Hardcover
2017
by Leroux, Gaston; John Dickinson Carr; Edgar Wallace
The Folio Society, 2017. Hardcover. Fine. 130 pp, 133 pp, 255 pp. Octavo. [23 cm]. Set of three, all bound in cloth of varied colors. Grey slipcase with silver stamped gilt title. The Mystery of the Yellow Room is recognized as the first locked room mystery, in which a criminal inexplicably escapes out of a locked room. Continuing in the locked room mystery tradition, The Hollow Man uses direct communication with the reader to expose the reasonings of its detective, and finally The Four Just Men follows four veteran vigilantes. (Inventory #: 61120)