THE FOUR JUST MEN. London: The Tallis Press, 1905. Octavo, inserted folding plan of 44 Downing Street, original orange cloth. First edition, first issue (or printing). This issue lacks chapter twelve and in its place has "appendix" printed on pages 222-224 and solution slip printed on rear free endpaper. Wallace's first book of fiction. The Just Men are self-appointed avengers who "unearth villainy that the law does not punish" and administer retribution for evil done. Hubin (1994), p. 832. Pronzini and Muller, 1001 Midnights: The Aficionado's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction, p. 816. Small bookplates of Carroll Atwood Wilson affixed to front paste-down and verso of front free endpaper. Cloth dusty, tanning to endpapers, foxing to preliminaries and early leaves of text, hairline cracks to inner hinges, a solid good copy. (#114798).
Price: $150.00
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