The Mayor's Wife

First edition first printing of this stand alone bibliomystery. It has cipher and codes using Edgar Allan Poe's The Gold Bug. No dustjacket. Edge wear. There are a couple of tiny tears to the cloth at head of the spine. Earlier owners name and date on the first free end page. Light random spots of foxing to the first end… Read more about this item

New York: A. Wessels Company, 1908. A very attractive copy in Near Fine condition. SEE PHOTOS. Bound in the original black cloth, stamped in white, with a full color paste-on illustration of the lady in question mounted on the front cover. The cover art is still bright and shiny with almost no wear. White lettering on… Read more about this item

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1907. First edition. Hardcover. Good. 1st ed. (1907), 8vo., 389 pages. dark olive green binding with color onlay of seated woman on front, Front onlay rubbed, exterior lightly soiled & worn, off-set endpapers. Good.

N.Y.: A. Wessels & Company, 1908. Spine lettering rubbed, cover lettering and illustration still bright (orig 1907). Illustrations by Alice Barber Stephens. 1st, thus.. First Edition Thus. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Stephens, Alice Barber. Book.

No dust jacket. Decorative board bright. Minor rubbing to illustration of woman on cover and on board edges. Name in faded ink to front pastedown. Two small holes punched to front free endpaper. Front hinge cracked just before title page.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1908. Green (1846-1935) is considered to have invented many of the conventions of the modern detective novel, and is often cited as the first woman to write in the mystery/detective genre. First published by Bobbs-Merrill [Hubin, 180]; this is a Very Good (Plus) copy of the reprinted edition, which is rther uncommon. No publication date;… Read more about this item

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

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Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

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