The Lodger : Signed and dedicated by the author : First printing

True first British printing in book form. No jacket as issued. 311 pages plus publisher's 31 page catalogue to rear (dated Autumn 1913). Signed and dedicated to the previous owner by the author in black ink directly to front end-paper. A Haycraft Queen Cornerstones title. A fictional story which revolves around the Jack The Ripper murders in Whitechapel in 1888. Has been adapted into various films etc over the years. Blue boards with gold lettering to spine and front are only good (having at some point been damp) with pushing/bumping to corners, patches of fading, numerous marks, patchy browning (including to spine), a few small scratches, rubbing to edges, a few small bumps to edges and a little wear (pushing/rubbing/bumping/little fraying to the cloth) to head/tail of spine. Minor spine lean. Pages are generally clean and the binding is tight (webbing showing a little to top 2cms to front board/end-paper joint - however the front end-paper is not loose). Rough cut page edges. Odd small mark/mild foxing to page edges, tops and bottoms. Pages bit tanned. Light crease to top corner of a few pages. Small scratch/bump to page edges, tops and bottoms. Occasional small marks/scattered foxing to pages. No other faults. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted.…