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100 1 $aFelix, Charles,$d1833-1903.
245 14 $aThe Notting Hill mystery :$b[the first detective novel] /$ccompiled by Charles Felix from the papers of the late R. Henderson, Esq. ; [illustrated by George Du Maurier].
250 $a[New ed.]
260 $aLondon :$bThe British Library,$c2012.
300 $axiv, 284 pages, 7 unnumbered leaves of plates :$billustrations ;$c19 cm
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337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
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500 $aSubtitle from cover.
500 $aCover, spine, and half-title page have author's real name, Charles Warren Adams.
500 $aIntroduction by Mike Ashley (pages [viii]-xiv).
500 $aFirst published anonymously in serialized form in the London periodical "Once a Week" from November 1862 to January 1863. The illustrations by George Du Maurier in the present edition are reprinted from the periodical.
500 $aFirst published in book form: London : Saunders, Otley, and Co., 1865.
500 $aFrontispiece, title page, contents pages, and pages [1]-284 are facsimile reprints from the 1865 edition.
520 $aWidely acknowledged as the first detective novel, the story is told by insurance investigator Ralph Henderson, who is building a case against the sinister Baron 'R___', suspected of murdering his wife. Henderson descends into a maze of intrigue including a diabolical mesmerist, kidnapping by gypsies, slow-poisoners, a rich uncle's will and three murders.
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700 1 $aDu Maurier, George,$d1834-1896.
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