ix, [1], 394, [2] ad pp. 7¼x4½, recased and re-backed with original red cloth covers with gilt vignette and gilt lettering. First Edition.

A copy owned by Doyle's mother, Mary Foley Doyle, and inscribed from Arthur Conan Doyle to his mother at the top of the title page, "Mary Doyle, Masongill - Nov. 16th-1906. This is the real beginning of the White Company." Further, below the inscription from Arthur, his mother writes, "To Edward M. Lewell. From his friend - The Author's Mother. 1915, Oct. 27th." An important association copy, owned by Mary Doyle, a major influence on a young Arthur with her vivid storytelling. This novel is the prequel to The White Company, the adventures of a chivalrous knight.