The Croxley Master. A Great Tale of the Prize Ring.
Printed in the USA. McClure, Phillips, & Co., 1907. First edition. Cloth over boards. Hardcover cloth (tan) over boards. 8vo. 76 pp. Full colour, tissue protected frontispiece of a boxer. Front cover stamped with a green three compartment border, with an illustration of two boxes in the center compartment (coloured white, green, black). Trimming error to the bottom corner of pages 45-46. Library bookplate (Maine Charitable Mechanic Association Library) on the front pastedown, and a library stamp on the title page. Some flaking to the cover illustration. Endpapers has browned around the edge. Book is in surprisingly good condition with few marks in the text block. Binding is still strong and square, and the boards show only minor wear. A charming edition for any Arthur Conan Doyle collectors. Very good. Item #66939
Price: $150.00