Detective Fiction--

[Freeman, R. Austin, with Dr. James Pitcairn.] Ashdown, Clifford, pseud. The Adventures of Romney Pringle. Ward, Lock & Co., 1905,  first colonial edition ("...issued for circulation in the Colonies and India only..." : note on lower wrapper), frontispiece illustration by Fred Pegram (with tissue guard), advertisement leaf at the end, original paper covers in red wrappers lettered and decorated in black, preserved in black cloth folding box with green morocco label,  tiny tears to spine otherwise an exceptionally fine copy; paperback edition, illustrations by Fred Pegram, double column, original wrappers lettered and decorated in dark and light green, preserved in quarter red morocco folding box, some slight soiling to wrappers, spine very slightly torn and creased--[together with:] Francis, Dick. Collection of uncollected proofs and galleys, comprising: Nerve. New York: Harper & Row, 1964, author's second novel, galley proofs, loose sheets in 'York Composition Co.' wrapping; first English edition, 1964; For Kicks, 1965, Odds Against, 1965; Flying Finish, 1966, with proof of dust-jacket; Blood Sport, 1967; In the Frame, 1976; these all in original wrappers; 8vo, collector's folding boxes, occasional light soiling and annotations relating to publication dates and prices (9)

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The Adventures of Romney Pringle was R. Austin Freeman's first collection of detective stories, written in collaboration with Dr John James Pitcairn, medical officer at Holloway Prison.