[CHESNEY, George Tomkyns (1830-1895)]. The Battle of Dorking: Reminiscences of a Volunteer. Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1871. 8vo. 8pp. advertisements. (A few pale spots.) Original lavender pictorial wrappers (Small closed tear to upper wrapper, spine partially split, a few small chips or creases, slightly toned). FIRST EDITION of "the first significant British imaginary war story and also the finest and most influential example of the subgenre" (Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years, p.412).