first edition
[1934] · New York
by [STOUT, Rex] Anonymous
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, [1934]. First Edition. Octavo (20.5cm.); original red cloth, upper cover and spine lettered in blue, dark blue topstain; [8],296pp.; photographic frontispiece, 3 leaves of illus. printed on rectos and versos. Light rubbing to spine ends, else a Near Fine, unfaded copy, albeit lacking the scarce dust jacket. "A fantasy of future politics. When Congress tries to force the nation into a European war, the president disappears and a crisis ensues" (HANNA 2935). (Inventory #: 20859)