" It is a man's duty to have books. A library is not a luxury, but one of the necessaries of life. "
— Henry Ward Beecher

New York: McClure, Phillips and Co., 1902. [Detective fiction] FIRST ISSUE (of four), of the First American edition, without the 'R' on the copyright page. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.viii; 249; [1], blank; [8], advertisements; [2], blank. Title page printed in black and red. With eight black and white illustrated plates by Sidney Paget, including a frontispiece. Elegantly hand-bound in half red oasis morocco over matching buckram sides, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with raised bands, black leather title label, cream endpapers, neat bookseller ticket. A clean, fine copy, inside and out. Item #60242
Green and Gibson A26c, page 122.
Price: £750.00