Author: Frank Harris
Title: The Bomb
Description: New York, Mitchell Kennerley, 1909. First edition. Cloth. The first U. S. edition of this brilliant novel on the Haymarket affair by Frank Harris, signed by Harris. The first U. S. edition, first printing. Published in London the year prior to this edition.Signed by the author to the recto of the front endpaper, dated 1912.'The Bomb' is a gripping novel revolving around the Haymarket affair, an aftermath of a bombing which took place at a labor demonstration in Chicago in 1886. Causing on death and many injuries, this was a monumental event, serving as the climax to the social unrest in America during the Great Upheaval&apos.Written by Frank Harris, an Irish-American author who is best known for his scandalous banned memoir 'My Life and Loves&apos. In the original publisher's cloth binding. externally, smart, very lightly rubbed to the boards and spine. Rubbing to the gilt, resulting in the text to the spine to be lacking. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Spine is a little discoloured. Light spots to the fore edge. Author's signature to the recto of the front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright with scattered spotting, heavier to the first and last few pages. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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