Nov 10, 2015 - Sale 2397

Sale 2397 - Lot 141

Price Realized: $ 520
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
FREEMAN, R. AUSTIN. The Singing Bone. Printed in double columns, advertisements at front and rear. 8vo, original pictorial wrappers, backstrip rubbed affecting letters with some loss, creasing; contents toned; card tray and slipcase. Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone. London: Hodder & Stoughton, [1912]

Additional Details

presumed first edition in wrappers. Scarce survival of a fragile item. Introduction of the "inverted tale" in which the identity of the killer is known from the beginning. Queens Quorum 52.