Author: Boothby, Guy; Cowell, Sydney (illustrator).
Title: Dr Nikola's Experiment.
Description: London Hodder & Stoughton, 1899. 1st ed. Hardback small octavo, no jacket, very good condition, dark green cloth pictorial cover (few scuffs), new endpapers, black & white plates (with page numbers, includes frontispiece with tissue guard), edges toned & foxed, title page & few other pages foxed (plus margins of some other pages), page edges untrimmed, some edgewear cloth cover (small section board missing base rear cover), some faint annotation rear free flyleaf. 340 pp. This copy: First edition (1899). The second of three novels by Guy Boothby featuring Doctor Nikola, an esoteric adventurer who seeks immortality. The diabolical doctor, a precursor to Sax Rohmer's Fu Manchu, is perhaps the first fictional super villain. Dr. Nikola attempts to rejuvenate a senile man. Written by Australian writer born at Glen Osmond South Australia in 1867. He lived mainly in England. He died in 1905 at Boscombe UK. He is best known for His Dr Nikola novels. (All 20 listed black & white plates present.). ISBN: 00047

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