The Double Life of Mr. Alfred Burton

Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1913. First American edition. Hardcover. Very good. 322pp. Duodecimo [19.5 cm] Blue cloth over boards with gilt lettering and a sea-green ink stamped floral design on the front board. The spine and boards are subtly edgeworn. Text block nice and square. From the collection of Berkeley book collector and letterpress printer John Ruyle. In Day. A novel which includes the discovery of an ancient Egyptian "mind-food" that changes personality, and causes absolute understanding and truth.