A. Conan Doyle Round the Fire Stories 1st edition

Name: A. Conan Doyle Round the Fire Stories 1st edition
Brand: EKM
SKU: 026559
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A. Conan Doyle
Round the Fire Stories

London: Smith, Elder & Co.,1908. First edition. 6000 copies printed. 8vo. half-title, pp. 372 + 4 of adverts. Frontis. illustration by A. Castaigne, original pictorial red cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold, bottom edge untrimmed. Front panel illus. 'Examining the leather funnel'. Spine head has two short splits. Splash marks to rear. Generally dust soiled. Fep shows ink number 17 and small red stain. Binding intact but loose. Collection of seventeen stories, mostly crime or fantastic, the latter including "The Leather Funnel," an antiquarian ghost story worthy of M. R. James, "Playing With Fire," and "The Brown Hand." Also present "The Man With the Watches”, “The Japanese Box” etc..