The Dumpling: A Detective Love Story [inscribed presentation copy]

Inscribed presentation copy of the first edition: 'To Lou Warren from Coulson Kernahan' in black ink on the verso of the decorative first free endpaper. Original publisher's cloth with Napoleon design onlaid, fading to white lettering on the spine; the blue cloth binding is square and clean, some spotting to the thick paper stock throughout. Complete with frontispiece, three further plates and two separate publisher's catalogues at the end of the book. This futuristic tale centres on an uprising against the monarchy led by the eponymous Dumpling who resembles Napoleon. Most uncommon signed.