Buy this book on-line PHILLPOTTS**, EDEN: : THE TRANSIT OF THE RED DRAGON AND OTHER TALESUK.BRISTOL.J.W. ARROWSMITH,11 QUAY STREET,1903. ISBN No ISBN.
UK,8vo HB,1st edn.[The true 1st edn,as there was no issued US 1st edn.] VG+.No owner's name per se,but a small,neat, purple ink stamp: 'From Saml. J. King.14, Prince St.,BRISTOL' just above Bristol publisher's address on title page.Retailer 'W.H. Smith & Son' impressed stamp to top,right-hand corner of ffe.Generally clean,with publisher's original,maroon cloth boards with red ink stamped letters within a panel,to upper board and bright, crisp,stamped gilt lettering to spine/ backstrip; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners.Ubiquitous,but light off-set foxing from pastedowns to both front and rear free endpapers.All corners minimally bumped,a light,slight,small dent to front board's lower edge, spine/ backstrip inevitably but lightly sunned/ faded - but bright gilt letters without oxidisation,and both the head+foot of spine/backstrip also minimally creased - as usual/normal.Top+fore-edges slightly aged/toned; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - no foxing/spotting to text body and no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - would appear unread.UK,8vo HB,1st edn,viiipp+9-319pp [paginated] includes 3 puzzle short stories comprising 'The Heart of the Scorpion','The Transit of the Red Dragon' and 'The Mystery of the Toadstone' with 10,5 and 7 chapters respectively.First story reveals the hiding place of a valuable jewel,the second story decodes an ancient manuscript,which in turn leads to a buried treasure on the Devon moors,
and the third story is a mystery where a cypher indicates the location of a stolen diamond.Plus [unpaginated] half-title+ title pages,a dedication,first page of contents list/table and publisher's 1pp advert to recto of the last paginated page.
Though described honestly and fairly it is still an exceptional example.
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