Erewhon; or, over the Range
Samuel Butler; Illustrated by Robert Gibbings
1923
Jonathan Cape
First Illustrated Edition
8vo
Description:
Robert Gibbings's finely illustrated edition of Samuel Butler's classic utopian satire. First published anonymously in 1872, the novel recounts a traveller's discovery of a hidden civilization in the mountains of New Zealand, using the inverted customs of the Erewhonians to satirize Victorian religion, industrialization, and criminal justice.
Condition:
Good Condition. Red cloth with lettering to spine. Contents clean with light foxing to edge. Ex Libris to inside front cover. Covers are clean with tanning to spine and edges.
Erewhon; or, over the Range
Samuel Butler; Illustrated by Robert Gibbings
1923
Jonathan Cape
First Illustrated Edition
8vo
Description:
Robert Gibbings's finely illustrated edition of Samuel Butler's classic utopian satire. First published anonymously in 1872, the novel recounts a traveller's discovery of a hidden civilization in the mountains of New Zealand, using the inverted customs of the Erewhonians to satirize Victorian religion, industrialization, and criminal justice.
Condition:
Good Condition. Red cloth with lettering to spine. Contents clean with light foxing to edge. Ex Libris to inside front cover. Covers are clean with tanning to spine and edges.
