[DYSTOPIAS] NOYES, Alfred; Steel Savage (illus)

No Other Man [The Last Man]

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1940. First American Edition. First printing. Octavo. Reddish-brown cloth, titled in gilt on spine with pictorial gilt device to front board; dustjacket; 320pp. A tight, clean, very Near Fine copy, free of markings or notable wear. In the original pictorial dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $2.50 on front flap); a few closed edge-tears, small loss at crown, some small abrasions and uneven toning to lighter portions of rear panel; Very Good. Published the same year in Great Britain under title "The Last Man."

A future dystopia, in which nearly the entire human race is instantly eradicated by a super-weapon. Three lone survivors find each other, two men and a young woman; a battle ensues that will determine the future regeneration of the human race. The best man wins. The novel is considered one of the earliest uses in fiction of the "doomsday weapon" device, which would become a popular trope for science fiction writers in the Nuclear Age. Unexpectedly uncommon, especially in dustwrapper. BLEILER (1979) p.149; REGINALD 10867a. Oddly ommitted from Sargent, Negley, and Lewis.

Price: $150.00

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