David M. Parry — The Scarlet Empire

Indianapolis, The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1906. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this satirical and dystopian novel by David M. Parry, illustrated by Hermann C. Wall. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth. Illustrated by Hermann C. Wall with a colour frontispiece and nine colour plates. Collated complete. This political and satirical science fiction novel was written by David M Parry and tells the story of John Walker who, after believing he committed suicide by drowning, ends up in the lost city of Atlantis, a dystopian world ruled by a dictator. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally very smart with fading to the spine, bumping and very minimal rubbing to the extremities, a slight lean and the odd very minor mark to the boards. Past owner's signature to the front free endpaper, bookseller's label to the rear pastedown. Internally firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Very Good . Ill.: Hermann C. Wall. Very Good .