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Early American Detective Fiction: No Copies Recorded

 

[HALSEY, HARLAN PAGE]. Phil Scott, the Indian Detective: A Tale of Startling Mysteries. By Judson R. Taylor [pseud.]. New York: J.S. Ogilvie & Co., [1882]. 1st ed. 12mo. Pp. [17]-136 (complete). Orig. cloth, a few stains. Foxed. Bookplates removed from endpapers. $375.00

 

Wright III, 2413: "Listed PW, June 17, 1882." No copies recorded. Haycraft-Queen lists Halsey's 1885 work, Old Sleuth, the Detective as "[t]he first Dime Novel detective story." We have sold a copy in wrappers.