BARING GOULD, S. — Historic Oddities and Strange Events. (First Series).

London: Methuen & Co, 1889. 1st edition. A collectioon of eccentric individuals and extraordinary events. Contents: The Disappearance of Bathurst; The Duchess of Kingston; General Mallet; Schweinichen's Memoirs; The Locksmith Gamain; Adam the Usurer; Sophie Apitzsch; Peter Nielsen; The Wonder-Working Prince Hohenlohe; The Snail Telegraph; The Countess Goerlitz; A Wax and Honey-Moon; The Electress' Plot; Suess Oppenheim; Ignatius Fessler. Pp.viii/323, occasional minor spotting, owner's name to half-title page, cracking to inner front and rear hinges (but holding). Maroon cloth, decorated gilt title to front, gilt title to spine, boards a little rubbed, sunning to spine, wear to top and tail of spine. G+.