[Rarebooks] FS - L. T. Meade mystery 1st ed.

[GREENFIELD BOOKS]

*MEADE, L. T. and Clifford Halifax, M.D. /A RACE WITH THE SUN/*/./ Bound 
in original gilt decorated ribbed blue cloth. Illustrations by J. 
Finnemore. Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, London, 1901. 1st edition. Small 
8vo, pp. 307, ads.

L. T. Meade is the pseudonym of Mrs. Elizabeth Thomasina Meade Smith 
(1854-1914). She was born in Ireland, the eldest daughter of a 
Protestant minister. Her early interest in writing horrified her father, 
as no lady in their family had previously undertaken work for wages (see 
the Cornell University Library website for "Women in the Literary 
Marketplace 1800-1900"). Between 1866 and her death, she published 280 
titles, many of them for girls, as well as short stories and articles 
for magazines, such as The Strand Magazine. She also wrote many crime 
and mystery novels (31 in all), often with the assistance of a 
scientific consultant such as Dr. Clifford Halifax, with whom she 
collaborated on five titles (Hubin, pp. 281-282). In such cases, Bleiler 
speculates that Halifax provided the idea and Smith did the writing 
(Science Fiction: The Early Years, pp. 488-489). Her books for girls are 
still collected and are relatively common. However, her mysteries are 
seldom seen in their original state. . This title is actually a 
collection of eight short stories, with a central character, Paul 
Gilchrist, a man of science whose talents are put to work in each of 
these tales. Our copy shows rubbing to the extremities. The cloth on the 
rear board is wrinkled. There is some overall light soiling to the 
boards; however the gilt design and lettering is bright and unchafed. 
The binding is a bit sprung, but the endpapers are clean and tight, and 
nothing is loose. A few spots of smudging to contents, but nothing 
untoward. In all, a good copy. No dust jacket.

Price: $325.00.

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charge is $7.50. Returnable within seven days of receipt if not as 
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