[1913] The Human Slaughter-House

Description

Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, Very Scarce

First UK paperback edition. Published the same year as the US edition.

First English translation, based on the German novel 'Das Menschenschlachthaus: Bilder von kommenden Krieg' (1912) by Wilhelm Lamszus. Translated by Oakley Williams.

Dated using Jisc, from copies of the work held at the British Library.

Wilhelm Lamszus was a German teacher and author who was known for his anti-war writings, such as this one. At the time of the Nazi regime in Germany, Lamszus was immediately dismissed from his teaching post due to the nature of his writings.

This particular novel was written two years prior to the First World War, with the full name of the novel being 'The Human Slaughter-House (Scenes from the War That Is Sure to Come)', foreshadowing the coming events. The novel is told from the point of view of a pacifist who presents a horrific vision of the near future.

Hutchinson's advertisements to the rear of the work.