London: Hodder & Stoughton, no date, 1916. Later issue ca 191-. Red linen grain cloth lettered in white, decorated in yellow. pp 323 + frontispiece. Yellowing and a bit of foxing to page edges; portion clipped from bottom of front free endpaper; ink ownership on front endpapers and a 15 Nov. 1916 ink ownership on recto of frontispiece; tanning to first and last page; small margin chips from careless opening to three leaves near rear; else a VG clean and unworn copy. First published in 1913, the UK first printing states "Illustrated" on the title page and had 12 plates. The UK author's most important book, a detective fiction classic, set in Québec. Queen's Quorum 55. Queen, The Detective Short Story p. 91 - "Probably the only backwoods-detective in the short-story field." "Near six foot tall, lithe and powerful, November Joe is a Canadian woodsman who would sooner hunt deer than man any day. In these stories of detection, set in the wilderness far away from city streets, November Joe shows that he is not only the product but also the master of his environment. The author was a sportsman and naturalist who spent much of his life traveling and hunting, and used his own experiences and wilderness lore as background for this book. First published before the outbreak of World War One (during which Prichard organized a corps of sharp-shooters), these stories capture the clear, crisp outdoor atmosphere of the North-American backwoods." - from the Greehill Books 1985 reprint.; Octavo.