Caesar's Column - a Story of the Twentieth Century
by Boisgilbert, Edmund (Ignatius Donnelly)
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Chicago: F. J. Schulte & Company, 1890. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 367 pages. "I paint a dreadful picture of the world-wreck which successful anarchism would produce." - from page 3. A remarkably prescient utopian science fiction novel. Bookplate of Stanley S. Zack inside front board. Unmarked. Textblock tight. Front hinge starting. Average wear to maroon cloth. Bright gilt lettering and decoration upon front board. Backstrip moderately sunned - its gilt lettering and decoration remain legible/visible. A quality copy of this important work. [Weems p.139].
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- Bookseller
- RareNonFiction.com
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 227c7284
- Title
- Caesar's Column - a Story of the Twentieth Century
- Author
- Boisgilbert, Edmund (Ignatius Donnelly)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- F. J. Schulte & Company
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1890
- Keywords
- Boisgilbert, Edmund (Ignatius Donnelly) Caesar's Column - a Story of the Twentieth Century anarchy speculative Fiction novel Dystopian utopian future Social Darwinism 1988 New York
- Bookseller catalogs
- Conspiracy; Literature;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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- Cloth
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