THE OLD MAN IN THE CORNER. London: Greening & Co., Ltd., 1909. Octavo, pp. [1-7] 8 [9-10] 11-340, eight inserted plates with illustrations by H. M. Brock, original pictorial blue cloth with illustration on front panel stamped in red, blue, black and white, lettering on spine and front panel stamped in gold. First edition. A collection of the earliest cases of the Old Man in the Corner. "Among the first and greatest of all 'armchair detectives.'" - Steinbrunner and Penzler, Encyclopedia of Mystery and Detection, p. 298. "An important book." - Queen, The Detective Short Story, p. 83. "Good detection with action indirect but often effective." - Barzun and Taylor: A Catalogue of Crime: Revised and Enlarged Edition (1989) 4007. Hubin (1994), p. 618. QQ 41. Mild rubbing to edges, some fraying to head of spine, spine mildly age-darkened, a very good copy. (#97943).
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