THE GREAT STONE OF SARDIS: A NOVEL

by Frank Stockton

$150 · Offered by L. W. Currey · No longer available

First edition

New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1898. Octavo, pp. i-v vi-vii viii 1-230 231-232: ads , 52 inserted plates with illustrations by Peter Newell, original decorated green cloth, front panel stamped in brown and gold, spine panel stamped in gold. First edition. Classic nineteenth-century portrayal of an irresponsible scientist who creates potentially hazardous devices.

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