The Wrecker

by William Hole, W. L. Metcalf, illustrators, Robert Louis

£60 · Offered by Adrian Harrington Rare Books

First edition

London: Cassell & Company, 1892. Crime Mystery FIRST EDITION. Octavo 20 x 14cm , pp.viii; 427 12 . Publisher's catalogue dated May 1892. With 12 half-tone illustrated plates by Hole and Metcalf, including a frontispiece. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. Fore-edge untrimmed. Repair to split lower hinge. Spotting and toning to edges and endpapers. Slightly cocked. Quite roughly opened in places. Moderate wear to cloth; spine quite

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