The Story of Ab. A Tale of the Time of the Cave Men.
Chicago: Way and Williams, 1897. First edition of a novel that influenced Jack London’s own pre-historic fantasy novel, Before Adam (serialized in 1906-1907 in Everybody’s Magazine). Waterloo eventually accused London of plagiarism, though the latter denied the charges and insisted he was merely inspired by it. Map frontispiece. Title-page printed.....