SAN SALVADOR ..

Boston and New York: Houghton, 1892. Octavo, pp. [1-4] [1] 2-335 [336: blank], fly leaves at front and rear, original decorated green cloth, front panel stamped in black, spine panel in gold, gray coated endpapers. First edition. "An orphan visits a secret mountain community in Europe where Christ is worshipped as King, a wise, hereditary ruler watches over secular affairs, agriculture and hand crafts are preserved, and missionaries are sent out annually." - Roemer, The Obsolete Necessity, p. 194. "Christian, aristocratic eutopia in a hidden valley." - Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature 1516-1985, pp. 96-7. Rooney, Dreams and Visions: A Study of American Utopias, 1865-1917, p. 198. Bleiler (1978), p. 194. Reginald 14143. Wright III, 5500. Spine lean, a bright, very good copy. An unaccountably scarce book. (#143317) (Inventory #: 143317)