Uncommon book: New Bodies for Old; or, The Strange Experiments of Dr. Lerne by Maurice Renard. First American edition. NY: The Macaulay Company, 1923. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.25 x 7.5, 308 pages. Book condition: VG/VG+, with foxing to endpapers. Dedicated to H. G. Wells, this is the first English translation of Renard's mad scientist novel: in it, Dr. Lerne performs organ transplants not only between men and animals, but also between plants and even machines.