Futuristic fiction.- Reign of George VI (The), first edition, with initial blank, half-title, later ink inscription of Job Lousley 1847 to title and again at end, faint ink signature of John Beckett to half-title, a few small stains, particularly to C12 & D1, contemporary sheep, rubbed, spine ends and corners worn, small wormed patch to lower cover, 12mo, W.Nicoll, 1763.

⁂ Scarce political novel imagining the history of England during the period 1900 to 1925. "An enlightened monarch encourages art and literature and builds a city for the nobility and rich commoners to support the arts". (Sargent. British and American Utopian Literature, p.12). It also describes a war between Britain and a Russo-French occupation of Europe. The work is sometimes incorrectly listed as a later edition of Samuel Madden's Memoirs of the Twentieth Century, being original letters of state under George the Sixth.

ESTC cites only 5 UK copies. We have been unable to trace any copy at auction for over 40 years.

The inscription to title reads, "A curious fictitious work interesting being a sort of prophecy of what is to come. Very scarce. I never saw another copy. Job Lousley's book Hampstead Norris Berks 1847". Job Lousley (1790-1855), book-collector.