BOOK DESCRIPTION: WARD LOCK & CO LIMITED, LONDON, ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN 1903, THIS EDITION IS PROBABLY PUBLISHED IN 1904 IN THIS FORMAT, ESPECIALLY WITH THE ILLUSTRATIONS BY GREIFFENHAGEN, 1ST EDITION THUS, SPECIALLY PRODUCED HALF BOUND COPY FOR THE MONTESANO LIBRARY, USA,  HALF BOUND LEATHER AND MARBLE BOARDS, NO DUSTCOVER, AS PUBLISHED; "THE GOLD WOLF", WRITTEN BY MAX PEMBERTON, ILLUSTRATED BY MAURICE GREIFFENHAGEN. 

A MURDER MYSTERY WITH THE MENTAL COLLAPSE OF GREAT INTELLECT, MADNESS AND PARTIAL AMNESIA.

BOOK CONDITION: COVERS ARE HALF BOUND IN LEATHER, TITLES IN GILT TO SPINE IN RED BOX, AND GILT LINES DECORATION, WITH MARBLED BOARDS RULED IN GILT, MARBLED END-PAPERS, IN GOOD CONDITION, EDGE-WEAR ALL ROUND, GENERAL SHELF-WEAR, KNOCKS AND CHIPS TO LEATHER (SEE PHOTOGRAPHS FOR FURTHER REFERENCE); NO DUSTCOVER, AS PUBLISHED; PAGES AND CLOSED EDGES HAVE SEVERAL AREAS OF FOXING, INTERNALLY THE PAGES ARE MODERATELY TANNED FROM AGE, NEVERTHELESS THEY ARE STILL SOUND AND CLEAN. THERE IS A MONTESANO LIBRARY BLIND STAMP ON THE FIRST FREE END-PAPER BUT NO OTHER REFERENCE TO THE LIBRARY IN THE BOOK. 

PLEASE NOTE I AM NOT SURE IF ONE OF THE ILLUSTRATIONS HAS BEEN REMOVED BETWEEN PAGES 14 AND 15, BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE THE PAGE HAS BEEN NEATLY CUT AWAY?