FREEMAN R AUSTIN The Red Thumb Mark

Sale 2397 - Lot 140

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FREEMAN, R. AUSTIN. The Red Thumb Mark. Frontispiece. 8vo, original black cloth lettered in white with red thumb print (the author's own) on front cover, discreet touch-up to spine; ownership inscription, contents clean; preserved in a custom 1/4 morocco drop-back case. Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone. London: Collingwood Bros., [1907]

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first edition of the author's first book. The first "Dr. Thorndyke" novel and the first book published under the author's name. Also known to contain the first accepted use of identification by fingerprints, though others have laid claim to this as well. Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone.