Item #040954 THE OSTRICH FOR THE DEFENCE. William H. Hile.

THE OSTRICH FOR THE DEFENCE

Boston: Geo. H. Ellis Co., 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. pp: vii, 324; frontispiece and two more plates from photographs. Bound in pictorial red cloth, stamped in white, black, and gilt. 7.75" x 5". Prior owner's address label on pastedown endpaper. Very Good. Item #040954

Utopian novel of a lost African race, ruled by a white queen, raising ostriches as a cooperative venture. [Smith, American Fiction: 1901-1925, H-611.] Binding signed by the designer, Adrian Iorio.

Price: $50.00

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