Contains: The Mystery in Palace Gardens by Mrs J. H. RIDDELL. Chapters I - XX. First half of serialisation. The Violin-Player by Bertha THOMAS. Chapters I - XXII. First half of serialisation. Love and War by R. Mountenoy JEPHSON. Chapters I - IX. First half of serialisation. Short stories include: The Ordeal by Paint by John Strange WINTER. Late C19th black leather over red marbled boards, Rebacked (with black leather). Boards grazed and edges rubbed, plates browned, frontispiece torn on inner edge, lacking one plate , good. Contains the first half of one of Mrs Riddell's scarcer titles. A heavy volume which may require additional postage.