t meade and robert eustace l (12 Ergebnisse)

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Gebunden. Zustand: New. KlappentextA Master of Mysteries, first published in 1898, concerning John Bell, a professional exposer of ghosts who solves the mysteries of haunted houses. It so happened that the circumstances of fate allowed me to follow my own b.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A Master of Mysteries, first published in 1898, concerning John Bell, a 'professional exposer of ghosts' who solves the mysteries of haunted houses.'It so happened that the circumstances of fate allowed me to follow my own bent in the choice of a profession. From my earliest youth the weird, the mysterious had an irresistible fascination for me. Having private means, I resolved to follow my unique inclinations, and I am now well known to all my friends as a professional exposer of ghosts, and one who can clear away the mysteries of most haunted houses.I propose in these pages to relate the histories of certain queer events, enveloped at first in mystery, and apparently dark with portent, but, nevertheless, when grappled with in the true spirit of science, capable of explanation.' - from the Introduction to 'A Master of Mysteries'.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Illus., 8.5 x 5.5", gilt-dec boards, 110pp, a nice, clean copy in a lightly rubbed dustjacket. FIRST EDITION THUS.

Illustr by Sidney Paget, 7.25 x 5, blue cloth with color decorated paper label over front cover, 373 pp plus ads, covers heavily worn, extremities bumped and fraying, hinges loose, front inner hinge cracked with tears to front fly, contents spotted and worn. Later printing, with title page cancel.

Cloth over boards. Zustand: Good. Second edition. Hardcover cloth (blue) over boards. 8vo. 373 + [10] pp. Illustrated with 14 tipped in b/w plate engraved drawings, two of which have come free of their glue. A ten part series originally published in The Strand magazine in 1898 under the pen name L. T Meade (Elizabeth Thomasina Meade Smith). Gilt stamped title on front board and spine. Gilt stamped illustration of a man with a noose around his neck on a raft in a cave. Inscription on front flyleaf. Text block is slightly browned with occasional fox marks. The binding is strong and square; the other 12 plates are securely glued in. The boards are worn and bumped along the edges and corners, are lightly rubbed, and has a white speckle stain on the spine and back board.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Early (second?) edition. Octavo. 279, [8] ads pp. Illustrated by J. Ambrose Walton with five inserted plates (possibly lacking one - the first edition reportedly had six). Quarter cloth gilt and color pictorial paper illustration over boards. Owner name dated in 1914, some scattered foxing throughout the text, corners rubbed, rear hinge strengthened, an attractive, very good copy. Uncommon issue of an important collection of mystery stories.

[Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCES. Two volumes. Octavo (24 x 18cm), pp.[4] 804; pp.[4] 804. With frequent black and white illustrations. Publisher's cyan cloth with gilt titles to spines and black titles and decoration to uppers. All edges speckled red. Clean internally, with moderate wear to cloth, including some wrinkling to spine of volume 15, and a crack to the binding of volume 16, manifesting at p.595. An attractive, practical pair. Very good. A significant collection, including all seven parts of Doyle's 'Round the Fire' stories, and all ten parts of both Meade / Eustace's 'The Brotherhood of the Seven Kings' and Allen's 'Miss Cayley's Adventures' - a pair of detective novels featuring strong female lead-characters. Also including numerous interesting short pieces by other authors, including H.G. Wells.