The Adventures of Romney Pringle; The Further Adventures of Romney Pringle by Clifford Ashdown (R. Auston Freeman and John J. Pitcairn)

Philadelphia: Oswald Train, 1968. Hardcover. Good/Good. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Piece of tape to each flap from being taped to the pastedowns, with evidence of bookplate removal from the front endpaper, otherwise a good clean copy in a dust jacket that is faded at the spine.

Philadelphia: Oswald Train: Publisher. Near Fine in Very Good+ dj. 1972. 2nd printing. Hardcover. NOISBN . (price-clipped) [nice clean book, minor wear to extremities; jacket a little browned along edges and spine Reprint edition of this renowed collection of Victorian-era detective stories, originally published in book form in 1903. The earliest fiction by R. Austin Freeman, "soon to be acknowledged as one of the great masters of the field, in collaboration with his close friend, Dr. John James Pitcairn." The First American Edition of this reprint (got that?) appeared in 1968; this is the second printing, from 1972. .

Philadelphia: Oswald Train. 1972. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Light toning/staining on spine. 2, 1/4 inch open tears at top of rear panel. .

THE ADVENTURES OF ROMNEY PRINGLE in Cassell Magazine for June through November, 1902, first edition, complete, preceding book publication, vg in the publishers original red cloth blind stamped binding with gold gilt lettering and design. Actually, the entire twelve month period beginning in December 1901 and extending through May, 1902 is included as well. Along with this very rare key Queen's Quorum title, other contributions are: The Unnamed by William Le Queux, complete serialization; The Lord Protector by S. Levett-Yeats, complete serialization, The GENTLEMAN OF DEVON by D. H. Parry, complete, and the short stories: The Battle of Waterloo by M. P. SHIEL; A Christmas Eve at Lanston Grange & A Courier of Fortune by Arthur W. MARCHMONT; The Capture of the Burgomeister van der Werf by Q; The Curse of Positano by Robert BARR; Nuria by S. R. CROCKETT, Phantom Plumes & The Shadow of a Name by Max PEMBERTON, The Costume Model, The Great Tobacco Plant & Beyond the Dreams of Avarice by R.… Read More

LONDON: WARD, LOCK, AND CO. LTD. VERY GOOD WITHOUT D.J.. PUB 1902. FIRST EDITION. HARDCOVER. ISBN: PRINGLE WAS KIND OF A GENTLEMAN THIEF. THIS IS THE QUEEN'S QUORUM TITLE (# 30) OF LEGENDARY RARITY WHICHQUEEN HIMSELF OPINES WAS "DESTINED TO BECOME THE RAREST VOLUME OFDETECTIVE-CRIME SHORT STORIES PUBLISHED IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY." IN1951 QUEEN REPORTED: "BIBLIOPHILES AND BOOKSCOUTS HAVE SCOURED ENGLANDAND AMERICA, SEEKING IN THE MOST LIKELY AND UNLIKELY PLACES; YET AFTERNEARLY FIFTY YEARS OF EAGLE-EYED AND EXPERT EXCAVATING, THE RECORDEDCOPIES TOTAL EXACTLY SIX- NO MORE, NO LESS." THE ADRIAN GOLDSTONE COPYWHICH WAS RESOLD AT SOTHEBY'S IN DECEMBER 2000 HAS BLUE CLOTH COVEREDBOARDS. ONE WONDERS IF THERE WERE INDEED SO FEW COPIES WHY MORE THAN ONECOLOR OF CLOTH WAS USED, BUT AFTER ANOTHER 55 YEARS SINCE QUEEN MADE THEABOVE STATEMENT ONLY A FEW OTHERS SEEMED TO HAVE TURNED UP SO HISORIGINAL INFORMAL CENSUS MAY BE SOMETHING OTHER THAN EXAGERATION WHICHWAS HOW IT WAS CHARACTERIZED IN THE 1981 ADRIAN… Read More