The Napoleon of Notting Hill - Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1904)

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The Napoleon / of / Notting Hill / By / Gilbert K. Chesterton / With seven illustrations by / William Graham Robertson / and a map of the seat of the war / London : John Lane : The / Bodley Head :: New York / John Lane Company :: MCMXIV
pp. 301. [1-4] blank; Frontispiece, not included in the pagination; Cover, with 'Copyright 1904 / By John Lane' on verso, pp. [5, 6]; Dedicatory poem, To Hilaire Belloc, pp. 7, 8; Contents pp. 9, [10]; List of illustrations, p. [11]; p. [12] blank; Half divisional title, not included in pagination; Text pp. 13-[301]. The seven illustrations are angled towards the cover and pages 16, 70, 104, 190, 220, 264 and 296.
Dark spring green fabric with black letters. Obverse: THE NAPOLEON / OF / NOTTING HILL / [image of rooftops and water tower in black] / GILBERT K. CHESTERTON [All within a double-lined border.]
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Fiction, Classical Literature, Science Fiction, Politics and Government, English Fiction, Political Fiction, Fantasy Fiction, London (England), Fiction, British and Irish Fiction (Fictional Works by a Single Author), Political Fiction, Fantasy Fiction, General, Russian Translations, General Fiction, Fantasy Fiction, Notting Hill (London, England) -- FictionPeople
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Fourth reprint. Crown 8th. Bound in original decorated green cloth. Cover: At the bottom of the spine it reads John Lane. "Copyright 1904 by John Lane"--T.p. verse. Original UK retail price: 6s.
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An ingenious and surreal novel from the future.
In a rather dull and stagnant future, a prankster randomly chosen to be king of England revives the old ways and inadvertently sparks romantic patriotism and civil war between the boroughs of London.