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    By Waters; [William Russell]
    London   J. & C. Brown & Co.
    6.5" by 4" [5], vi-vii, [2], 10-309, [2pp]
    The first edition of this influential short story collection by William Russell, named by Ellery Queen as one of the most important detective pieces of the nineteenth century.
    By Waters; [William Russell]

    1856 Recollections of a Detective Police-Officer

    London   J. & C. Brown & Co.
    6.5" by 4" [5], vi-vii, [2], 10-309, [2pp]
    The first edition of this influential short story collection by William Russell, named by Ellery Queen as one of the most important detective pieces of the nineteenth century.
    £1,100.00
    : 0.5kgs / : 781P33
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    Description

    First Edition, Illustrated, Leather Binding

    The first edition of this collection.

    Illustrated with a frontispiece.

    Thirteen popular detective short stories, which was been previously published in 'Chambers' Edinburgh Journal'.

    Including 'One Night in a Gaming-House', 'Guilty or Not Guilty', 'Legal Metamorphoses', 'Mary Kingsford', and more.

    This story collection was named in 'Queen's Quorum', Ellery Queen's conclusive list of the best detective short stories to have been written over the course of a century.

    An interesting and early example of crime and mystery fiction.

    By William Russell under the penname 'Waters'. A notable Victorian detective writer, he was one of the most prolific author of 'police memoirs'.

    One page of publisher's adverts to the rear.

    Condition

    Rebound in a half calf binding with cloth to the boards. Externally, smart, with some rubbing to the boards and spine. Front hinge is starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with just a couple of light spots. Prior owner's ink inscription to the head of the first leaf of text.

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