William North — The Slave of the Lamp

New York, H. Long & Brothers, 1855. First edition. Cloth. A scarce novel by William North, a semi-autobiographical romantic Lost World tale, the first edition. The first edition of this scarce work, in the even more scarce variant red cloth.'The Slave of the Lamp' follows an love story between a man, Mondel, and a woman, Columbia, which is sabotaged by the woman's jealous stepmother. In despair, Mondel sets off to search for a mysterious island made of gold.An interesting Lost World sci-fi novel, which satrisines the members of the Ornithorhynchus Club, including Fitz-James O'Brien, who appears in this novel as 'Fitz-Gammon O'Bouncer', and Henry Clapp, who appears as 'Peregrine Cope&apos.A posthumously published novel by William North.Seven pages of adverts to the rear. In the original publisher's variant red cloth binding. Externally, a little worn, with some light marks and rubbing to the boards and spine. Small tears to the head and tail of the joints, larger tear to the tail of the front joint. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Cloth to the spine is a little cockled. Blind stamp to the front endpaper. Internally, binding is strained in places. Pages are age-toned with some spotting. Small closed tear to the half-title. Good . Ill.: None. Good .