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The Iron Pirate, A Plain Tale of Strange Happenings on the Sea.
Chicago, IL: Rand, McNally and Company, n.d. [1897]. [Science Fiction] EARLY EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.266 [2]. With a lithographic frontispiece. In publisher's brown cloth decorated in green, brown and gilt. Top edge gilt. Light external wear; some rubbing to spine. Very good overall. An early edition, one of the first in the US, of this prophetic novel featuring a ship propelled by an engine running on gasoline. First published in London in 1893. Item #49282
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