The Vizier of the Two-Horned Alexander

London: Cassell and Company Limited, 1899. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 8" by 5". Reginald B. Birch . The scarce first UK edition of this novel about a man who cannot die, written by Frank R. Stockton. The first UK edition. Also published in the U.S in the same year. In the publisher's original cloth. Illustrated by Reginald B. Birch with a monochrome frontispiece and twenty monochrome plates. Collated complete. This work was written by American writer and humourist, Frank Richard Stockton. The work tells the story of Kroudhr, a man who cannot die and the adventures that he has experienced during his long life. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally very smart with a very slight lean, minor fading to the spine and light rubbing to the extremities and joints. Past owner's stamp to the front pastedown with spotting to the endpapers and light offsetting to the front. Internally binding strained in places with cords showing. Pages generally bright with occasional spotting. Very Good Indeed