DOCTOR AUSTIN'S GUESTS

by William Gilbert

$1,500 · Offered by L. W. Currey

First edition

London and New York: Alexander Strahan Publisher, 1866. Octavo, two volumes: pp. 1-6 1 2-310; 1-6 1 2-315 316: blank , half titles present, rebound in three-quarter burgundy leather and gray cloth. First edition. Sequel to SHIRLEY HALL ASYLUM: OR THE MEMOIRS OF A MONOMANIAC 1863 . Eight linked stories providing hypothetical case-studies of various inmates of a private asylum. Doctor Austin is a psychiatrist; the

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