DR. RUMSEY'S PATIENT. A VERY STRANGE STORY .

Meade, L. T. (pseudonym of Elizabeth Thomasina Meade Smith) and Robert Eustace (pseudonym of Eustace Robert Barton) and Meade and Clifford Halifax, M.D. (pseudonym of Edgar Beaumont)

Published by Chatto & Windus, London, 1896

About this Item

Octavo, pp. [iii-vii] [viii] [1] 2-343 [344: blank] + 32-page publisher's catalogue dated "Sept. 1896" inserted at rear, title page printed in orange and black, publisher's decorated burgundy cloth, front panel stamped in gold and blind, spine panel stamped in gold, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed, floral patterned endpapers. First edition. Psychological thriller involving a family curse and psychic powers. Dr. Rumsey is a brain specialist. "Meade's bibliography exhausts the most enthusiastic bibliographers. In each of the genres she worked in she produced more than enough for several ordinary writers ." - Kemp, Mitchell and Trotter, Edwardian Fiction, p. 276. Hubin (1994), p. 566. Spine lean, cloth worn at edges and rubbed along outer joints, spine panel darkened and gold stamping dull, half title leaf missing if published with one, a sound, good copy. A very scarce book. (#170622). Seller Inventory # 170622

Bibliographic Details

Title: DR. RUMSEY'S PATIENT. A VERY STRANGE STORY .

Publisher: Chatto & Windus, London

Publication Date: 1896

Binding: Hardcover

Edition: 1st Edition