THE MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY With an Introduction by Carl Van Doren

LIMITED EDITION SIGNED BY THE ILLUSTRATOR, Edward A. Wilson, hand-numbered one of 1500 copies only. Illustrated by Edward A. Wilson, being six full page colourplates, a colour vignette title-page, and a colour headpiece; all reproduced through the use of hand-coloured stencils. Thin 4to, publisher's original oxblood faux calf, the upper cover deeply embossed with a design of North America with the United States vanished, gilt lettering on the spine, t.e.g., in the very scarce original glassine and paper-covered slipcase lettered in oxblood. 59, (1) pp. A very fine copy, pristine and as new, the book without flaw, even the scarce glassine wrapper shows only trivial expected age and the slipcase is close to perfect.

Edizione: a flawless copy of what we believe the most appealing stand-alone edition available of hale's classic patriotic short story. the design of the book, by edward alonzo miller, provides large, tall pages of type both pleasing-to and easy-on the eyes. the binding design is bold, and quite original. most importantly, the book is wonderfully illustrated by edward a. wilson, a student of howard pyle's, who had a passion for nautical and patriotic themes.<br> one of the most famous novellas in american literature, the man without a country was written to inspire patriotism during the civil war. although the story is entirely fictitious, there was a real philip nolan (the main character in this work), whose true history is the basis for hale's complementary novelette, philip nolan's friends.<br> the man without a country is among the best examples of fiction being used to promote a political cause. “as hale intended, the short story created significant support for the u.s. as a country, identifying the priority of the union over the individual states, and thus pressuring readers to view southern secession negatively. in so doing, he convinced many individuals to join, or at least support the north's effort to, as abraham lincoln put it, "preserve the union." in the story, hale skillfully convinced many readers that nolan was an actual figure, thus increasing the story's effectiveness as a piece of patriotic literature.” - john r. adams.