Edgar Wallace — The Four Just Men

London, The Tallis Press, 1905. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this mystery novel from Edgar Wallace which offered a cash prize if the reader could solve the mystery correctly. First edition. With a folding frontispiece. A detective thriller in which four wealthy gentlemen decide to track down and punish criminals in a stroke of vigilantism. This unique novel was published as a competition in which the reader could win prize money if they guessed the murder method correctly. Wallace advertised the cash prizes as £250 for a first prize winner, £200 for a second prize winner, and £50 for a third prize winner. Unfortunately, he failed to include a limitation clause stipulating one winner for each prize, so he was obligated to pay the cash prize to the number of people guessing correctly. This copy includes the unused competition slip to the rear. Written by Edgar Wallace, a British writer of sensational detective, adventure, gangster, and sci-fi novels. In the original orange cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine and the edges of the boards. The odd mark. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright with scattered spotting. Bookseller's embossed stamp to the front endpaper. Good . Ill.: None. Good .