Item #25486 PERKINS, THE FAKEER: A TRAVESTY ON REINCARNATION. Edward Van Zile.

PERKINS, THE FAKEER: A TRAVESTY ON REINCARNATION.

New York, London: The Smart Set Publishing Co., 1903. Octavo, pp. [1-8] 9-10 [11-14] 15-377 [378: blank] [379-381: ads] [382-386: blank] [notes; first and last two leaves are blanks; title leaf is conjugate with frontispiece and is an insert], four inserted plates with illustrations by Hy Mayer, original pictorial brown cloth, front panel stamped in red, white, black and gold, spine panel stamped in gold, fore and bottom edges untrimmed. First edition. Three stories with humorous treatment of personality transference. First story, "When Reginald was Caroline," is sex reversal with husband in wife's body. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1628. Bleiler (1978), p. 198. Reginald 14578. Smith, American Fiction, 1901-1925 V-148. Penciled name to front free end paper, mild rubbing to spine ends and corner tips, a nearly fine copy. (25486). Item #25486

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