Chance in Chains

New York: Sturgis & Walton, 1914. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good/Very Good. 8vo., 180pp. Beautiful First US Edition. Original green cloth with titles in white on spine and front board though mostly faded on spine. Square, tight and clean throughout with perhaps a hint of toning. Minute wear to spine ends and tips but barely noticeable. Attractive and quite scarce wrapper with $1.00 price on the spine, ($1.10 postpaid), has some soiling, tiny nicks at the spine ends and tips, and toned spine. A couple of tine closed tears and paper tape reinforcement at the spines on the verso. Looks a lot better than it sounds and the front panel image, which is also the frontis, (by Howard T. Graves), is still fresh, bright and visually pleasing. An interesting story about scamming the Monte Carlo casino by controlling a Roulette wheel with a wireless. Guy Thorn is the pseudonym of Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull, (Hubin, p. 394), A simply beautiful collectable copy of a quite uncommon title in any condition. In this high grade and with the rare dust-wrapper, a real find indeed.