The Face And The Mask by Robert Barr (First American Edition)
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The Face And The Mask by Robert Barr (First American Edition)
$200.00 USD
The Face And The Mask by Robert Barr (First American Edition)
Authors: Robert Barr
Location: New York
Publisher: Frederick A. Stokes
Date: 1895
Edition: First U.S. Edition
Features: Original pictorial green cloth with silver lettering; 250 pages. "Brief short stories, including [a] THE WOMAN OF STONE. Paris. A sentimental crime story, told as an erotic situation. When the woman's lover is taken by the police as a dangerous anarchist, she sees the expression on the face of the statue change from a smile to an image of death. Whoever sees only the smiling side of life sees only part of life. [b} CRANDALL'S CHOICE. A slender modern version of the Judgment of Paris. In Crandall's vision two beautiful women ask him to choose between them. They are health and wealth. He makes the wrong choice. * These two stories are among Barr's weakest work, but the volume also includes "The Doom of London," a well-imagined science fiction story and "The Great Pegram Mystery," a good parody of Sherlock Holmes" (Bleiler).
Book Condition: Very Good: Bumping and rubbing to corners and spine ends with slight sunning to spine. Previous owner stamp to front pasted end page.
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Authors: Robert Barr
Location: New York
Publisher: Frederick A. Stokes
Date: 1895
Edition: First U.S. Edition
Features: Original pictorial green cloth with silver lettering; 250 pages. "Brief short stories, including [a] THE WOMAN OF STONE. Paris. A sentimental crime story, told as an erotic situation. When the woman's lover is taken by the police as a dangerous anarchist, she sees the expression on the face of the statue change from a smile to an image of death. Whoever sees only the smiling side of life sees only part of life. [b} CRANDALL'S CHOICE. A slender modern version of the Judgment of Paris. In Crandall's vision two beautiful women ask him to choose between them. They are health and wealth. He makes the wrong choice. * These two stories are among Barr's weakest work, but the volume also includes "The Doom of London," a well-imagined science fiction story and "The Great Pegram Mystery," a good parody of Sherlock Holmes" (Bleiler).
Book Condition: Very Good: Bumping and rubbing to corners and spine ends with slight sunning to spine. Previous owner stamp to front pasted end page.
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