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HARRIS, Frank (1856–1931). The Bomb. London: John Long, [1908]. 8vo. Original publisher’s red cloth lettered in gilt (spine a bit sunned with few spots of rubbing, lower hinge cracked); custom folding box. FIRST EDITION of the author’s first novel that was based around the infamous Haymarket affair of 1886 that took place in Chicago after a bomb was set off during a labor demonstration killing numerous police officers and civilians. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR: “To Miss Florence Smith/from the author, / Frank Harris / 1913”.