Author: Fergus Hume
Title: The Secret Passage
Description: Chicago; New York, M. A. Donohue & Company, 1905. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this very scarce whodunnit by bestselling author Fergus Hume The first edition of this very scarce work.'The Secret Passage' is a tense and classic detective novel, set in England. The wife of a wealthy landowner is found dead in her bedroom, murdered. Private Detective Hagar Stanley is called in to investigate in this exciting whodunnit.Fergus Hume is best known for his runaway bestselling novel 'The Mystery of a Hansom Cab', a Melbourne based murder mystery that became so successful that it was the best-selling mystery novel of the Victorian era, even outselling 'A Study in Scarlet&apos. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart, with a few light marks to the boards, a little heavier to the rear board. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Very small chip to the rear joint. Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto of the front endpaper. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and clean with a few occasional spots. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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