8vo. 249, [1], 2pp. Contemporary blind-tooled half-calf, marbled boards, with contrasting gilt-tooled red morocco lettering-piece to spine. Rubbed and marked, with wear to extremities, boards a tad faded. Ticket of James, Stroud to FEP. Contemporary inked gift inscription addressed to 'T. Egerton Lower from Walter Ruegg, March 1891' to FFEP. Spotting and browning to endpapers and blank fly-leaves.

The nineteenth edition of Edward Bellamy's (1850 – 1898) iconic utopian novel, the thesis of which inspired the creation of numerous 'Nationalist Clubs', formed with the intent to promote state nationalisation of key elements of British infrastructure.