A Fool and His Money

New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1913. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm); red cloth titled in gilt, with decorative border embossed onto spine and front cover; dustjacket; [x],373,[1]pp, with color frontispiece and four plates of illustrations by A.I. Keller. Spine ends gently nudged, with faint foxing to text edges and endpapers, else internally clean; Near Fine. In the original dustjacket, priced $1.30 net at mid-spine; modest external wear, light dust-soil, with a few tiny nicks, tears, and attendant creases; Very Good+ or better. An American countess is locked up in a castle on the Danube by her Austrian husband. "There are dungeons, (truncated) hints of buried treasure, whispers of mystery, an odd family of stout retainers..." (from front flap). Basis for a pair of silent films (1920 and 1925). (Inventory #: 61465)