Richard Jefferies - After London or Wild England - Cassell & Company, 1885, First Edition.

London, Cassell & Company, 1885. First edition, first impression. Hardback. A good copy. SECOND issue with the ads dated April, 1885. A classic work of Victorian science fiction. An important, early post-apocalyptic story set in dystopic England after an unspecified disaster has wiped out most of civilization, leaving only small communities of rural people trying to survive in a pre-industrial society. Some bumping and splitting to the spine tips and corners, slight lean, toning to the spine, one inch split to the cloth at the foot of the spine, front hinge taped, contemporary clipping by Walter Besant stapled to the front endpaper. Foxing to the first and last few leaves. Some pulling and splitting to the hinges and gatherings. [11761, Hyraxia Books].