A Tragic Mystery : From the Diary of Inspector Byrnes
by Hawthorne, Julian
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Plymouth, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Cassell & Company. Good with no dust jacket. 1887. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Library stamps/marks/labels/pocket/slip, cocked, shelfworn, hinges started, wear. Still solid hardcover.; First of early mystery series by the prolific Julian Hawthorne, son of Nathaniel Hawthorne, based on fictionalized cases of his friend New York City head of detectives Inspector Thomas F Byrnes. Allen J Hubin; Crime Fiction IV 1749-2000: A Comprehensive Bibliography; page 705. Cassell advertisement in front lists three more of Hawthorne's Inspector Byrnes novels "In Press", thus indicating A Tragic Mystery was the first Inspector Byrnes novel published, as well as two best-selling true crime books by Byrnes himself on the reverse side. ; Inspector Byrnes series; Ex-Library; 269 pages .
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- Seller
- Mike's Library (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 15623
- Title
- A Tragic Mystery : From the Diary of Inspector Byrnes
- Author
- Hawthorne, Julian
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Publisher
- Cassell & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1887
- Keywords
- Detective and Mystery Stories, New York City - Fiction, Inspector Thomas Byrnes, Murder Mystery, Hubin IV 705.
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Mike's Library
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Plymouth, Pennsylvania
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