Jun 17, 2015 - Sale 2388

Sale 2388 - Lot 236

Price Realized: $ 281
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
SHIEL, M.P. Prince Zaleski. Title page and cover design by Aubrey Beardsley. Small 8vo, publisher's brick-red cloth, spine gilt-lettered, mild rubbing to spine tips and joints, few scratches along bottom of rear board; binding tight, contents clean; later cloth slipcase. Boston: Roberts Bros., 1895
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first american edition of the author's first book. A lovely copy of a scarce book containing three celebrated mystery stories: The Race of Orven, The Stone of the Edmundsbury Monks, and The S. S. "A frank throwback to Poe's Dupin trilogy" (20th Century Detective Stories, Queen, p. 243). Queen's Quorum #18.