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The Long Arm And Other Detective Stories
WILKINS, MARY E., GEORGE IRA BRETT, PROFESSOR BRANDER MATTHEWS, AND ROY TELLET
Other works by WILKINS, MARY E., GEORGE IRA BRETT, PROFESSOR BRANDER MATTHEWS, AND ROY TELLETPublication: Chapman & Hall, LD, 1895, London
First Edition. 12mo. Dark blue decorated cloth, titles stamped in gilt on the front cover and spine, decorated front and rear endpapers, [8], 249 pp., frontispiece, teg.
An important book, described (inaccurately) by Ellery Queen as the first anthology of detective fiction. The first book of “Chapman’s Story Series,” which included “tales of action, incident, and adventure.” Collects the title story, "The Long Arm" by Mary E. Wilkens,“ "The Murder at Jex Farm” by George Ira Brett, “The Secret of the Treaty” by Roy Tellet, and “The Twinkling of an Eye” by Brander Matthews. Never published in the U.S.
Gilt spine lettering is bright and fresh, overall a bright very good copy.
Inventory Number: 54400$450.00
