Autograph inscription by Bracebridge Hemyng (1841–1901), British barrister and author, best known in the United States for the “Jack Harkaway” series of dime novels. Hemyng..... Read More
Pulp fiction novel based on Charles E. Blaney’s play For His Brother’s Crime. The romantic melodrama concerns the travails of twin brothers, Victor and Ben..... Read More
Women’s pulp fiction novel based on Charles E. Blaney’s play Lottie, the Poor Sales-Lady; or, Death before Dishonor. The melodrama concerns a young single woman..... Read More
Women’s pulp fiction novel based on A.H. Wood’s play Nellie the Beautiful Cloak Model. A Thrilling Story. The melodrama concerns a young single woman’s struggle..... Read More
Twenty-first title in “Beadle’s Frontier Series” of dime novels first published 1908–1910, but here re-issued by Arthur Westbrook c.1912. The plot involves the Native American..... Read More
Twelfth title in “Beadle’s Frontier Series” of dime novels first published 1908–1910, but here re-issued by Arthur Westbrook c.1912. The adventure story is set in..... Read More
From slavery to emancipation, popular Civil War era fiction written by this Gloucester, Massachusetts native about the emancipated male African American slave “Peculiar Institution”, a.k.a...... Read More
The Colored American Magazine is a rare, short-lived, and important African-American periodical published in Boston from 1900 to 1909. Contributing authors over its run included... Read More
Rare; OCLC returns no copies. Here is Nick Carter foiling an assassin. The startling illustration shows private detective Nick Carter in disguise and his identically... Read More
Rare first appearance of Wilkie Collins’ short story “The Girl at the Gate” published in New York in December 1884 before its January 1885 appearance..... Read More
Otis Dunn, a black man, is an ex-F.B.I. Agent turned bounty hunter. Manhunter is sold as a “suspenseful story set against the interplay of Southern..... Read More
The author’s first book, a crime novel about gangsters published in 1929. The story: Rico, a small-time criminal heads east to join mob to increase..... Read More
The second book in the Falconcrest trilogy, preceded by Mandingo, and followed by Master of Falconhurst. The story of the plantation, Falconhurst, and the ruthless... Read More
A handsome production with vibrant illustrations by artist John Held, Jr., vibrant and dynamic, printed in yellow and black. Signed by Held on the limitation... Read More
A handsome copy of the first edition of The Ferguson Affair by Ross Macdonald, with California lawyer Bill Gunnarson as the main protagonist. New York... Read More
Published after Mandingo and Drum, the continuing story of the plantation, Falconhurst, and the ruthless themes of slave-breeding and slavery in the antebellum South as... Read More
Manuscript fair copy of the detective story “Pearls and Canes” by mystery writer William F. Vassall. Set in New York City, the short story recounts..... Read More
Dime novel for boys set amidst the hustling world of Wall Street investors, confidence “tricksters,” and New York City detectives. Does the stock broker have..... Read More
![[Autograph of Bracebridge Hemyng, Dime Novelist, Speculative Fiction Author]. Bracebridge Hemyng, Samuel Bracebridge Hemyng, 1841–1901.](/images/noimage-req.png)
![For His Brother’s Crime. A Novel Founded Upon the Melodrama of the Same Name. [within:] Play Book Series. Charles E. Blaney, 1866–1944.](/pictures/thumb/3728228_1.jpg?v=1545247772)
![Lottie, the Poor Sales-Lady; or, Death before Dishonor. A Novel Founded Upon the Great Play of the Same Name. [within:] Play Book Series. Charles E. Blaney, 1866–1944.](/pictures/thumb/3728226_1.jpg?v=1545247772)
![Nellie the Beautiful Cloak Model. A Thrilling Story. Founded Upon the Play of the Same Name. [within:] Play Book Series. Grace Miller White, 1868–1957, 1870–1951, Albert H. Woods.](/pictures/thumb/3728225_1.jpg?v=1545247771)
![The Madman of the Colorado. A Thrilling Legend of the Southwest. [within:] Beadle’s Frontier Series. Sandy G. V. Griswold, 1834–1891.](/pictures/thumb/3728220_1.jpg?v=1545247771)
![The Forest Avenger. [within:] Beadle’s Frontier Series. Capt. Frederick Whittaker, 1838–1889.](/pictures/thumb/3728219_1.jpg?v=1545247770)
![The Mysterious Assassin; Or, Nick Carter’s Slender Clew [within:] Nick Carter Library. Anon.](/pictures/thumb/3727910_1.jpg?v=1541452178)
![[Wilkie Collins:] “The Girl at the Gate (Written for the Christmas Spirit)” [published within:] The Spirit of the Times. Wilkie Collins, 1824–1889.](/pictures/thumb/3727762_1.jpg?v=1539185583)
![Drum. [Falconcrest Series]. Kyle Onstott.](/pictures/thumb/3727337_1.jpg?v=1542657645)
![Master of Falconhurst. [First Edition]. Kyle Onstott.](/pictures/thumb/3727037_1.jpg?v=1542657639)
![[Manuscript of William F. Vassall’s 1916 New York City Mystery “Pearls and Canes,” published in Detective Story Magazine]. William F. Vassall.](/pictures/thumb/3726466_1.jpg?v=1547593627)
