(#148158) THE NEW COLUMBIA OR THE RE-UNITED STATES. George Hamilton Phelps, "Patrick Quinn Tangent."

THE NEW COLUMBIA OR THE RE-UNITED STATES. Findlay, Ohio: New Columbia Publishing Co., 1909. Octavo, pp. [i-vi] vii [viii-x] 1-99 [100-101] [102: blank], original pictorial beige cloth, front panel stamped in orange and black, spine panel stamped in black. First edition. Inscribed in 1933 by Phelps on the front paste-down. Utopian fantasy. "Public ownership. Deport all who won't work. Unite United States and Canada." - Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p, 146. "An overriding faith in the democratic process combines with various reforms borrows from Edward Bellamy, Henry George, and the Populists to produce greater economic equality. The government becomes one large, efficient business replacing the wasteful monopolies. John D. Rockefeller and Thomas A. Edison are praised." - Rooney, Dreams and Visions: A Study of American Utopias, 1865-1917, p. 195. Kopp 932. Negley, Utopian Literature: A Bibliography 920 and 1084. Rooney, Dreams and Visions: A Study of American Utopias, 1865-1917, p. 195. Bleiler (1948), p. 264. Not in Reginald (1979; 1992). Not in Smith, American Fiction, 1901-1925. Library of Congress surplus duplicate stamp on the front free endpaper and dedication page (no other library marks). An uncommon book. (#148158).

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