E. Phillips Oppenheim — The Great Prince Shan

Boston, Little, Brown, and Company, 1922 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of E. Phillips Oppenheim's thrilling science fiction novel, set in the near future. The first US edition, first printing, published in March 1922. The first edition in book form; this work initially appeared in the November 1921 to January 1922 issues of the Blue Book magazine.Bleiler, 1725.In the dust wrapper of the 1922 A. L. Burt edition, published in the same year as the first edition.Set in 1934, Oppenheim's novel depicts a world in which China has secretly built a fleet of airships in order to conquer the world. The leader of China, Prince Shan, attempts to establish a new world order.The work of prolific English novelist E. Phillips Oppenheim, who authored over one-hundred novels between 1887 and 1943. In 1927, he was featured on the cover of Time magazine.With an advertisement leaf to the rear. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with dust wrapper trimmed to each corner. Externally, excellent. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with discolouration to spine. Dust wrapper exceptionally bright, with vertical line of fading to back strip, with small closed tear to back strip tail. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright, and a touch age toned. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed.