The Adventures of Gerard.

CONAN DOYLE, Arthur.

$400.00

Item Number: 137265

New York: McClure, Phillips & Co, 1903.

First edition of the second book of Conan Doyle’s Brigadier Gerard stories. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth decorated in gilt, illustrated by W. B. Wollen. In near fine condition. A very nice example.

A Hussar officer in the French Army during the Napoleonic Wars, Brigadier Gerard appeared in a series of 17 historical short stories which first appeared in the Strand Magazine between December 1894 and September 1903. They were later issued in two volumes: The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard in February 1896 and The Adventures of Gerard in September 1903.