A. P. Russell — Sub-Coelum a Sky-Built Human World
Boston and New York, Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1893. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon utopian novel by American author Addison Peale Russell, the first edition. The first edition of this uncommon work.'Sub-Coelum' is an early utopian novel by Addison Peale Russell, a unique novel with no plot or characters, forming more a fantasy meditation on society and humanity.This work is Russell's protest against the growing materialistic socialism. Russell was an American author, best known for this work. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. Very light bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Bookseller's label to the front paste down. Gift inscription to the recto of the front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine .
