Sign of the Four

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Title

Sign of the Four

Coverage

Chicago

Publisher

Montgomery Ward & Co.

Date

undated

Subject

Mystery book among titles mostly about farming

Description

Books were an early part of Montgomery Ward’s mail-order business, which began in August 1872 with a single-sheet catalogue offering 163 items to members of the National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry. The La Belle Library was one of its imprints.