THE WISDOM OF THE SERPENT

by Constantine Ralli

$450 · Offered by L. W. Currey

First edition

London: Francis Griffiths, 34, Maiden Lane, Strand, W.C., 1907. Octavo, pp. 1-12 13-412 413-416: ads , publisher's red cloth, front and rear panels ruled in blind, spine panel stamped in gold, fore and bottom edges untrimmed. First edition. The 'serpent' in the title is Lever Sproule, a physician and mesmerist, who devotes 30 years of his life to destroying the Roehampton family because his parents' marriage was

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