Nick Carter Library No. 155. A Fatal Knot; or A Clew in a Thousand Pieces. July 21, 1894

(Pulp Fiction - Detective Magazines) NICK CARTER LIBRARY NO. 155. A FATAL KNOT; OR, A CLEW IN A THOUSAND PIECES. JULY 21, 1894; by the Author of "Nick Carter." New York: Street & Smith, Publishers, July 21, 1894. FIRST EDITION. 4to - 11-7/8" x 8-9/16". 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 a ripped-up marriage certificate with a house scene visible through the center of the mutilate certificate, with Nick Carter, two women, both of whom are living and breathing, and third woman, who is neither living nor breathing, immediately after a surprising discovery 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 edges,