Falkner, J. Meade | The Lost Stradivarius, first edition of the popular ghost tale

Falkner, J. Meade

The Lost Stradivarius. London and Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1895

8vo. 32 pages of advertisements. Publisher's dark blue cloth, blind stamp decoration to upper cover, spine gilt; wear to extremities, light spotting to cover. Collector's blue slipcase.

The first edition of the author's first novel.

This ghost story involves a Stradivarius violin that, when played, summons the spirit of its past owner.