The Blue Wall [...] A Story of Strangeness and Struggle
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, [1912]. First Edition. Octavo (19cm.); original blue cloth (a bit soiled) lettered in white; vi,[2],377,[3],[2](ads)pp.; color illustrated title page and frontispiece by E. Coles Phillips, 4 leaves of plates by Harold J. Cue. Minor shelf wear; contemporary gift inscription to front free endpaper, plates a bit foxed; Very Good and sound.
American diplomat Richard Washburn Child's first novel, a gothic mystery in the spirit of Wilkie Collins, dealing with themes of heredity, psychiatry, and drug abuse. SMITH C-371. HUBIN (1979) p.80.
Price: $125.00