NMLP P-036177 · Point of issue · minted 2026-07-09

The Mystery of a Hansom Cab

Fergus Hume · Kemp & Boyce (Melbourne) · 1886

The true first edition is Hume's self-published Melbourne printing, with the title-page imprint reading 'Melbourne, Kemp and Boyce, Printers,' issued in 1886 in an edition of 5,000 copies that Hume reported sold out within three weeks

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Point of issue NMLP P-036177 for "The Mystery of a Hansom Cab" by Fergus Hume (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-036177, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).