SPARE, Austin Osman (1886-1956). Earth Inferno. London: Co-Operative Printing Society, 1905. Folio. Illustrated throughout. [3, sic]-30 (bound without half-title or original wrappers). Bound by the Monastery Hill Bindery in modern full rust cloth. This copy with additional later prints, including a mounted (now loose) color print (photocopy? - captioned ?Earth Inferno"), a large, laid-in color photograph of ?Earth Inferno," and a later print of ?King of the Beasts" (an unpublished drawing for Earth Inferno - mounted, but now loose). Binding stitching and associated tears visible at gutters, some occasional foxing. Very good. FIRST EDITION OF SPARE'S FIRST BOOK, PUBLISHED WHEN HE WAS ONLY 18 YEARS OLD; THIS COPY INSCRIBED BY SPARE ON THE TITLE-PAGE: ?To George Ryder from Austin O. Spare 1913". Unnumbered copy. It is possible that the recipient of this inscription was the founder of London's Ryder Gallery, which exhibited Spare's works in the early 1910s. From the Collection of Louis A. Irmo. Measurements: 30 x 24 x 2".