THE SCARLET PLAGUE ...
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1915. Octavo, pp. [1-8] 9 [10] 11-181 [182: blank] [183-188: ads] [189-192: blank] [note: last two leaves are blanks], illustrations by Gordon Grant, original pictorial red-brown cloth, front panel stamped in orange and yellow, spine panel stamped in orange, yellow and gold, fore and bottom edges rough-trimmed, decorated endpapers. First edition. A world catastrophe novel in the tradition of Mary Shelley's THE LAST MAN (1826) and M. P. Shiel's THE PURPLE CLOUD (1901). "Undoubtedly London's best fantastic story, told with considerable artistry and with less tub-thumping and breast-beating than usual." - Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1358. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 1-60. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 517. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 142. Bleiler (1978), p. 126. Reginald 09150. BAL 11960. Baird and Greenwood, An Annotated Bibliography of California Fiction 1664-1970 1543]. Inked name to upper corner of front free end paper, a small stain to front pasted down and front free end paper, corners and spine ends a little soft, a very good copy. (31063). Item #31063
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