SALTUS, EDGAR. A Transient Guest and Other Episodes. 8vo, original pictorial wrappers, chips to head and foot of spine, scattered soiling; occasional foxing; preserved in a fleece-lined custom drop-back case. first edition, first printing, unopened copy. Early work in the genre and scarce in the fragile wrappers. BAL 17142; Queen's Detective Short Story. Chicago, New York, and San Francisco: Belford, Clarke, & Co., (1889)