THE CRIME AND THE CRIMINAL

by Richard Bernard Heldmann, Richard Marsh.

$250 · Offered by L. W. Currey · No longer available

First edition

London, New York and Melbourne: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, n.d. 1897 . Octavo, pp. i-ii iii-vi 1-346, two inserted plates with illustrations by Harold Piffard, publisher's burgundy cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold, all edges untrimmed. First edition, first printing. Detective novel featuring Matthew Holman of Scotland Yard. According to collector John Ruyle, this is a weird mystery with some fantastic

• Printing: first

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