THINGS AS THEY ARE: OR, THE ADVENTURES OF CALEB WILLIAMS

by William Godwin

$2,500 · Offered by L. W. Currey

Philadelphia: Printed for H. and P. Rice, No. 50, Market-Street, and Sold by J. Rice and Co. Baltimore, 1795. 12mo, two volumes: pp. 1-2 1 2-228; 1-5 6-224, both half-title leaves present, recently rebound to style in full leather, spine panels tooled in gold, brown leather spine title pieces. First U.S. edition. A landmark early novel that stands at the intersection of several genres. It is the first detective novel,

• Binding: Leather

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