 1962"
    • Preface signed "O. S." and "West Kirby [over] July 1930"
    • A fictional essay titled "Introduction" appears on page 15, as written "By One of the Last Men". This is considered to be part of the novel and not recorded as a separate title.
    • Other prices on back cover: Aust. $12.95, N.Z. $13.99, Can. $9.95