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Preposterous airship dime novel, The Boys' Star Library No. 253, April 16, 1892, "Jack Wright and His Electric Air Schooner; or, The Mystery of a Magic Mine" by "Noname" (Luis Senerens).
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Classic true-crime British penny blood torture story, The Terrific Register No. 1, 1823, "Dreadful execution of Damiens for attempting to assassinate Louis XV, King of France", anonymous, art by Mary Byfield. Fans of the publication included Charles Dickens.
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Devil suit British penny dreadful cover, Aldine O'er Land and Sea Library No. 28, 1890, "The Man in Red; or, The Ghost of the Old Guard", anonymous (Frederick Whittaker). Reprinted and revised from Beadle's New York Dime Library No. 193 (1882).
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Classic fantastic fiction dime novel, Adventure Series No. 79, 1911, "She" by H. Rider Haggard. Originally appeared as a serial in The Graphic beginning in 1886.
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Silly H. Rider Haggard parody British dime novel, He (London: Longmans, Green,1887) by The Author of "It", "King Solomon's Wives", "Bess" etc. (John De Morgan). Reprint of Munro's Library 1887 digest. Parody of Haggard's 1886 novel She. A second De Morgan installment is It. Back cover has ad for She reprint.
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Classic wall of skulls and gorilla dime novel cover, Pluck and Luck No. 201, April 9, 1903, “We” by Richard R. Montgomery (house name).
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Classic killer orangutan dime novel cover, Brave and Bold No. 5, January 24, 1903, "The Spotted Six; or, The Mystery of Calvert Hathaway" by Fred Thorpe (F.A. Stearns).
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Classic ghost story with a complicated publishing history, New York Weekly Vol. XXX No. 1, November 9, 1874, "The Dream Woman. A Mystery in Four Parts" by Wilkie Collins. The story originated as "The Ostler" in Household Words No. 855 (1855), and was collected in Queen of Hearts (London: Hurst & Blackett, 1859) as "Brother Morgan's Story of the Dream-Woman". During Collins's 1874 America tour he rewrote it for American audiences and the New York Weekly publication appeared concurrently(?) with the British Temple Bar Magazine No. 168, November 1874 and The Frozen Deep and Other Stories (London: Richard Bentley and Son, November 18, 1874). Depending on the timing with the British publications the New York Weekly version may or may not be considered a reprint of the revised story. British magazine images courtesy Hathi Trust.
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Skeleton ghost dime novel cover, Secret Service No. 401, September 28, 1906, "The Bradys and the Demon Doctor; or, The House of Many Mysteries" by A New York Detective.
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Glyptodon and lost world boys’ British weekly cover, Union Jack No. 851, January 31, 1920, "The Forrest of Ghosts", anonymous (Cecil Hayter). A Sexton Blake mystery.
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Masked villain story paper cover, New York Weekly, September 2, 1869, "The Lady of Grand Court; or, The Secretary's Plot" by the Author of Peerless Cathleen (Cora Agnew).
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Flying skeleton dime novel cover, Beadle's Half Dime Library No. 300, April 24, 1888, "The Sky Demon; or, Rainbolt, the Ranger" by Oll Coomes. Originally appeared in Starr's American Novel No. 67 (1871); and reprinted in Beadle's Half Dime Library No. 1160 (1905); Beadle's Pocket Novels No. 35 (1875); New Dime Novels No. 583 (1884); Pocket Library No. 271 (1889); and Western Weekly No. 38, August 17, 1911.
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Monster suit dime novel cover, Diamond Dick Jr. No. 102, September 24, 1898, "Diamond Dick Jr.'s Diamond Dirk; or, Meeting a Greaser on His Own Ground" by W.B. Lawson (house name).
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Giant spider British boys' weekly cover, The Skipper No. 125, January 21, 1933, "The Canyon of the Spiders", anonymous.
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Salem witch trials dime novel, Little Chief Library No. 60, November 2, 1887, "The Witch-Finder; or, The Fatal Brand" by Major A.F. Grant (T.C. Harbough), Old Sleuth writer.
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The first dime novel, Beadle's Dime Novels No. 1, June 9, 1860, "Malaeska, the Indian Wife of the White Hunter" by Mrs. Ann S. Stephens.
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Rarely seen editorial accompanying classic dime novel criticism cover, Puck No. 237, September 21, 1881, “The Food of Our Youth” by Joseph Keppler.
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