The Other Side Of The Sun: A Novel . Capon, Paul Tale Of The Future,Utopian Literature

Octavo, pp. [1-8] 1-321 [322: blank] [323: "author's postscript"] [324: blank], brick red cloth, front and spine panel stamped in yellow, Heinemann's windmill device stamped in blind on rear panel. First edition. First book of the Antigeos trilogy. "Utopian life on the planet Antigeos. Society has developed from matriarchy to sexual freedom. Social classes are abolished. Because economy is planned, work is reduced to the absolute minimum." - Gerber, Utopian Fantasy (1973), p. 157. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-87. Clarke, Tale of the Future (1978), p. 83. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 238. Reginald 02565. Cloth faded around the edges of the front and rear covers, pulpy text paper tanned, first and last leaves age-darkened (interaction with wood pulp endpapers), a very good copy in good dust jacket priced 10/6 on the front flap with shallow chips from the spine ends and some general tanning. A scarce book. (#174006)