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Boon, The Mind of the Race, The Wild Asses of the Devil, and the Last Trump

Reginald Bliss

First published 1915
Publisher T. Fisher Unwin
Format Hardcover
Type Novel
Pages 342
Price 6/-


From the 1915 and 1920 title pages (viewed at HathiTrust), the very long original title and credits conclude thus:   Prepared for Publication by Reginald Bliss author of [... five lines]   with An Ambiguous Introduction by H. G. Wells and are augmented in the Second Edition thus:   Prepared for Publication by Reginald Bliss author of [... five lines]   with An Ambiguous Introduction by H. G. Wells (Who is in Truth the Author of the entire Book)

  • 1st edition
  • Publication date from listing as "Illustrated. 6s." by the publisher, The Spectator 1915-04-24 p562, this one annotated "[May 3."
  • Price from the review "A Questionable Boon", The Academy #2246 (1915-05-22) p330.
  • HathiTrust Digital Library provides full view of one copy with original front/back covers: -- front cover minimal gold line illustration on dark cloth, no lettering (that on the spine evidently) -- title page (first four components):   Boon, The Mind of the Race, The Wild Asses of the Devil, and the Last Trump   Being a First Selection from the Literary Remains of George Boon, Appropriate to the Times   Prepared for publication by Reginald Bliss [Author of ...]   With an Ambiguous Introduction by H. G. Wells -- half-title page shows first component only -- copyright page: "First published in 1915" -- Introduction, p5-6, closes "H. G. WELLS" -- text spans p9-342 -- no back pages, except p[343] identification of printer "The Gresham Press // Unwin Brothers, Limited // Woking and London"

    There is no frontispiece. The earliest illustration, paging from the front, is a small line drawing on page 34, in the style of the front cover drawing. The illustrator must be Wells, as Reginald Bliss.

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
Boon, The Mind of the Race, The Wild Asses of the Devil, and the Last Trump 1915 George H. Doran Hardcover Novel 345