The Gland Stealers

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1922. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 314pp. Duodecimo [19.5 cm] Pale green cloth over boards, with a black ink stamped vignette on the front board. Extremities are gently bumped and rubbed. Front board sunned along the top edge. Mild foxing to the top edge of the text block. Front hinge just a tad soft. Text block just starting to crack at p. 129. From the collection of Berkeley book collector and letterpress printer John Ruyle. Bleiler Checklist, p. 80 (London edition). An older gentleman attempts to rejuvenate himself with gland transplants from gorillas.