Very Rare 1891 Minerva Series A Ruby Beyond Price Hardcover Sir Gilbert Campbell

Description: Yes.... International Shipping Is Offered On This Item Free shipping in the USA Description of Item Very Rare Edition of the Minerva Series Very Rare 1891 Minerva Series A Ruby Beyond Price Novel by Sr. Gilbert Campbell Suspense / Romance / Sensational Novel A Bit of HISTORY on Author as found on the Net. Thanks for sharing this.Sir Gilbert Edward Campbell, 3rd Bt., was born to an aristocratic Irish family living in England. He attended Harrow and entered military service shortly after graduation. He eventually served as an officer in the Indian Rebellion of 1857. In 1870, he married Esther Selina Baynham, and the couple had one son. Financial troubles forced him to leave the army, and he began working as a translator, producing cheap editions of the works of French writers, including Victor Hugo. He also authored a number of so-called shilling shockers, such as Stung by a Saint (1890), and was a frequent contributor to anthologies of short stories, including The Mystery of Mandeville Square, published in Beeton’s Christmas Annual in 1888. Sir Gilbert served as the editor of Lambert’s Monthly from 1890 to 1891 and himself published a handful of sensational well received novels, including the well received The Vanishing Diamond (1890) and A Ruby Beyond Price (1891) (a limited edition it is said because of impending legal issues against him and possibly pulled by the Publisher shortly after issuing). His success brought with it greed. In 1892, he was discovered to have been running bogus literary and art agencies, which offered fake diplomas and promises of publication or art exhibitions, in exchange for cash. The agency had scammed mostly amateur writers, who paid for their manuscripts to be read and published only to find later that the company had closed its doors. Sir Gilbert and his collaborators were sentenced to prison at hard labor, and he was given a particularly harsh sentence of 18 months because of the ways in which he had used his aristocratic title to inspire trust in his victims. After his release from prison, Sir Gilbert appears to have slipped into obscurity, dying some time around 1899. Pictures tell the best story on this rare book please refer to them. I know zero about grading books. My view as too condition is my own two eyed approach. I try to tell it like it is as accurate as possible. Many times the Pictures tell the story better than I can. View Pictures for True Condition of Item(s) Regarding All Items Being Sold That Are Vintage, Old, Antique, NOS, Or Used/PreOwned Yes, including this item being sold. 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Price: 375 USD

Location: Dowagiac, Michigan

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