Reprint. First issued in 1901, this is the March 1929 re-issue as a volume in the uniform set "The Novels of M.P. Shiel". Octavo, original black cloth titled in green on spine panel. 288 pp. Neat owner's name in ink on front free endpaper, dated 193 4, very good copy in slightly dusty and mildly soiled cloth beginning to fray at spine edges. ¶ Shiel's most famous work, a 'last man alive' science fiction disaster novel, considered by many to be a masterpiece of English prose.