v, [1], 215 pp. Publisher's printed buff wrappers. In custom half morocco slipcase and cloth chemise. First Edition, pre-publication issue for copyright purposes only.

Very rare prepublication issue with title page date of 1906 and copyright line reading "Published [space] , 1906." Front wrapper printed from title page plate. Typeset without text illustrations (accounting for the nearly 30 fewer pages than the published edition) and bound without the plates found in the regular edition. Originally serialized in 6 issues of "Everybody's Magazine" from October, 1906- February, 1907. The regular edition was published in February, 1907. BAL 11903.