THE MAN IN LOWER TEN. Toronto: McLeod & Allen, Publishers, [1909]. Octavo, pp. [1-8] 1-372 [373-376: blank] [note: last two leaves are blanks], five inserted plates with color illustrations by Howard Chandler Christy, original olive green cloth, front panel stamped in white and blind, spine panel stamped in white. First edition. Mystery novel set in Washington, D.C. involving murder, forgery and blackmail. "Her masterpiece in the genre she affected. Told breezily in the first person by a lawyer nearing middle age, this story would now be called over-clued and melodramatic -- but think of the early R. A. Freeman, who is her contemporary." - Barzun and Taylor, A Catalogue of Crime 1863. Hubin (1994), p. 683. Smith, American Fiction, 1901-1925 R-339. Private owner's signature and ink stamp on front free endpaper. Spine lean, cloth rubbed at spine ends and corner tips, a very good copy. (#117566).
Price: $25.00
"March" on copyright page.