THE DUMPLING: A DETECTIVE LOVE STORY OF A GREAT LABOUR RISING. New York: B. W. Dodge and Company, 1907. Octavo, pp. [i-ix] x-xi [xii] [1] 2-339 [340: publisher's colophon] [note: first leaf of gathering [A] (a blank) excised], four inserted plates with illustrations by Stanley L. Wood, gathering [A] printed in orange and black, original decorated light blue-green cloth, front panel stamped in dark green and black, spine panel stamped in black. First U.S. edition. Near future uprising of the commoners against the monarchy led by "The Dumpling," a Napoleon look-alike who incites his Legions of Labor to overthrow the British government and march upon Buckingham Palace. The Dodge edition was printed from the Cassell plates. Clarke, Tale of the Future (1978), p. 32. Bleiler (1978), p. 113. Not in Reginald (1979; 1992). Hubin (1994), p. 465. Cloth just a bit soiled, some scattered foxing, else a very good copy. (#130341).
Price: $75.00
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