Nov 10, 2015 - Sale 2397

Sale 2397 - Lot 335

Price Realized: $ 1,820
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
VALE, G.B. The Mystery of the Papyrus. 8-page publisher's catalogue at rear. 8vo, publisher's green cloth, spine lightly faded; dust jacket, numerous tape repairs on verso, scattered soiling, spine panel faded with abrading and dampspot; preserved in a custom cloth drop-back case (LMS booklabel). London: Methuen & Co., (1929)

Additional Details

first edition. Rare bibliomystery, with Lost Race elements, no copies listed on ABPC or Rare Book Hub; OCLC locates 6 copies. Part of the Methuen Clue Stories series. Bleiler, Checklist p. 197.