CARTER, Nicholas (pseudonym). The Detective's Pretty Neighbor and Other Stories . New York: Street & Smith, 1899. 8 o. 2-page publisher's advertisement at beginning and 23-page advertisement at end. Original pictorial wrappers (rear wrapper lacking, some loses along spine); quarter morocco slipcase. Provenance : Florence and Edward Kaye (bookplate in slipcase). FIRST EDITION, of "the genuine, oldtime Nick Carter " Here, as no. 89 in the Magnet Detective Library, he "still blood-and-thunders" ( Queen's Quorum ). Nick Carter stories became a virtual institution, written by a "syndicate" of writers who profited on the original success. Queen's Quorum 25.
CARTER, Nicholas (pseudonym). The Detective's Pretty Neighbor and Other Stories . New York: Street & Smith, 1899. 8 o. 2-page publisher's advertisement at beginning and 23-page advertisement at end. Original pictorial wrappers (rear wrapper lacking, some loses along spine); quarter morocco slipcase. Provenance : Florence and Edward Kaye (bookplate in slipcase). FIRST EDITION, of "the genuine, oldtime Nick Carter " Here, as no. 89 in the Magnet Detective Library, he "still blood-and-thunders" ( Queen's Quorum ). Nick Carter stories became a virtual institution, written by a "syndicate" of writers who profited on the original success. Queen's Quorum 25.
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