Guy Boothby — &Apos;Farewell, Nikola&Apos;

London, Ward, Lock & Co, 1901. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this thrilling novel about criminal mastermind Dr. Nikola, illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work, the fifth and final novel in the Doctor Nikola series.Illustrated with a frontispiece and seven further plates by Harold Piffard. Collated, complete.An entertaining work about the occult criminal mastermind, known as a forerunner to Sax Rohmer's Fu Manchu.With four pages of advertisements to the rear. With the bookplate of George Fleming to the front pastedown, and a contemporary inscription, dated 1903, to the front free endpaper. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with pictorial onlay to front board. Bumping to back strip head and tail. Rubbing and loss of lettering to back strip. Bookplate to front pastedown, and inscription to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright, but with spotting throughout and instances of foxing to first and last few leaves. Very Good . Ill.: Harold Piffard. Very Good .