Author: Guy Boothby
Title: Doctor Nikola
Description: London, Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, 1896. Cloth. A third edition of this work about Doctor Nikola, an occultist criminal seeking world domination, in the publisher's original pictorial binding. Dr. Nikola was a forerunner to Sax Rohmer's fictional villain Fu Manchu, and sought world domination using Tibetan processes to revive the dead and offer immortality to the living; he featured in a series of five works.Guy Boothby (1867-1905) was a prolific Australian writer best known for his Dr Nikola series, and Pharos, the Egyptian, a Gothic tale about Egypt and the supernatural. Boothby was a friend of Rudyard Kipling's, and wrote ghost stories, Gothic horror, science fiction and crime fiction, with particular interest placed on his supernatural works.In a pictorial cloth binding, with a picture of Dr. Nikola on the spine.Illustrated by Stanley L. Wood.This is a third edition of this popular Victorian work. In the publisher's original full cloth binding. Externally generally smart, with some bumping to the head and tail of the spine, which is a touch discoloured, with slight loss to the image of Doctor Nikola. Internally, firmly bound. Pages have the occasional instance of spotting, but are otherwise bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: Stanley L. Wood. Very Good .
Keywords: Doctor Nikola Guy Boothby Fiction Occult Guy Boothby Stanley L. Wood
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Title: Doctor Nikola
Description: London, Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, 1896. Cloth. A third edition of this work about Doctor Nikola, an occultist criminal seeking world domination, in the publisher's original pictorial binding. Dr. Nikola was a forerunner to Sax Rohmer's fictional villain Fu Manchu, and sought world domination using Tibetan processes to revive the dead and offer immortality to the living; he featured in a series of five works.Guy Boothby (1867-1905) was a prolific Australian writer best known for his Dr Nikola series, and Pharos, the Egyptian, a Gothic tale about Egypt and the supernatural. Boothby was a friend of Rudyard Kipling's, and wrote ghost stories, Gothic horror, science fiction and crime fiction, with particular interest placed on his supernatural works.In a pictorial cloth binding, with a picture of Dr. Nikola on the spine.Illustrated by Stanley L. Wood.This is a third edition of this popular Victorian work. In the publisher's original full cloth binding. Externally generally smart, with some bumping to the head and tail of the spine, which is a touch discoloured, with slight loss to the image of Doctor Nikola. Internally, firmly bound. Pages have the occasional instance of spotting, but are otherwise bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: Stanley L. Wood. Very Good .
Keywords: Doctor Nikola Guy Boothby Fiction Occult Guy Boothby Stanley L. Wood
Price: GBP 110.00 = appr. US$ 157.08 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 766R31
- Book number: 766R31
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