Nick Carter Library No. 154. Nick Carter's Ghost Story; or, A Hard Chase After a Vanishing Thief. July 14, 1894

(Pulp Fiction - Detective Magazines) NICK CARTER LIBRARY NO. 154. NICK CARTER'S GHOST STORY; OR, A HARD CHASE AFTER A VANISHING THIEF. JULY 14, 1894; by the Author of "Nick Carter." New York: Street & Smith, Publishers, July 14, 1894. FIRST EDITION. 4to - 11-7/8" x 8-5/8". Staple bound pictorial cheap wood pulp paper self wrappers printed in black with a masthead featuring seven different portraits of "Nick Carter in Various Disguises" and a large drawing of the inside of a bank where Nick Carter has just opened a client's safety deposit box and discovers the contents have been pilfered by an unknown entity to front wrapper and publisher's advertisements to back wrapper with minor fraying to the edges, splitting to the fold at tail of spine and age-tanned paper for what is a very nice copy of what is a rare survival of a 19th century pulp magazine. 16 pp.; with minor fraying to the edges, partial splitting to the page folds at foot of magazine and age-tanned pages, several of which