Berkley Highland, New York, 1965, 2nd pr.  C909.   MMPB, 128 pages.  Wraps show some edge and cover wear, light corner bends, small faded water marks, some age toning, small scar on front, some reading creases; binding sound with a bow.  Interior clean and unmarked with tanning pages; small ding on fore-edge page block resulting in very short edge tears to a few pages.  ‘A young naturalist, Edward Prendick, is shipwrecked and finds himself stranded on a lonely island deep in the heart of the Pacific Ocean.  The island is dominated totally by the sinister Dr. Moreau, once a famous London scientist, and now deeply engaged in the creation of what he calls Beast Men.  The entire island is populated by monstrous creatures of his making, half animal and half human, over which Dr. Moreau wields his frightening power.  But Dr. Moreau’s greatest fear is that one day the Beast Men will taste blood!’ (from rear wrap)