Shiel (M. P.) The Young Men are Coming!, first edition, the dedication copy, signed by Shiel and by the dedicatee John Gawsworth "ex. Juan R." on title, scattered spotting, heavier to edges, newspaper clipping laid onto endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket pasted onto covers and spine with resultant cockling, creasing and tearing, spine faded, extremities rubbed, 8vo, 1937.

⁂ The dedication copy of this science fiction title. Gawsworth was a great admirer of Shiel's work and would be appointed his literary executor. Gawsworth's signature is a reference to what has become a long-running literary joke, started when Shiel's father claimed the island of Redonda and appointed himself king. The kingdom passed to Shiel and then to Gawsworth who gave himself the royal title "Juan I". Rulers of the micronation are still appointed today, most recently the Spanish author Javier Marias.