(#136471) MARSHFIELD THE OBSERVER & THE DEATH-DANCE: STUDIES OF CHARACTER & ACTION. Egerton Castle.

MARSHFIELD THE OBSERVER & THE DEATH-DANCE: STUDIES OF CHARACTER & ACTION. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1900. Octavo, pp. [1-12] [1] 2-356 [357-360 ads] + 16 page publisher's catalogue headed "Autumn Season, 1900" on page [1] inserted at rear, title page and contents leaf printed in red and black, original red cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold, t.e.g. First British edition. Following "Concerning Meldrum Marshfield," in which the reader is introduced to Marshfield, "a curious, or at least a very unusual personality," who Castle characterizes as "an Intellectual Miser," are five of his cases. The collection concludes with an unrelated story, "The Death-Dance." The British edition was published on 5 October 1900 and apparently followed the U.S. edition by a few months. Bleiler (1978), p. 40. Not in Reginald (1979; 1992). Lower corner tips worn, mild foxing to front endpapers, a bright, tight, very good copy. (#136471).

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