Bramah Secret Of The League

Bramah, Ernest: The Secret of the League, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A. Specular Press 1995
ISBN: 1-887207-00-7 Very Good

287 pp plus glossary. Newly edited, with an introduction and glossary by Daniel Jengka. A clean copy with straight supple binding. Light corner wear. "The story centers around one man's daring and ingenious plan, enacted through a mysterious alliance called the Unity League, to stop the workings of the nation's elected government in order to restore some measure of lost freedom and greatness, even at the risk of civil war." A provocotive-sounding narrative, at least. That the skilled and reclusive Bramah, author of the Kai Lung fantasy books, might advocate the thwarting of democratic institutions by a capitalist elite, was likely born of a common upper-middle class hysteria of the time, writes Orwell in his review of this book. The 'strong' non-parliamentary, pro-capitalist regime installed in the book would later be recognized as Fascist, though it long preceded Franco, Mussolini, Hitler, and an unsuccessful 1930s coup attempt by corporate powers in the United States. The obscure and uncommon Secret of the League is now sometimes compared to Atlas Shrugged, and was a likely candidate for Specular Press to reprint as the first title in their aptly named Capitalist Fiction series. First Thus Trade Paperback

[SW: Capitalism Objectivism Ayn Rand Socialism]

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Bramah, E. The Secret of the League : The Story of a Social War. Thomas Nelson and Sons, Ltd., London, n.d. but either 1909 or 1920,
First published (anonyously) as What might have been : the story of a social war, by John Murray in London, in 1907. Envisages conflict in a socialist Britain.

Cloth, small 8vo, 17 cm 287 pp, frontispiece. Spine cocked, mild agetoning to contents, moderately browned at page-edges, otherwise Good.

[SW: BRAMAH, E.wykbooks 10155 Social conflict - Great Britain, Fiction Middle class - Great Britain, Fiction Dictatorship of the proletariat, Fiction Political violence - Great Britain, Fiction Social change - Great Britain, Fiction science fiction Dystopias Bramah, Ernest]

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Bramah, Ernest: The Secret of the League: The Story of a Social War, Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd
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Red covers with gilt titles to spine. Spine leans and there are some spots of foxing to the page block and end pages. The binding is visible between the contents page and the first page of text. Frontispiece by Duncan is in fine condition. Presumed First Edition No Jacket Hard Cover

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