National Life and Character. A Forecast. by PEARSON, Charles H.

London: Macmillan, 1893. Half morocco, 9 inches tall. A very fine binding by Zaehnsdorf with gilt raised bands and exceptional extra gilt tooling to the panels. Top edge gilt. An impressive 'Arthurian' bookplate. Some light pencil annotations. This is the very scarce first edition, which caused an international sensation on its appearance. Theodore Roosevelt wrote to Pearson to praise the book; Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone recommended it highly, but today its theme of the white man under siege is less enthusiastically received.