Orczy (Emmuska, Baroness) The Old Man in the Corner
£250
London, Greening, 1909.
First edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth with inset white, red & black vignette to upper cover, lettered in gilt, with device in blind to lower cover.
A very nice first edition of this short-story collection by the creator of the Scarlet Pimpernel, featuring an armchair sleuth who chiefly used logic to solve crimes. Orczy was a founding member of the Detection Club.
Out of stock
A very good copy.
Illustrations by H.M. Brock.
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