Studies in Black and Red

by Joseph Forster

$210 · Offered by Adrian Harrington Rare Books · No longer available

First edition

London: Ward and Downey, 1896. True crime FIRST EDITION. Octavo 19 x 14cm , pp.vi; 318; 2 ads . Publisher's black cloth strikingly decorated in red and gilt with snakes, gilt lightning bolts and what appears to be some sort of river of blood...quite understated really. Internally clean, gentle spotting to edges, bookplate to pastedown, covers clean and bright. Near fine. An attractive book with grisly content, being accounts of the highlights of 19th

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