Limited ("Patron") and trade ("Classic) fine press editions of this debut of one of the great characters of French crime literature — with related publisher ephemera.
Fine.
Price: $150.00
From the publisher: "First published in the French magazine Je sais tout in 1905, THE ARREST OF ARSÈNE LUPIN serves as the introduction to the iconic gentleman burglar. A staple of early crime fiction, LeBlanc's mysterious and masterful professional criminal is the anti-Sherlock Holmes, constantly confounding the public and police alike with his ability to 'commit a crime without actually being present' and even meeting fiction's greatest detective (unsubtly given the name Herlock Sholmes) in a later story."
First edition thus. (Newburgh, NY): Thornwillow Press, 2022. Two volumes; 7.25'' x 5'' each. Original plain self wrappers, both. In original decorative printed jackets. No price, as issued. 64 pages. Patron edition one of 150 numbered copies, this #99. Signed by the designer on colophon. Classic edition one of 600 unnumbered copies. Both bright, clean, and sharp. Also included: original publisher correspondence, notecard, bookmark, and "Broadside Library" pamphlet.
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