Martel Charles Pseud (3 results)
More imagesPublished by Ward and Lock. 1860, 1860
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Jarndyce, The 19th Century Booksellers, London, United KingdomJarndyce, The 19th Century Booksellers
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£ 176.00
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Add to basketFIRST EDITION. Half title; inner hinges split but sound. Contemp. quarter red morocco, red cloth corners, textured cloth boards, spine lettered & ruled in gilt; extremities sl. rubbed. Book label of Arthur G. Denham on leading pastedown. A nice copy. Glover & Greene 338. Copac lists BL, Oxford, Cambridge, & NLW. The Detective's…Note-Book has fourteen stories, including 'The Folger's Cypher', 'The Closest Shave of My Life', 'Hanged by the Neck', and 'The Wrong Burglar'. Thomas Delf, 1811-1865, was a publisher, translator, and writer who wrote two volumes of detective stories and various non-fiction works on printing and painting.
More imagesPublished by Ward and Lock, 1860
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Loretta Lay Books, London, United KingdomLoretta Lay Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
£ 200.00
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Add to basketHardcover / Hardback. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Hardback. Rebound Yellow-Back. A collection of 14ss. of Victorian detective fiction, Yellow Back format. Contents include : The Marked Money; The Button; The Forger's Cipher; How Sergeant Bolter's Prisoner Escaped; The Absconding Debtor; The Ebony Box; The Closest Shave…of My Life; The Libertine's Victim; The Wrong Burglar; Caught in His Own Trap; Hanged by the Neck; Esther; The Ex-Policeman's Story; The Doctor's Story. 312pp. 16mo. rebound h/back. Half-calf brown leather with gilt title and bands to sp. Browned edges, covers and sp. rubbed and worn. Nr. Vg. Scarce 1st edn. early detective/mystery fiction.
More imagesPublished by Ward and Lock. 1860, 1860
- First Edition
Seller: Jarndyce, The 19th Century Booksellers, London, United KingdomJarndyce, The 19th Century Booksellers
Contact seller4-star sellerCondition: Used
£ 176.00
£ 35.00 shippingShips from United Kingdom to U.S.A.Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketFIRST EDITION. The odd spot, occasional pencil underlining. Contemp. half brown calf, black morocco label, raised bands; extremities somewhat rubbed. Ink inscription of Lady P--(?) Fitzwm Square, Dublin, on leading pastedown; faded ink inscription on title. A nice copy. Glover & Greene 338. Copac lists BL, Oxford, Cambridge, & N…LW. The Detective's Note-Book has fourteen stories, including 'The Forger's Cypher', 'The Closest Shave of My Life', 'Hanged by the Neck', and 'The Wrong Burglar'. Thomas Delf, 1811-1865, was a publisher, translator, and writer who wrote two volumes of detective stories and various non-fiction works on printing and painting.
