W.C. Morrow - The Ape, The Idiot & Other People - Lippincott, 1897, First Edition.

Philadelphia, Lippincott, 1897. First edition, first impression. Hardback. A very good copy. An important collection of 14 short works of horror / weird fiction. His Unconquerable Enemy, set in India, follows a tortured and dismembered anti-hero, Neranya, and his superhuman feat of escape. In The Monster Maker, a scientist creates a monster - think The Thing - that does its own thing leading to chaos and messiness. The Permanent Stiletto follows a man with a knife stuck in his aorta; a tricky time for him no doubt. A superb collection, and a highlight of the genre. A slight lean, some bumping and wear to the tips, some offsetting. [10363, Hyraxia Books].