BELLAMY, EDWARD. LOOKING BACKWARD 2000-1887. 8vo, original olive cloth, gilt-decorated; newspaper clipping affixed to front pastedown; cloth

sleeve and slipcase. Boston: Ticknor and Company, 1888. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with printer's imprint on copyright page, and "wore" for "were" on page 10 line 8. BAL 956; Grolier/American 90 ("...the most famous American utopian romance."); Johnson/High Spots 16. Laid in --Autograph Letter Signed, to Mr. Johnson, in which Bellamy discusses the possibility of putting out a book of short stories: "I have been thinking a good deal about that short story book suggestion of yours, and I don't seem to be able... to make up my mind... whether it would be better to go ahead now or to wait..." 2 pages, 8vo. Chicopee Falls, Mass., 24 December 1888.