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Blockbuster! Fergus Hume and the Mystery of a Hansom Cab [Block Buster].
by Sussex, Lucy
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 192214794X
- ISBN 13
- 9781922147943
- Seller
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Annandale, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
Melbourne: Text Publishing, 2015. Paperback octavo, very good condition, colour & sepia (brown-tinted) photos, minor edgewear. 298 pp. The fascinating story by Lucy Sussex of the crime novel that became a global publishing phenomenon. Fergus Hume was a playwright when he moved from Dunedin to Melbourne in 1885. He wrote The Mystery of a Hansom Cab, and the book sold out its first run and became the biggest and fastest-selling detective novel of the 1800s, and Australia's first literary blockbuster. Hume unfortunately sold the copyright for 50 pounds, and missed out on a potential fortune. This well-researched book will interest anyone who likes Australian true crime, history and crime fiction.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookhome Sydney (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29409
- Title
- Blockbuster! Fergus Hume and the Mystery of a Hansom Cab [Block Buster].
- Author
- Sussex, Lucy
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 192214794X
- ISBN 13
- 9781922147943
- Publisher
- Text Publishing
- Place of Publication
- Melbourne
- Date Published
- 2015
- Keywords
- australian biography, authors, literature classics, crime fiction, australian fiction, historical fiction, victoria, melbourne
- Bookseller catalogs
- LITERATURE;
Terms of Sale
Bookhome Sydney
Parcels posted within Australia by Australia Post. Overseas parcels from Australia posted by Air Mail with full tracking (about 10 to 30 days delivery, but delays in post possible). Expertly wrapped. Genuine guarantee. We request extra postage for heavy books.
About the Seller
Bookhome Sydney
Biblio member since 2004
Annandale, New South Wales
About Bookhome Sydney
Friendly family-owned internet bookshop located in Sydney's inner west. Selling books since 1998 (online since 2000). A broad range of quality secondhand and antiquarian books, particularly Australian history and society (Australiana), psychology, health, animals/pets, environment, science, religion, books for children. Mostly nonfiction.
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...