Carter, Nicholas (John R. Coryell); (Frederic Van Rensselaer Dey)

[Three Nicholas Carter Dime Novels]: The Man without a Conscience or, From Rogue to Convict; Sealed Orders or, The Triple Mystery; The Broadway Cross or, Rogues Incorporated

New York: Street & Smith Corporation Publishers, ca. 1920. Later printing. Wraps. 3 vol. Small 8vo. [5], 6-224; [7], 8-254; [7], 6-216 [6] (pages of publisher's advertisements) pp. Staple-bound pictorial wrappers with the front wrappers printed in red, black, brown, yellow, orange, and grey, spines and rear wrappers printed in black. Housed in a black paper folding case. The Edward T. LeBlanc Memorial Dime Novel Bibliography. Historical Association, "American Dime Novels 1860-1915". These three volumes are reprints done by the New Magnet library in the 1920's: these stories were first published near the turn of the twentieth century (the copyright pages have dates of 1906, 1899, and 1905 respectively). Numbers 1173, 948, and 1172 in the New Magnet Library series. Street & Smith Publishers were highly influential in the proliferation of "dime novels" in the United States. Dime novels were cheaply produced in large quantities, as the publisher was said to have considered fiction a "commodity". The detective Nicholas Carter was created by John R. Coryell, the author Frederic Van Rensselaer Dey continued these stories after Coryell's death. Good. Item #000015256

Soiling and wear to the wrappers, two volumes with a stamp on their front wrappers' versos.

Price: $125.00