The Dynamiter, by Robert Louis Stevenson and Fanny Van de Grift Stevenson, The Biographical Edition
Three young men meet on the broad northern pavement of Leicester Square after years of separation. At first, it seems that their circumstances are now very different, for a while Challoner is still as well dressed as ever, Paul Somerset, a barrister, is hard-pressed to make a living, while Desborough, the youngest, is idle, 'waiting for something to turn up.' But it turns out that all are down on their luck. 'What', they ask, 'can a young fellow of reasonable education do with a hundred pounds?' Concluding that the life of a detective is the only profession for a gentleman, the three disperse to pursue their investigations. The story moves from the pavements of London to frontier America, with its Mormon caravans and dark deeds at Salt Lake City, on to slavery and voodoo on a Caribbean island, and back to London lodging houses and the secret underworld of anarchists and bomb plots.
Displaced royalty and wacky monikers - such a good read, all in the wider, more colorful, and evocative vocabulary of the 19th Century. 
Measurements: 7x4.5x1
Beautiful aged brown leather w/ gold lettering and gold leaf, very good pages.
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