THE BLACK TORTOISE: BEING THE STRANGE STORY OF OLD FRICK'S DIAMOND ... Authorized Translation from the Norwegian by Gertrude Hughes Braekstad. New York: Doubleday & Page & Co., 1901. Octavo, original decorated terra cotta cloth stamped in black and gold. First U.S. edition. A mystery novel, published the same year in London by Heinemann, featuring Inspector Monk. Translated from the Norwegian by Gertrude Hughes Braekstad. Many later printings, but first is scarce. Glover and Greene, Victorian Detective Fiction 443 (recording the Heinemann edition). Spine lean, cloth rubbed at edges, a sound, good copy. (#132275).

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