THE GREAT STONE OF SARDIS: A NOVEL

by Frank Stockton

$100 · Offered by L. W. Currey

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, publisher's decorated blue green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in brown and gold. First edition. Classic nineteenth-century portrayal of an irresponsible scientist who creates potentially hazardous devices. Anatomy of

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