The Club of Queer Trades
Inbunden bok.
Gott skick. London and New York, Harper & Brothers 1905 (first/original edition!). 263 (1) (4 = ads) pages in publishers full cloth hardcover with gilt lettering to spine and text/picture/framing in black on front cover. Illustrated by the author, with 32 plates containing black and white drawings. --- This work is a collection of 6 short stories; "The Tremendous Adventures of Major Brown", "The Painful Fall of a Great Reputation", "The Awful Reason of the Vicar's Visit", "The Singular Speculation of the House-Agent", "The Noticeable Conduct of Professor Chadd" and "The Eccentric Seclusion of the Old Lady". --- Spine is alittle faded and its ends are bumped. Outer hinges are alittle worn and also the very tip of the cover corners. Covers with a few marks/dust soiling. Owner's name (stricken through) on inside of front cover. Owner's name on flyleaf. Contents are slightly age darkened in the margins. Initial pages have some very light foxing. A couple of small dent to the edges have left small marks on a couple of pages. Contents are, besides the mentioned (few and small) flaws, clean and virtually without traces of handling
