Loma a Citizen of Venus
The Windsor & Lewis Publishing Co., 1897. Publisher's Cloth Binding. 8vo. [1-12], 429pp, 22pp adverts. Burgundy publishers cloth binding gilt on cover and spine. Inserted frontispiece (photographic portrait of the author), several illustrations and diagrams in the text, original pictorial maroon cloth, front panel stamped in gold and ruled in blind, spine panel stamped in gold, rear panel ruled in blind. First edition. 'Long narrative on a cosmic germ theory of evolution. A Venusian comes to earth to educate the male fetus of an unwed mother so that the fetus will become the apostle of Venus's ideal culture. On Venus clothes are considered ugly and unsanitary, all human faculties are developed and 'balanced,' and social status is determined by a network of interpersonal relations among strangers, acquaintances, associates, brothers, sisters, lovers, and consorts -- the more of the latter three, the higher the status.' - Roemer, The Obsolete Necessity, pp. 202-03. Very Good. Item #6957
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