The Black Cap: New Stories of Murder & Mystery
- London: Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers), Ltd, 1927
London: Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers), Ltd, 1927. First edition. First edition. (Precedes the American edition.) 318, [2] pp. Bound in publisher's navy cloth with blue stamping. Very Good+ with sunning along top edge of front board and to spine (through jacket), name on front free endpaper, light foxing to edges, in correct dust jacket priced at 7'6 net, Very Good with spine panel a little toned, two closed tears to top of front panel, dampstain along front flap fold, light wear.
An attractive, jacketed copy of a rare crime/weird fiction anthology with 14 stories by some very major writers of the 1920s including Maugham, Lawrence, Barrie, and Machen.
Details
Title
The Black Cap: New Stories of Murder & Mystery
Author
Asquith, Cynthia [Compiler]; J.M. Barrie; Belloc Lowndes; W. Somerset Maugham; Hugh Walpole; D.H. Lawrence; Edgar Wallace; Arthur Machen; L.P. Hartley; W.B. Maxwell
Condition
Unknown
Publisher
Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers), Ltd: London
Date
1927
Edition
First edition