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REGESTER, Seeley (Pseudonym of Metta Victoria Fuller Victor, 1831 - 1885). "The Dead Letter" in Beadle's Monthly, Vols. I and II. New York: Beadle and Company, 1866.
Two volumes, 8o. Illustrations in text. Contemporary black half morocco, marbled boards (rubbed).
FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST AMERICAN DETECTIVE STORY BY A WOMAN, preceding Anna Katherine Green's The Leavenworth Case by 12 years. The tale introduces several detectives and the crime is solved by conventional means, although clairvoyance somewhat clouds the plot. (2)
Two volumes, 8
FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST AMERICAN DETECTIVE STORY BY A WOMAN, preceding Anna Katherine Green's The Leavenworth Case by 12 years. The tale introduces several detectives and the crime is solved by conventional means, although clairvoyance somewhat clouds the plot. (2)