Max O'Rell [Leon Paul Blouet] — John Bull and His Island

London, Field & Tuer, c1886. Cloth. A smart Leadenhall Press edition of this exciting work from Max O'Rell, or Leon Paul Blouet. Leadenhall Press Edition. Originally published in France, translated to English by the author. This work follows the fictional John Bull, a personification of Great Britain, and reviews diverse aspects of English society at the end of the 19th century including British colonial ambitions and the Anglo-Saxon concept of home. Written by Max O'Rell, the pen name of Leon Paul Blouet, a French author and journalist. In the original brown cloth binding. Externally, smart with light shelf wear and rubbing to the extremities. Joints starting but firm. Minor loss to the head and tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Page 293/294 has come loose but is inserted correctly. Pages are bright and clean with light age toning. Good . Ill.: None. Good .