The Hollow Needle.

£75 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

First appearing in 1905 with the publication of Leblanc’s short story entitled, “The Arrest of Arsène Lupin”, Lupin has been described as a “gentleman thief” or the criminal counterpart to Sherlock Holmes (who appeared in many of Leblanc’s stories as “Holmlock Shears”). A very good copy of this later edition, translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos, thin plastic of dust jacket bubbling along outer spine hinges.

• Year: 1960

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