Doyle (Arthur Conan) The Doings of Raffles Haw
£395
New York, George H. Doran, [1919].
8vo. Original brown cloth. Dust-jacket, priced $1.50.
An early, little-read Doyle novel (sometimes cited as a precursor of steampunk) about a reclusive millionaire who has discovered how to transmute lead into gold, and whose philanthropy corrodes rather than improves those he tries to help. This George H. Doran issue of 1919 reissues the American edition first published in 1892.
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Name to front pastedown; cloth slightly softened at head of spine; jacket with some edge wear leading to fraying and chipping at spine ends and fore corners.
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