QUEEN OF THE JESTERS AND HER STRANGE ADVENTURES IN OLD PARIS

by Max Pemberton

$350 · Offered by L. W. Currey

First edition

London: C. Arthur Pearson, Limited, 1897. Octavo, pp. i-iv v-vi vii-viii 1 2-332, eight inserted plates with illustrations by Harold Piffard, publisher's decorated red cloth, front and spine panels stamped in white and gold. First edition. Eight linked short stories of adventure, mystery and fantastic atmosphere dwarfs, drugs, dreams, etc. , all centered around the figure of Corinne de Montesson, the eccentric

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