The American Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

First thus. 348, [2]pp.  Plum cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering on the spine. Top edge sprayed red.  Pale blue endpapers. 8vo.  Cloth is gently rounded at corners and spine ends, and a little less than bright.  Text block edges a little toned and spotted.  Internally neat, clean and tight  In a slightly shelf worn dust wrapper, a little rubbed and bumped on extreme edges. A collection of thirteen early American detective stories from the likes of Hugh C Weir, Samuel Hopkins Adams, Arthur B Reeve and Richard Harding Davis.