An impoverished novelist suddenly inherits a vast fortune from a distant relation but unwittingly makes a pact with the Devil when he accepts the help of the aristocratic Prince Lucio Rimanez, who graciously offers to show him how to spend his money and fulfill all his earnest desires.
Cover title. Publisher and series inferred from record for same title published by Palmer Publications, founder of which, Ray Palmer, is known to have also issued titles simultaneously under his Amherst Press imprint in pictorial wrappers with black and white design on cover. Reprint. Originally published: London : Methuen & Co., 1895. Rare Books copy: in publisher's original printed wrappers.
Binding Information:
Publisher's pictorial wrappers featuring lightning bolt design in black and white on cover.
Source of Acquisition:
Rare Books copy: Purchased from David Mason books; 2016.
Related Materials:
Marie Corelli collection, 1844-1934 (9916); Located at: Special Collections Library, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania.
