THE MESSAGE. By Louis Tracy, Edward J. Clode, New York, 1908.
 
A British army captain, on leave from West Africa, meets a pretty girl and a strange carved head that leads them both into deadly adventures. A fast-paced thriller.
 
Louis Tracy was a British journalist, prolific novelist, and mystery writer of fiction. He used the pseudonyms Gordon Holmes and Robert Fraser, which were at times shared with M. P. Shiel, a collaborator from the start of the twentieth century. He was born in Liverpool to a well-to-do middle-class family.--Wikipedia
 
Burgundy cover with a pasted illustration and a bold gilt title. A few inner bindery cracks and a light spine shift. Small damp stain to the edge of the front picture. Hardcover. About 7-1/2 x 5-1/4 with 329 pages. Illustrated.