The Dilemma of Commander Brett. Illustrated by George Hutchinson.

Chesney (Weatherby, pseud. for C.J. Cutcliffe Hyne)

Publication details: James Bowden, n.d. [but1899,]

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A scarce book by a prolific author, largely of adventure stories and best-remembered for his Atlantis tale 'Lost Continent'; the 'Weatherby Chesney' pseudonym was first employed in 1898 and survived for a decade, mostly used for detective fiction - this the third title under the name.

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FIRST EDITION, tissue-guarded frontispiece and 3 plates by Hutchinson, one plate with nick to fore-margin, one or two faint spots to page-borders, a couple of leaves opened roughly at rear (but not affecting text), pp. viii, 297, [14, publisher's list], crown 8vo, original brown cloth, illustration to upper board stamped in tan and black, lettering to this and backstrip in black, some bubbling to cloth and a couple of light marks, Parisian bookseller's ticket to front pastedown, endpapers a little spotted, good

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