THE FATE OF LUKE ORMEROD

by Richard Dowling

$100 · Offered by L. W. Currey · No longer available

First edition

London: Hurst and Blackett, Ltd., 1905. Octavo, pp. 1-8 1 2-327 328: printer's imprint note: first leaf is a blank , original sage green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in red and black. First edition. A speaking clockwork automaton which has become the sensation of the music halls, is the focus of this sentimental crime romance. Its inventor, a reclusive old man, is being blackmailed, and the villain dies in

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