A wild murder mystery set at the French Academy written just prior to his famed Le fantôme de l'Opéra.
 
First book edition, 1911 - first serialized in Je Sais Tout from 1909-1910. Original wrappers covered with contemporary parchment jacket. Deckled edges. A chip at the middle of the front cover, 2 inch split at front joint, spine creased else Very Good - quite nice and clean with very cool cover art. 
 
Chemised and housed in a custom wood box. These turn of the century, French mystery wrappered books rarely survive in meaningful condition. From the famed Florence and Edward Kaye Library of Detective, Crime, and Mystery Fiction.