MR. MIRAKEL.
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1943. Octavo, pp. [1-6] [1-3] 4-279 [280-282: blank], original light blue cloth, front and spine stamped in dark blue, fore edge rough trimmed. First U.S. edition. A second world war lasts nine years and ends with violent global natural catastrophe that wreaks destruction of many parts the Earth. Before this, a mysterious Mr. Mirakel, an extremely wealthy man, has fled to a remote land with a small group of chosen people, the "land of Mirakel," akin to a Shangri-la. [Reference: Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1726. Clarke, Tale of the Future (1978), p. 52. Clarke, Voices Prophesying War (1992), p. 237. Bleiler (1978), p. 151. Reginald 11022.Hubin (1994), p. 618]. Some fade to edges and spine, a nearly fine copy in a bright, nearly fine dust jacket, perhaps married to the book as there is a vertical crease to the spine panel, mild shelf wear to the corner tips and spine ends. (30515). Item #30515
Price: $125.00