New York: R. F. Fenno & Company, 1904. Square copy with moderate spine wear. Foxing to frontispiece and title page. Otherwise unmarked. Rear inner hinge starting to crack, but still holding firm. No owner's name or bookplate. [1904]. Illustrated in color with frontispiece and one plate by W. Herbert Dunton. Two b/w plates by John Cameron. Some books with the author listed as Louis Tracy were written in collaboration with M P. Shiel. This is one. Tracy (1863-1928) sometimes used the pseudonym "Gordon Holmes." First published in London as The Albert Gate Affair, this book features the barrister-detective Reginald Brett. Later published as The Jewell of Death (Westbrook, 1911). Steinbrunner and Penzler, Encyclopedia of Mystery and Detection, p.392 Hubin (1979), p.406 Hubin (1994), p.803 Lamb-Morse 45 (M)-B1 (in) The Works of M. P. Shiel Updated (1980), p779. Original red cloth with cover illustration of a hookah pipe in white, black and gold. Early printing of US Edition . Hardcover. Solid, Good+ reading copy. Illus. by Dunton, W. Herbert; & John Cameron. 8vo. 309pp + 7 pages of ads.

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Bookseller: About Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 010001
Title: The Albert Gate Mystery
Author: Tracy, Louis [with M. P. Shiel]; a.k.a. Gordon Holmes
Illustrator: Dunton, W. Herbert; & John Cameron
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Solid, Good+ reading copy
Edition: Early printing of US Edition
Publisher: R. F. Fenno & Company
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1904
Bookseller catalogs: Mystery / Crime Fiction;
Size: 8vo. 309pp + 7 pages of ads

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