A MODERN MONK.

by the Author of Confessions of an Actress, Serpent Sin, etc. by Anthony Morris

$15,000 · Offered by L. W. Currey

First edition

N.p., n.d. Circa: 1893. . Octavo, pp. 1-7 8-299 300: blank 301-303 304-320: blank , inserted frontispiece, publisher's white wrappers printed in salmon and red. First edition. The earliest American pornographic science fiction novel known to us. The protagonist, Darius Shankdig -- free thinker, professor of astral chemistry, hypnotist, and astronomer -- invents a powerful telescope and observes the activities of

• Binding: Wrappers

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