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Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Co, 1919. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo., 289 [1] pp.. Sharp First Edition, (Alfred P. Lee's State #3). of Morley's classic bookstore mystery and follow up to "Parnassus on Wheel". Bound in rddish-brown cloth with titles stamped in darker brown on front board and spine. State points are as follows: "Burroughs" bruised on page 76; page "76" lined up under the "Bu"; "Styx" spelled correctly on page100. It is important to note the entry for Lee's bibliography that there is no priority regarding the four know states. Lee states, "The numbers here are used for designation purposes only , having no reference to a possible issue sequence...". Lee simply labeled them as he received them. This is evident as this copy has an error that was previously correct in state #2, (Bruised Burroughs). The book itself is square, tight and clean throughout with no toning or foxing. A touch of wear to spine ends with what looks to be a barely noticeable repair to some… Read More