The Club of Queer Trades
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1905. Very Good +. Item #31494
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1905. First US Edition. Octavo (19 cm); 269,[1]pp. Missing dust jacket. Boards in red cloth with black stamping. Six illus. by W.E. Mears including frontis collated complete. Board corners and spine ends bumped with minor scuffing and bumping to margins and boards. Shelfworn significantly at front cover bottom margin. Generally dust soiled with minor water staining to tail of spine. Book block sits a little proud at the first signatures and spine pulling away at top. Binding punctures visible at front endsheet's gutter. Some damp staining at fore-edge to prelims and tissue at frontis. Otherwise pages relatively clean. A Very Good or better copy.
A collection of short stories from G.K. Chesterton, who was most famous for his priest-detective Father Brown. This particular collection follows a detective and his brother on a quest to uncover a club made up of men who have unusual professions, like a company which provides daring adventures for their clients to participate in.
Price: $150.00