Author: (Cruikshank, George). Reach, Angus B.
Title: Clement Lorimer; or,the Book with the Iron Clasps.
Description: London: John Dicks, [circa 1880s]. [circa 1880s]. ONE OF THE EARLIEST DETECTIVE NOVELS - (Dicks English Library). Octavo, bound into purple cloth titled in gilt on the spine. The covers are rubbed & lightly bumped with some light stains & tiny score marks to the front cover. 256 pages, printed in double columns. A bookplate has been removed from the front pastedown. There is occasional light soiling & the front edges of some pages are roughed. Illustrated in black & white with a frontispiece, 4 full-page and 7 half-page illustrations by George Cruikshank. Good.
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Title: Clement Lorimer; or,the Book with the Iron Clasps.
Description: London: John Dicks, [circa 1880s]. [circa 1880s]. ONE OF THE EARLIEST DETECTIVE NOVELS - (Dicks English Library). Octavo, bound into purple cloth titled in gilt on the spine. The covers are rubbed & lightly bumped with some light stains & tiny score marks to the front cover. 256 pages, printed in double columns. A bookplate has been removed from the front pastedown. There is occasional light soiling & the front edges of some pages are roughed. Illustrated in black & white with a frontispiece, 4 full-page and 7 half-page illustrations by George Cruikshank. Good.
"Clement Lorimer" is a biblio mystery and one of the earliest detective novels.
The book also includes: James Smith: "Kit-Cat Sketches"; Elie Berthet: "The Gold Mine" [with 11 illustrations]; Samuel Lover: "Short Irish Tales"; Gerald Griffin: "Card-Drawing"; M. G. (Monk) Lewis: "My Uncle's Garret Window"; Hoffmann: "The Wonderful Adventures of the Student Anselmus"; Douglas Jerrold: "The Ring and Mendicant"; and Tom Hood: "Tales and Papers". Good .
Keywords: LITERATURE; ANTHOLOGY; FICTION; DETECTIVE FICTION; BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; MYSTERY; ANGUS B. REACH; ILLUSTRATOR; GEORGE CRUIKSHANK; JAMES SMITH; KIT-CAT SKETCHES; ELIE BERTHET; THE GOLD MINE; SAMUEL LOVER; SHORT IRISH TALES; GERALD GRIFFIN; CARD-DRAWING; M. G. LE
Price: US$ 100.00 Seller: Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
- Book number: 34612
- Book number: 34612
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