Author: Leblanc, Maurice [Marie Emile. 1864 - 1941]. Morehead, George - Translator
Title: ARSÈNE LUPIN Versus HERLOCK SHOLMES. The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsène Lupin.; Translated from the French by George Morehead
Description: Chicago: M. A. Donohue & Co, 1910. 1st edition thus (deWaal 1156; Hubin I, p. 490), i.e. with this title / translator. Original publisher's light green cloth binding with white & dark green stamping. White dust jacket with black printing. 350 pp. Crown 8vo. VG (slight lean/a bit of flaking to spine's white lettering)/VG (age-toning & light soiling/minor chipping to spine ends/chip from front panel top right corner). Leblanc "was a French novelist and writer of short stories, known primarily as the creator of the fictional gentleman thief and detective Arsène Lupin, often described as a French counterpart to Arthur Conan Doyle's creation Sherlock Holmes."The first Arsène Lupin story appeared in a series of short stories published in 1905. Leblanc continued to write Lupin novels throughout his career; here offered one of Lupin's earlier efforts in this series, in the very rare dust jacket.

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