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Published by C. Arthur Pearson, London, 1916
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
Condition: Fair. London: C. Arthur Pearson, 1916. Reissue of the 1899 Edition (sometimes seen described as a Second Edition or Impression), containing only the first six of that edition's twelve stories. 12mo; 117pp + publisher's imprint & 2pp ads. Publisher's blue-gray cloth with dark blue/black lettering, Boards heavily rubbed and pushed along edges, corners, and spine ends, with a good amount of soiling / smudging to surface and scuffing down joints. Front joint cracked. Half title, full title, and a couple interior pages cleanly separated but laid in, with a few other interior pages close to the same. Opens easily between gatherings with occasional gaps between. Binding feels a bit loose but otherwise holding. Pages toned and brittle, but unmarked. Rough copy, but complete. Collection of stories following the adventures of Flaxman Low -- fiction's first Psychic Detective -- published under pseudonym by Hesketh Hesketh-Prichard and his mother, Kate O'Brien Ryall Prichard. The stories originally appeared in Pearson's Magazine from 1898 - 1899, with a first book collection by Pearson in 1899. [Bleiler Supernatural 799].
Published by C. Arthur Pearson Ltd, London, 1916
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good to Very Good-. First Thus. [1st printing] 1916. Olive-gray cloth lettered in black on front and spine. The first six adventures of the occult detective, Flaxman Low. Dusty and tanned cloth; internally tanned; binding solid.