Mystery George R. Sims The Coachman's Club 1897 1st UK Signed VG 

First edition, first printing with 1897 on title page. Publisher: London F. V. White & Co., 1897. [vi] 1-312 p. Original red cloth with black stamping to front cover and gilt stamping to spine. Top page-edge stained tan. No dust jacket. An envelope from author included. Signed by George R. Sims on half title page.

Book Condition: Very Good FEP missing. Cracking of paper to hinges, age darkening to end papers.  Light browning to pastedowns, endpapers and text. Internally clean.

The Coachman's Club was a group of coachmen who drove the streets of London and experienced many adventures. This collection was his first one volume edition with twenty short stories including:

Why it was Whispered

Father and Son

The Prima Donna

One of Her Majesty's Judges

The Squire's Daughters 

His Good Angel

The Lady's Maid's Legacy

A Pious Fraud

Jim Dumbleton's Governor

Con Doolan's Luck

Sims was intrigued by the psychology of crime, and he penned some ingenious detective stories.