THE CHRONICLES OF DON Q. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1904. Octavo, pp. [1-4] 5-7 [8] 9-313 [314: blank] [315-320: ads], 12 inserted plates with illustrations by Stanley L. Wood, title page printed in orange and black, original pictorial blue-gray cloth, front panel stamped in light blue, tan, red and black, spine panel stamped in black. First U.S. edition. The first book featuring Don Quebranta Huesos, a grim Spanish criminal who is "vicious toward the rich and evil but kind to the poor and good" (Steinbrunner and Penzler). This collection of short fiction recounting the exploits of the adventurous rogue was followed by another, NEW CHRONICLES OF DON Q (1906) and a novel, DON Q'S LOVE STORY (1909). Queen, The Detective Short Story, p. 91. Hubin (1994), p. 656. Cloth rubbed at spine ends and corner tips, part of an addressed-stamped envelope pasted to front paste-down with some offset on free endpaper, a very good copy. (#110205).
Price: $150.00
"Published November, 1904" on copyright page.