GILEAD BALM KNIGHT ERRANT: HIS ADVENTURES IN SEARCH OF THE TRUTH ..
first edition
1911 · New York
by Capes, Bernard [Edward Joseph]
New York: Baker & Taylor Company, 1911. Octavo, eight inserted plates with illustrations by Cyrus Cuneo and others, original red cloth stamped in white. First U. S. edition. A collection of stories featuring detective Gilead Balm. Queen, The Detective Short Story, p. 18. Hubin (1994), p. 131. Library call number on spine, small stamps of "St. Regis House" on paste-downs, no other library markings, small stain to lower outer rear joint, mild loss to white enamel stamping, mostly to publisher's imprint on spine panel. The UK T. Fisher Unwin edition and this Baker & Taylor edition are both uncommon. (#118022) (Inventory #: 118022)