A. Stapleton - The Wise Men of Gotham - First Edition

STAPLETON, A. [LE FANU, Brinsley, illustrator].

The Wise Men of Gotham. Some Very Old English Tales.

London: "Books for the Barins" Office, no date [circa 1910].

FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp. vi; 7-48. Publisher's card wraps letterd in black. Profusely illustrated. Undated but circa 1910.

Cheap paper stock browned, some marking and toning to covers. Near fine.

Part of a long running series edited by W. T. Stead between 1896 and 1912 when his daughter took over the editorship for a further eight years. The Illustrator was the son of famed Irish gothic novelist Sheridan Le Fanu.