THE MYSTERY OF A HANSOM CAB ... A STARTLING AND REALISTIC STORY OF MELBOURNE SOCIAL LIFE

by Fergu Hume

$1,500 · Offered by L. W. Currey

London: The Hansom Cab Publishing Company, 60, Ludgate Hill, E. C., n.d. Octavo, pp. 1-5 6-230 231-232: ads , publisher's pictorial gray wrappers printed in back. First British edition. The best selling mystery novel of the Victorian era. Although ONE HUNDREDTH THOUSAND is printed at the top edge of title page, this is probably the first UK printing but see Bell's confusing history printed as an appendix to Glover

• Binding: Wrappers

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