Complete and unabridged, with 59 full-page plates by Laurits Andersen Ring, James 'Clock' Shaw and Henri Matisse. A thief who can change his face at will gives himself up to Scotland Yard and becomes its best detective, on condition that his past is not asked about. Hanshew wrote the Cleek stories for the magazines and they were among the most popular detective serials of their day. This edition includes a gallery of 59 plates bound with the text, among them paintings by James 'Clock' Shaw, Gabriele Castagnola, Emile Claus and Ferdinand von Wright, dating from 1834 to 1924.