The Unspecific Scandal. An Original, Political, Critical and Critical Extravaganza, Performed at the Great Dominion Theatre, Ottawa, in the Year of Grace, 1873.
Ottawa. Printed by A.S. Woodbun*, Elgin Street, 1874. 8vo, 21.6cm, First Edition, 19p., in the original mauve printed wrappers, with the title repeated on the upper cover in printer's frame border, cover soiled (tea stains?), on the fore edge diminishing to page 8, some light foxing on the title-page, good to very good - a great Ottawa and a great Political satire item, this is the first copy we have seen.(cgc). Item #42581
A Political skit about "The Pacific Scandal". "... a political scandal in Canada involving allegations of "three bribes" being accepted by members of the Conservative government in the attempts of private interests to influence the bidding for a national rail contract. ... The scandal ultimately led to the resignation of Canada's First Prime Minister, Sir John A. Macdonald, and a transfer of power from his Conservative government to a Liberal government led by Alexander Mackenzie." - Wikipedia. ~ Fuller was a playwright and satirist, and was born in England on an unspecified date. None of his plays or pamphlets bore his name, and a bibliography of his publications is difficult to compile. The date of his death is also undetermined, but he seems to have died before 1912. * the publisher A.S. Thornburn would have been the bookseller of Thornburn & Abbott.
Price: $500.00