Private Selby is a 1912 thriller novel by the British writer Edgar Wallace. It was one of a number of books and plays written before the First World War about the dangers of a future German invasion of Britain.^[1] The hero Dick Selby had first appeared in a serial in the Sunday Journal in 1909 and was modelled on Wallace himself.^[1]

Private Selby

Author	Edgar Wallace
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Genre	Thriller
Publisher	Ward Lock
Publication date	1912
Media type	Print
Pages	196
ISBN	1973368919