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THE OLD MAN IN THE CORNER.
London: Greening & Co., Ltd., 1909. Octavo, pp. [1-7] 8 [9-10] 11-340, eight inserted plates with illustrations by H. M. Brock, original blue cloth, illustration to front panel stamped in red, blue, black and white, lettering to spine and front panel stamped in gold. First edition. A collection of the earliest cases of the Old Man in the Corner. "Among the first and greatest of all 'armchair detectives.'" - Steinbrunner and Penzler, Encyclopedia of Mystery and Detection, p. 298. "An important book." - Queen, The Detective Short Story, p. 83. "Good detection with action indirect but often effective" - Barzun and Taylor: A Catalogue of Crime: Revised and Enlarged Edition (1989), #4007. Hubin (1994), p. 618. QQ 41.
THE OLD MAN IN THE CORNER.
London: Greening & Co., Ltd., 1909. Octavo, pp. [1-7] 8 [9-10] 11-340, eight inserted plates with illustrations by H. M. Brock, original blue cloth, illustration to front panel stamped in red, blue, black and white, lettering to spine and front panel stamped in gold. First edition. A collection of the earliest cases of the Old Man in the Corner. "Among the first and greatest of all 'armchair detectives.'" - Steinbrunner and Penzler, Encyclopedia of Mystery and Detection, p. 298. "An important book." - Queen, The Detective Short Story, p. 83. "Good detection with action indirect but often effective" - Barzun and Taylor: A Catalogue of Crime: Revised and Enlarged Edition (1989), #4007. Hubin (1994), p. 618. QQ 41.
A SPY OF NAPOLEON.
London: Hodder & Stoughton Limited, [1934]. Octavo, pp. [1-6] 7-321 [322-327: ads] [328: blank], original light blue cloth, front and spine stamped in black. First edition.