London, Jack (1876-1916). The Iron Heel. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1908.

8vo. Original pictorial blue cloth stamped in gilt and grey (very minor rubbing, some light wear to spine ends).

FIRST EDITION. The Iron Heel is a dystopian novel considered among the earliest in modern fiction, having influenced Brave New World, Nineteen Eighty-Four, and, most famously, George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four. The work, along with the title listed below, was considered to be "un-German" and was famously burned in the 1933 Nazi bonfires.

[With]: LONDON. The Jacket (The Star Rover). London: Mills and Boon, Limited, 1915. 8vo. Original forest green cloth (sunning to spine). FIRST EDITION.

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Printed Books & Early American Photography, including Selections from the Larry Ness Collection

London, Jack (1876-1916). The Iron Heel. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1908.

Printed Books & Early American Photography, including Selections from the Larry Ness Collection

London, Jack (1876-1916). The Iron Heel. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1908.

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