Shiel (M. P.) The Dragon, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "The fact that God has a predilection for pigtails and microbes (to judge from their number) has always struck me, and there seemed to me such a picture in their overflowing with a stare into the West... But "the readers" seemed to prefer the first work to the second better - pigs as regard tales! M.P. Shiel. 1924" to front free endpaper, 28pp. advertisements dated 1913 at rear, light browning to endpapers, slight surface abrasion to front pastedown, original pictorial cloth, spine a little darkened, spine ends and corners a little bumped, some light rubbing and marking, preserved in custom chemise and morocco-backed slip-case, 8vo, Grant Richards, 1913.

⁂ A future war novel and the second of Shiel's "yellow peril" titles, with a lengthy inscription discussing its inspiration and reception.