Under One Flag.

MARSH, Richard.

Published by John Long. 1906, 1906

About this Item

FIRST EDITION. Half title with ads on verso, 32pp cata. (June, 1906); e.ps sl. spotted. Partially uncut in orig. red cloth, lettered in gilt; spine sl. faded, corners a little knocked. A nice copy. Not in Glover & Greene or Hubin. A collection of fourteen short stories including 'A Pet of the Ballet', 'Staggers', 'That Foursome', 'Two of a Trade', and 'The Thirteen Club'. Richard Marsh, 1857-1915, born Richard Bernard Heldmann, was a prolific author of horror, crime, and romance, writing more than 80 volumes of fiction and numerous short stories. He is best remembered now for his supernatural horror novel The Beetle (1897), which was published in the same year as Dracula and was initially much more popular, significantly outselling Stoker's novel. Marsh got his start writing adventure stories, under his given name, for boys magazines in 1880, and in 1882 was made co-editor of the Union Jack. In the spring of 1883, he left the publication abruptly and ceased to publish fiction under the name Heldmann. Scholars speculated for years that the reason for his name change was to obscure his family's German-Jewish origins, but it later came out he had been sentenced to eighteen months of hard labour in 1884 for forging cheques in Britain and France the previous year. The first works by 'Richard Marsh' appeared in periodicals in 1888. Seller Inventory # 99176

Bibliographic Details

Title: Under One Flag.

Publisher: John Long. 1906

Publication Date: 1906

Binding: Hardcover

Edition: 1st Edition