#old sleuth

Clothed monkey dime novel, Old Sleuth's Own No. 36, 1895, "The Prince of Ventriloquists; or, Nimble Ike's Greatest Tricks" by Old Sleuth (Harlan Page Halsey).

John Dickson Carr  - A la Vie, à la Mort

Till death do us part, a reissue in french language

(”Le Miroir Obscur”, NéO, July 1982)

cover art: Jean-Claude Claeys

Ghost dime novel cover, Old Sleuth's Own No. 57, August 15, 1896, "Nimble Ike's Romance; or, The Mysteries of a Cavern. The Conclusion of Nimble Ike's Adventures" by Old Sleuth (Harlan Page Halsey). Ventriloquist Ike and his partner Jack the Juggler were featured in seven previous novels, beginning in No. 6, "Nimble Ike, the Trick Ventriloquist" (1894).

Juvenile delinquents dime novel, Old Sleuth's Own No. 29, 1895, "Dudie Dunne; or, The Exquisite Detective" by Old Sleuth (Harlan Page Halsey). Reprinted in Old Sleuth's Special Detective Series No. 6 as "Oscar the Detective" (1897, image courtesy Project Gutenberg).

Classic Lon Cheney Jr.-like dime novel cover, American Detective Series No. 58, circa 1934, "Old Electricity the Lightning Detective; or, Through the Night" by Old Sleuth (Harlan Page Halsey). Originally appeared in The Fireside Companion (1881), and reprinted in Old Sleuth Library No. 6 (1885) and numerous times including British Aldine Detective Tales No. 39 (1892). This edition appears to be the final reprint. Excerpt from Puck, Vol X No. 244, November 9, 1881, courtesy of Google.

Moonshine dime novel, Adventure Series No. 72, 1909, "Trapping the Moonshiners; or, The Strange Adventures of a Government Detective in the Tennessee Mountains" by Old Sleuth (Harlan Page Halsey). Reprinted from Old Sleuth Weekly No. 17 (1908).