BEING CERTAIN PAGES FROM THE LIFE AND STRANGE ADVENTURES OF SIR NICHOLAS STEELE, BART. AS RELATED BY HIS VALET, HILDEBRAND BIGG

PEMBERTON, Max [edited by]

[245] pp.

Harper & Brothers New York

1896

7 1/2″ x 5 1/2″

Delightful memoir on the life and strange adventures of Sir Nicolas Steele, Bart. as related by his valet Hildebrand Bigg

A rare collection of criminous stories that features one of the first teams of crooks in literature, anticipating A. J. Raffles and Bunny by three years.

w/ horizontal repp stripe cloth boards

*w/ bent/ cocked spine*