first edition Hardcover
1923 · New York
by RENARD, Maurice
New York: Macaulay, 1923. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First American edition, and first edition in English of his 1908 novel *Le Docteur Lerne, Sous-Dieu* (translation unattributed). A small owner's name stamped twice, else fine in very near fine dustwrapper. Classic science-fiction tale about a mad scientist and his inhuman experiments. The first novel by the author of *The Hands of Orlac*. *Bleiler* p. 223. (Inventory #: 95435)