(Pulp Fiction - Detective Magazines) NICK CARTER LIBRARY NO. 157. THE PHOTOGRAPH CLEW; OR, NICK CARTER'S UNDERGROUND TRAIL. AUGUST 4, 1894; by the Author of "Nick Carter." New York: Street & Smith, Publishers, August 4, 1894. FIRST EDITION. 4to - 11-7/8" x 8-9/16". 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 horrifying scene of a house totally engulfed in flames, with a terrified lady in a second story barred window, frantically crying for help to anyone that can hear her, with what is presumed to be a deceased man, lying in the bushes nearby to front wrapper and publisher's advertisements to back wrapper with minor fraying to the edges, minor splitting to the fold at tail of spine, age-tanned paper and a small area with the remnants of paper that once were stuck, to back wrapper for what is still a nice copy of what is a rare survival of a 19th century pulp magazine. 16 pp.; with minor fraying to edges, minor splitting to the page folds at foot of magazine and age-tanned pages, the majority of which remain unopened. Nick Carter, the fictional detective, began as a dime novel private eye in 1886. Credit for creating the fictitious character goes to the prolific dime novel author, John R. Coryell, who wrote the original Nick Carter dime novels and pulp magazine stories. Nick Carter Library began publication in 1891. A total of 282 issues were published, with the final issue, No. 282, being published on Dec. 26, 1896. Though Nick Carter Library ceased publication on that date, that would not be the end for Nick Carter, as the character would appear in new magazines, new novels, and even a popular radio show. Nick Carter electronic books are even available from major online retailers today. The condition of the pulp magazine is GOOD. No copies located on OCLC/WorldCat. RARE #001062