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An edition of The Napoleon of Notting Hill (1904)

The Napoleon of Notting Hill

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The Napoleon / of / Notting Hill / By / Gilbert K. Chesterton / With Seven Full-Page Illustrations by / W. Graham Robertson / and a Map of the Seat of War / John Lane: The Bodley Head / London & New York. MDCCCCIV

Pp. ix, 304. Half-title, p. [i]; [ii] blank; Frontispiece, not included in pagination; Title-page, p. [iii]; Copyright in U.S.A., 1904. / William Clowes & Sons, Limited, London and Beccles., p. [iv]; Dedicatory poem, To Hilaire Belloc, pp. v, vi; Contents, pp.vii, viii; Illustrations, p. ix; [10-12] blank; 13-[301] text, [302] blank; [303, 304] advertisements. The seven full-page illustrations are tipped in to face the title-page and pp. 16, 70, 104, 190, 220, 264 and 296. The title-page is mounted on a stub.

Olive-green cloth lettered in black. Front: THE NAPOLEON / OF / NOTTING HILL / [picture of roof-tops and water tower in black and red] / GILBERT K. CHESTERTON [All within a double ruled border.] Spine: [rule] / THE / NAPOLEON / OF / NOTTING / HILL / G. K. CHESTERTON / [figure in black and red] / JOHN LANE / [rule] [All within a ruled border]. Top edges green, others uncut.

A. As above. BM 22 April 04.
B. Top edges green, others trimmed.
C. Front and spine lettered in red, otherwise as A.
D. As A, but foot of spine reads THE BODLEY HEAD in place of JOHN LANE.

Published March 22, 1904, at 6s. 5,000 copies.

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Publisher
John Lane: The Bodley Head
Language
English
Pages
324

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Fiction, Classic Literature, Science Fiction, Politics and government, English fiction, Political fiction, Fantastic fiction, London (england), fiction, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, political, Fiction, fantasy, general, Translations into Russian, Fiction, general, Fantasy fiction, Notting Hill (London, England) -- Fiction
People
G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936)
Places
Notting Hill (London, England)
Times
1984

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London, New York

Table of Contents

Book I
Chapter. Page Page
I. Introductory Remarks on the Art of Prophecy Page 13 II. The Man in Green Page 21 III. The Hill of Humour Page 49
Book II
I. The Charter of the Cities Page 65 II. The Council of the Provosts Page 82 III. Enter a Lunatic Page 102
Book III
I. The Mental Condition of Adam Wayne Page 125 II. The Remarkable Mr. Turnbull Page 147 III. The Experiment of Mr. Buck Page 163
Book IV
I. The Battle of the Lamps Page 189 II. The Correspondent of the "Court Journal" Page 208 III. The Great Army of South Kensington Page 224
Book V
I. The Empire of Notting Hill Page 259 II. The Last Battle Page 279 III. Two Voices Page 291
ILLUSTRATIONS
In the Dark Entrance there appeared a Flaming Figure Page Frontispiece
Page To face page
City Men out on All Fours in a Field covered with Veal Cutlets Page 16 "I'm the King of the Castle" Page 70 "I bring Homage to my King" Page 104 Map of the Seat of War Page 190 King Auberon descended from the Omnibus with Dignity Page 220 "A Fine Evening, Sir," said the Chemist Page 264 "Wayne, it was all a Joke!" Page 296

Edition Notes

First Impression. Crown 8vo. Includes publisher's advertisements at end. Original retail price: 6s or $1.50.

Issued in green buckram. Laid end papers. All edges uncut.
NOTE.—Later issues of the first edition have lettering in red, instead of black, on front cover.

Published in the UK: 22 March 1904; in USA: April 1904.

Other Titles
The Napoleon of Notting Hill: A Romance
Copyright Date
1904

Classifications

Library of Congress
PZ3.C4265 Ni, PR4453.C4, PR4453.C4 A4 N63 1904, 828 C526n, PR4453.C4 Ni
lccn_permalink
http://lccn.loc.gov/04011539

Contributors

Illustrator
W. Graham Robertson
Dedicated to
Hilaire Belloc
Printer
William Clowes & Sons, Limited, London and Beccles.
Cover Design
W. Graham Robertson

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
[4], ix, [10]-300, [6] p. incl. front., [7] leaves of plates : ill., map ; 19 cm. (8º)
Number of pages
324
Dimensions
19 x x centimeters

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL23365952M
Internet Archive
napoleon00chesuoft
LCCN
04011539
OCLC/WorldCat
3331377, 558508956, 682509238, 228678064, 697582584, 459243352, 659679724, 499785316, 476025210, 24972938
amazon.co.uk_asin
B001DY2NHA, B001O2OFCC
Hathi Trust
002104345, 006060759
Google
jwDJjwEACAAJ, npSPKQEACAAJ, 9aNrtwAACAAJ
Internet Speculative Fiction Database
320782
abebooks,de
1217138219, 836654807, 1099069614, 975677190, 3773914959, 624978346, 855516365, 855516364, 3950989028, 5505522341, 75181155, 5466995382
Oxford University Bodleian Library Aleph System Number
014254529, 015191965
British Library
000680147, 009588197
Harvard University Library
004933919, 004861950
Shelfari
398498
Project Gutenberg
20058
Scribd
74247547, 2375188, 53389106, 37278404
Library Thing
13081
Goodreads
6906673

Work Description

A witty and surreal novel of the future.

In a rather dull stuck-in-a-rut future, a prankster chosen randomly to be King of England revives the old ways and inadvertently arouses romantic patriotism and civil war between the boroughs of London.

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