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.

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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)