(Pulp Fiction - Detective Magazines) NICK CARTER LIBRARY NO. 10. NICK CARTER'S DOUBLE GAME; OR, THE GHOST OF RAVENSWOOD HOUSE. OCTOBER 10, 1891; by the Author of "Nick Carter." New York: Street & Smith, Publishers, October 10, 1891. FIRST EDITION. 4to - 11-7/8" x 8-1/2". 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 woman firing a revolver center mass of a mysterious female figure that is mysteriously unaffected by the point blank shot to the heart to front wrapper, and the concluding text of the story and an advertisement from the publisher to back wrapper with soiling along top edge of front wrapper, chipping to bottom edge of back wrapper with loss to a few letters in a couple of words, a complete split along spine fold separating front and back wrappers from each other as well as from the rest of the book, and age-tanned paper for what is still an acceptable copy of what is a rare survival of a 19th century pulp magazine. 16 pp.; pages are age-tanned and partially unopened with some splitting to lower spine folds. Nick Carter, the fictional detective, began as a dime novel private eye in 1886. Credit for creating the character goes to the prolific dime novel author, John R. Coryell, who wrote the original Nick Carter dime novels and pulp magazine stories. Originally published in 1891 as "Nick Carter Detective Library," but after just three issues the name was change to "Nick Carter Library." A combined total of 282 issues were published; the final issue, no. 282, was published on Dec. 26, 1896. Though this magazine ceased publication on that date, that would not be the end for Nick Carter as he would appear in new magazines, novels, and even a popular radio show. Nick Carter electronic books are even available for purchase from major online retailers today. The condition of the pulp magazine is FAIR. No physical copies located on OCLC/WorldCat. RARE #001010