Author: Bertha Louisa Bowhay
Title: Elenchus Brown the Story of an Experimental Utopia Compiled by a Student of Battersea Polytechnic
Description: London, H. R. Allenson, Limited, 1929. First edition. Cloth. An inscribed, first edition presentation copy of this very scarce satirical novel, with illustrations by Harvey Langdon. The first edition. Very scarce.Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to the illustrator: "Harvey Langdon with thanks and best wishes from the author Easter 1929".Elenchus makes gentle fun of a utopian idealist who uses his inheritance to experiment with different forms of government." Albinski, 1988.Illustrated by Harvey Langdon with twenty eight monochrome illustrations, including a frontispiece. In the publisher's original cloth. This work was written by Bertha Louisa Bowhay and provides a satirical look at the utopian genre with this story of a liberal polytechnic student called Elenchus Brown who decides to form an experimental utopia. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally smart with slight fading to the spine, marks to the boards and spine, predominantly to the front board and slight wear to the tail of the front joint. Slight age toning to the free endpapers. Internally firmly bound with lightly age toned pages with occasional light spotting. Newspaper clippings referring to the work attached via nail and safety clip, both rusted. Very Good . Ill.: Harvey Langdon. Very Good .

Keywords: First edition Illustrated Harvey Langdon B. L. Bowhay Illustrated Presentation Copy Signed Harvey Langdon


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