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MEADE, Lille Thomas (1854-1914) and Clifford HALIFAX (1854-1943). Stories from the Diary of a Doctor. London: George Newnes, 1894. -- Stories from the Diary of a Doctor. Second Series. London: Bliss, Sands and Foster, 1896.
Together 2 volumes, 8o. 9-page publisher's advertisement in vol. II. Frontispiece and plates in vol. I. (Some pale browning in vol. II.) Vol. I in original decorated brown cloth, vol. II in original decorated green cloth (some wear at extremities to both volumes, hinges weak, slight fraying along joints of vol. II); two cloth folding cases. Provenance: Florence and Edward Kaye (bookplates).
FIRST EDITIONS. "In 1894 the detective-crime story in England took a pseudo-scientific turn. The so-called 'medical mysteries' became popular... classic 'first' position is usually attributed by critic-historians to" Meade and Halifax's Stories from the Diary of a Doctor (Queen's Quorum 17). (2)
Together 2 volumes, 8
FIRST EDITIONS. "In 1894 the detective-crime story in England took a pseudo-scientific turn. The so-called 'medical mysteries' became popular... classic 'first' position is usually attributed by critic-historians to" Meade and Halifax's Stories from the Diary of a Doctor (Queen's Quorum 17). (2)