Robert Nichols — From the Steam Room: A Comic Fiction

Maine, Tilbury House, Publishers, 1993. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition and uncorrected proof of this "comic fiction" from American author Robert Nichols. Two volumes. First edition and uncorrected proof. New York City is on the verge of collapse, its fading hopes of a bailout linked to the fortunes of the city's on-again off-again electric company ConPol. Helix Glowlight enlists the aid of his longtime friends Roderick McBaldder in engineering a loan to salvage the failing metropolis. Written by Robert Nichols, an American architect, novelist, playwright, poet and short story writer. The first edition is bound in the original quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards while the uncorrected proof is bound in the original paper wraps. Externally, excellent. Original unclipped dust wrapper of the first edition is also excellent with minor sunning to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Fine.