Scrope; or, The Lost Library. A Novel of New York and Hartford

by Frederic B. Perkins

$800 · Offered by Riverrun Books & Manuscripts

First edition

Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1874. From the Bart Auerbach Collection. Tall 8vo. 278 pages, printed in double-columns. Original green cloth, blocked in blind, gilt-lettered. Light wear at extremities, a front flyleaf removed. Item #409682 First edition of the first work of detective fiction directly concerned with the world of antiquarian books, booksellers, and book auctions. Gowans'

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