with autograph letter
HUME, Fergus W.
The Mystery of a Hansom Cab. A Startling and Realistic Story of Melbourne Social Life.
London, The Hansom Cab Publishing Company, [1888].
Early issue, 'two hundred and twenty-fifth thousand'; advertisements at front and end, one advertisment leaf loose, some browning/foxing to leaves at front and end; publisher's pictorial wrappers worn and soiled, some repair work to around spine but original printed backstrip present; together with a loose typed letter signed from Hume to a Mr O'Donnell dated 10th November 1905, both housed in a modern slip-case, reproducing the top and rear boards of the book.
Stock code 100648
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The Mystery of a Hansom Cab.
MILTON, John; PHILIPS, Edward (translator).
Letters of State,
1694.
The first edition in English of Milton's Literare Pseudo-Senatus Anglicani, translated by his nephew Edward Phillips, and containing three previously unpublished preliminary sonnets
£1,850.00
STEVENSON, Robert Louis.
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde with Other Fables.
1897.
A handsome copy of The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson.
£285.00
STOKER, Bram.
Dracula.
1897.
First edition of Bram Stoker's vampire classic, a genre-defining masterpiece inspiring numerous reprints, variations, pastiches, stage & screen versions
£17,500.00
CONAN DOYLE, Arthur.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes [with] The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
1892; 1894.
A delightfully illustrated two volume set of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
£3,900.00
