first edition Hardcover
1901 · New York
by Davis, Richard Harding
New York: R. H. Russell, 1901. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Pierce, Thomas Mitchell; Steele, F.D.. Presentation copy, with a letter from the author thanking the recipient for "your kindly notices of me in the Sunday papers of last week" affixed to the front free endpaper. A delightful early mystery, in which the members of an exclusive club attempt to distract another with interconnected tales. Wear to the corners, head and tail of the spine of the blue cloth covers. Front hinge tender. 8 plates of illustrations from Thomas Mitchell Pierce; 8 plates in a very different style from Frederic Dorr Steele. 155pp. 8.75 x 6
(Inventory #: 2023-P390)