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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. printed front wrap, some chipping. Foxed. $400.00

     

    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." Phil Scott is priced twenty-five cents.

 

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