Hume Nisbet — The Black Drop

London, Trischler and Company, 1891. Cloth. A very scarce tale of revenge by Hume Nisbet, following a convict who returns to London from Australia. A very scarce work.The third thousadnth.'The Black Drop' follows a man name Paul Langly, who returns to London after having been sent as a criminal to Australia. He returns to his native country, endeavouring to seek out a woman he had been having an affair and who had set him up for forgery. By Hume Nisbet, a Scottish novelist who wrote much about Australia.Six pages of adverts to the rear. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Light rubbing to the joints. A few minor marks to the boards. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with the occasional spot, mostly to the first and last few pages. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .