A DREAM OF CONQUEST

by Lloyd Bryce

$350 · Offered by L. W. Currey

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1890 . Octavo, pp. 1-2 3-80, original terra cotta wrappers printed in dark brown. First book edition. A short future war novel, a humorous treatment of the Yellow Peril theme popular during this period of wide-scale Chinese immigration. Wang-Chi-Poo, a midlevel mandarin angry at America, receives permission to buy some warships and attack the U.S. His first battle is with a one-man

• Binding: Wrappers

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