Seven Keys to Baldpate
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1913. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good / No Jacket. Item #015358
8vo., 408pp. Sharp First Edition of the Author's first mystery and a classic Bibliomystery. Bound in blue cloth with titles in gilt on front board and spine. Blind-stamped key motif repeated down the front board. Illustrations by Frank Snapp. Square, tight and clean throughout with no foxing or toning. Moderate wear to spine ends and tips. A few tiny closed edge-tears to a few pages at the fore-edge. Lovely contemporary gift inscription on the verso of the frontispiece. Lacking the rarely found dust wrapper. A very pretty collectable copy.
Price: $195.00