Precedes the British edition. 332pp + 4pp of publisher's advertisements. Original light brown decorated cloth with white lettering on the front and the spine. Frontispiece and three inserted plates by C. H. Taffs. Previous owner's name in pencil on the front free endpaper, light wear to extremities, fading to spine panel, minor foxing throughout. A very good copy. In Hubin, 1994, p. 617.; Octavo. Seller Inventory # 24351

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Title: The Vanished Messenger

Publisher: Little, Brown, and Company, Boston

Publication Date: 1914

Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: Illustrated by Taffs, C. H.

Edition: First Edition.

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