SOME LADIES IN HASTE. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1908. Octavo, pp. [i-x] xi [xii] xiii [xiv] 1-242, four inserted plates with illustrations by W. Morgan, original green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in white and blind, pictorial paper inlay on front panel with unattributed illustration (probably by Morgan). First edition. First printing with code "(1)" on page 242. "The protagonist, a student of mental suggestion, causes people to fall in love by posthypnotic suggestion" - Anatomy of Wonder (1981) 2-38. Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 2-40. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 147. Bleiler (1978), p. 41. Reginald 02823. Binding slightly leaned, cloth rubbed at spine ends and corner tips, some dust soiling to cloth, mostly spine panel, bookplate or label removed from front paste-down, a sound, good copy. (#115521).
Price: $35.00
First printing has code "(1)" on page 242.