(#118784) CHRONICLES OF MARTIN HEWITT. Arthur Morrison.

CHRONICLES OF MARTIN HEWITT. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1896. Octavo, pp. 1-2 [i-ii] iii [iv] 1-267 [268: blank] [269-282: publisher ads], flyleaves at front and rear, original medium blue cloth, front panel stamped in red and dark blue, spine panel stamped in gold and dark blue. First U.S. edition. Second collection of detective fiction concerning Martin Hewitt, a famous private detective whose methods closely resemble those of Sherlock Holmes. "Martin Hewitt is the only contemporary imitator of Sherlock Holmes to survive the years." - Queen, The Detective Short Story, p. 75. Barzun and Taylor, A Catalogue of Crime 2670. Glover and Greene, Victorian Detective Fiction 352 (citing British edition of 1895). Hubin (1994), p. 586. Touch of sunning to spine panel, hint of rubbing to cloth at tail of spine panel and corner tips, small faint stain at upper corner of front cover, still a very good, bright copy. (#118784).

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