THE MAD SCIENTIST: A TALE OF THE FUTURE

by Edward Richard McDonald, Raymond Leger

$450 · Offered by L. W. Currey

First edition

New York: Cochrane Publishing Co., 1908. Octavo, pp. 1-4 i-iv v-vi 1-242 243-246: blank note: first two and last two leaves are blanks , eight inserted plates with illustrations by Charles Beecher Bunnell, original blue-gray cloth, front panel stamped in red and black, spine panel stamped in black. First edition. Imaginative, a treasure-trove of motifs, but lacking literary quality ... Still, a very important work

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