A SHORT HISTORY OF THE FUTURE ... BASED ON THE MOST RELIABLE AUTHORITIES WITH MAPS, ETC.

by Churchill

$100 · Offered by L. W. Currey

First edition

London: Werner Laurie, 1955 . Octavo, three maps, one chart, boards. First edition. Genially self-deprecating history of humankind by a historian 6,000 years in the future. Orwell's NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR 1949 is central reference for account based on Bradbury, Huxley, Russell, Vonnegut, and Waugh, among others ... Ingenious in interpolating 'sources.' Engaging satirical tone. - Anatomy of Wonder 1987 3-96.

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