(#130574) QUINNEY'S ADVENTURES. Horace Annesley Vachell.

QUINNEY'S ADVENTURES. New York: George H. Doran Company, [1924]. Octavo, pp. [1-10] 11-318 [319-320: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], original red cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black. First U.S. edition. Mixed collection of short fiction including some supernaturalism and crime. Part of a series of books collecting stories about Joe Quinney, a crafty English dealer in art and antiques with "the wisdom of the serpent and the unwavering determination to come out on top." Sequel to QUINNEYS' (1914), a very popular book upon which a four-act play was based. Bleiler (1978), p. 197. Hubin (1994), p. 816. Text paper a bit tanned, a near fine copy in very good four-color pictorial dust jacket with shelf wear along top and bottom edges, mainly spine ends and corner tips, and mild general dust soiling. (#130574).

Price: $250.00

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First printing has "GHD" monogram on copyright page.