Prince Zaleski

Shiel (M.P.)

Published by John Lane; Roberts Bros, London & Boston, 1895

About this Item

First edition. 8vo. Original purple decorative cloth. One of the most well-known and collectable of Lane's important 'Keynotes' series, this being the seventh in the series, and the first of two appearances therein for the "King of Redonda" (the other being his influential work Shapes in the Fire, number XXIX). Aubrey Beardsley provided the title-page/cover designs and most if not all of the monogram key devices for the series up until vol.XXIII. Prince Zaleski was Shiel's first published work, drawing inspiration in part from the detective tales of Edgar Allan Poe, and comprising three mysteries: "The Race of Orven", "The Stone of the Edmundsbury Monks", and "The S.S.", each to be solved by the eponymous Zaleski, an eccentric Russian nobleman living in exile in a derelict Welsh abbey. Light toning to margins, bookplate and bookseller's small sticker to front endpapers; cloth sunned to spine and partially edges, slightly rubbed, small hole to cloth near lower hinge. Seller Inventory # 85277

Bibliographic Details

Title: Prince Zaleski

Publisher: John Lane; Roberts Bros, London & Boston

Publication Date: 1895

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Edition: 1st Edition