The Torch of Reason or Humanity's God
Cincinnati: The Torch of Reason Publishers, 1912. First printing. Hardcover. First printing, 1912. Gilt pictorial red cloth, 477 pp., 2 pp ads, several pictorial plates in b/w. About very good, some fading to spine, minor fading and soil to covers, light occasional soil to contents. Extremely rare work of proletarian fiction modeled on the socialist fiction of Jack London, of an Alaskan who organizes a "red army.' Not in Rideout. Berry, whose name only appears on the frontispiece portrait, edited a socialist/communist journal in Cincinnati called The Torch of Reason and this is his first time trying his hand at fiction. OCLC locates only 7 copies total. Very Good. Item #C000023257
Price: $185.00