The Sleuth of St. James's Square. New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1920.
First Edition. Chilling mystery novel of international intrigue and rarely found in original illustrated dustjacket. "In the far corners of the earth and in the most intimately known places the reader travels. In delightful suspense he follows the destinies of singers, hoboes, mock priests, beautiful Creoles, sinister hunchbacks, and German officers to their inevitable climax. He assists in the secret molding of Indian rupees, and Indian Buddhas, the beautiful jewels of the orient dangle before his eyes, it is his triumph when the stolen plates of the U. S. Government bonds are finally traced." Very Good or Near Fine, fore-edge of pages with mild bump, in Very Good dustjacket, modest soiling, wear to spine and flap edges, few closed tears and shallow edge chips.
Price: $850.00