THE BLACK OPAL

by Maxwell Gray, Mary Gleed Tuttiett

$450 · Offered by L. W. Currey

New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1918. Octavo, pp. i-v vi-ix x 1-320 321 322: blank , publisher's purple boards with burgundy shelf back, front and spine panels stamped in cream. First U.S. edition, first printing. This is a story of a woman's life, her unhappy start -- consequent downfall -- and final redemption. But the Black Opal is the center of the plot, and the solution of its mysterious theft makes

• Printing: first

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