Bellamy, Edward | Looking Backward 2000–1887 and its sequel Equality

The Passion of American Collectors: Property of Barbara and Ira Lipman

Bellamy, Edward

Looking Backward 2000–1887. Boston: Ticknor and Company, 1888

8vo (186 x 121 mm). Advertisement for Miss Ludington's Sister on leaf facing title-page. Publisher's grey cloth, spine and upper cover lettered in black and with gilt decoration; some wear and soiling; spine somewhat darkened. Half red morocco gilt slipcase, chemise.

First edition, first printing of the most famous American Utopian romance. Its Victorian protagonist, awakening from a hypnotic sleep in the year 2000, describes the social and economic order of the time and compares it with the age he knew. This extremely popular book led to the founding of numerous Bellamy Clubs and the Nationalist party. 

With: Equality. New York: Appleton, 1897. Bellamy's sequel to Looking Backward 2000–1887.

REFERENCE

BAL 956; Grolier, American 90; Johnson, High Spots 16; Lilly, Science Fiction 24