Pratt (Ambrose) The Living Mummy
£250
New York, Frederick A. Stokes, February, 1910.
Second edition. 8vo. Original red pictorial cloth.
The second edition of this weird sci-fi tale of Egyptologists and suspended animation, published within one month of the first edition. Scarce.
In stock
Contents pulling slightly, small bookseller label to endpaper; cloth slightly rubbed at spine ends, but overall a very good copy.
4 colour illustrations by Louis D. Fancher.
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