Island of Regeneration

New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1909. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 362pp. Duodecimo [19cm]. Tan cloth with orange and green ink designs and titles on front board and spine. Publisher's brown topstain. Moderate wear to edges of boards. Several small stains to cloth. "Island of Regeneration" is the story of a young woman cast ashore on a Pacific island inhabited by only one man, who is incapable of speech and exhibits savage behavior. It is a noted inspiration for Edgar Rice Burrough's "Tarzan of the Apes.