The Tale of the Future, from the Beginning to the Present Time: A Check-list of those Satires, Ideal States, Imaginary Wars and Invasions, Political Warnings and Forecasts, Interplanetary Voyages and Scientific Romances – All Located in an Imaginary Future Period – that have Been Published in the United Kingdom Between 1644 and 1960

166pp, two black and white plates. Green cloth-covered boards; gilt titles on black printed spine label. 8vo. Sun-faded, rubbed corners and spine ends, some soiling and mottling, rear board has indentations. Text block edges starting to tan. Endpapers just starting to tan, bottom corner of rear free endpaper removed; tape residue on pastedowns; lender’s stamps and markings on endpapers, title and copyright pages. pages ageing, volume shaken. Otherwise, internally neat and clean.

An annotated bibliography detailing works published in the UK between 1644 and 1960 which depict the future, through various genres such as satire, utopian visions, imaginary wars, and scientific romances.