CORELLI, Marie: The Devil's Motor. A Fantasy

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CORELLI, Marie : The Devil's Motor. A Fantasy

London, Hodder & Stoughton [1910].

Quarto publisher's decorated red cloth blocked in gilt and black; 52 heavy leaves printed on one side, six mounted colour illustrations by Arthur Severn. Endpapers a touch discoloured, an excellent, bright copy in the remains of the dustwrapper. Still with a faint scent of smoke - a production gimmick.

An impassioned impeachment (try saying that five times quickly) of the automobile - symbol of all the destructive forces of greed and modern industry - written at full flight with all of Corelli's awkward grasp of the overwrought. The clever cover design is suggestive, at first glance, of Christmas - fitting for what is obviously a Christmas book - but the holly-like border is made up of bat-winged car wheels.

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