(Detective Fiction.) 'Cassell's Magazine Illustrated', May-O...

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£30 - £40

(Detective Fiction.) 'Cassell's Magazine Illustrated', May-October 1909, 6 issues in one bound volume, includes 'The Adventures of Lady Molly of Scotland Yard' detective stories by Baroness Orczy, p114-126, p223-233, p340-351, p463-474, p559-571, all with illustrations by Cyrus Cuneo, plus 'Women as Detectives: The Story of the Real Lady Molly of Scotland Yard', by A.B. Cooper, p79-87, plus other pulp fiction, contents relating to Empire, romance etc, original cloth gilt, original wraps bound in, formerly the copy of George Locke, late book dealer, author, publisher and authority on Fantasy and Science Fiction, with his old price and pencil notes at front. Presumed first appearance of Baroness Orczy's 'Lady Molly of Scotland Yard' early female detective stories, first published in book form some 3 years later in 1910