(#80427) MR. BLETTSWORTHY ON RAMPOLE ISLAND. Wells.

MR. BLETTSWORTHY ON RAMPOLE ISLAND. London: Ernest Benn Limited, 1928. Octavo, pp. [1-6] 7-287 [288], original brown cloth, spine panel stamped in gold. First edition. "The hero is the 'Sacred Lunatic' among a kind of yahoos." - Gerber, Utopian Fantasy, p. 150. "A very interesting, well-accomplished book." - Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 2348. Bleiler (1978), p. 205. Reginald 15051. Hammond A22. Wells Society 103. Narrow, very faint damp mark at lower spine end, some scattered light foxing to preliminary and terminal leaves and fore-edge of text block, a bright, nearly fine copy in very good pictorial dust jacket (designed by Sir William Orpen) with matching stain at bottom edge of spine panel, light wear at upper spine end and corner tips, some general dust soiling, and some internal darkening with no show through. (#80427).

Price: $100.00

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