Publication: J B Lippincott Company, 1901, Philadelphia
First U. S. edition. 8vo. Original gray cloth, titles decorated in white and black on front cover and stamped in white on the spine, 326 pp., frontispiece plus seven additional full-page plates throughout the text. White spine lettering largely worn, a few light rubs to the covers, else a very good clean copy. The final Doctor Nikola novel, concerning a criminal mastermind and sinister occultist who seeks immortality and plots to take over the world.
Inventory Number: 32077