THE CRIME AND THE CRIMINAL. London, New York and Melbourne: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, n.d. [1897]. Octavo, pp. [i-ii] iii-vi 1-346, two inserted plates with illustrations by Harold Piffard, publisher's burgundy cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold, all edges untrimmed. First edition, first printing. Detective novel featuring Matthew Holman of Scotland Yard. According to collector John Ruyle, this is a weird mystery with some fantastic content: dream visions; precognition. Glover and Greene, Victorian Detective Fiction 329. Hubin (1994), p. 553. Adrian Homer Goldstone bookplate affixed to the front free endpaper. Pulpy endpapers tanned, inner front hinge cracked but holding tight, a solid very good copy, and scarce thus. (#177633).
Price: $250.00
No statement of printing.