Miss Cayley's Adventures
London: Grant Richards, 1899. Gordon Browne. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Pp. ix, 330, [2] of publisher's advertising. Dark blue cloth, titles stamped in gilt on the spine and on the cover with illustration. Frontis. Gordon Browne pen and ink drawing with tissue guard, with many additional illustrations in the text. Board edges rubbed, a tad shaken with moderate spine lean, previous owner ink signatures to front pastedown and half title. Good+. Item #8157
Detective novel from the Canadian pioneer in science fiction (The British Barbarians), following a career as a science writer and promoter of evolution. Publisher Richards was his nephew. HUBIN, p. 6. Now housed in a clear, removable mylar jacket.
Price: $200.00