1979, ISBN: fb44b8241b7135ed70df596cd048806c

New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1968. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, original brown publisher's cloth… More...

New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1968. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, original brown publisher's cloth stamped in blind on covers and lettered in gold on spine. 223 pages. Illustrated throughout with full page and vignette engravings. Printed in double-column format. Includes four pages of Harper ads at front: a two page catalog of Harper's "Library of Select Novels", a full page ad for various works by Miss Mulock, and one page with two titles on The Dutch Republic and The United Netherlands. First American edition. Considered to be the first detective novel, the story originally was serialized in Charles Dickens' magazine "All the Year Round"; together with "The Woman in White" this novel is considered to be Collin's best work. No previous ownership marks. Some incidental sporadic foxing, though a generally clean, square and unmarked copy. Spine gilt bright and cloth covers clean and sound with mild wear to spine ends and upper tip on rear cover. A very nice copy of "probably the very finest detective story ever written" [Dorothy L. Sayers; Hall, Sharon K (1979). Twentieth century literary criticism. p.531]. Very good+. Hubin, p.180; Wolff, 1368a; Parrish, pp. 75-76., Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1968, 3<

1968, ISBN: fb44b8241b7135ed70df596cd048806c

Hardcover

Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, New York], DETECTIVE FICTION, 19TH CENTURY ENLISH LITERATURE, Hardcover, original brown publisher's cloth stamped in bli… More...

Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, New York], DETECTIVE FICTION, 19TH CENTURY ENLISH LITERATURE, Hardcover, original brown publisher's cloth stamped in blind on covers and lettered in gold on spine. 223 pages. Illustrated throughout with full page and vignette engravings. Printed in double-column format. Includes four pages of Harper ads at front: a two page catalog of Harper's "Library of Select Novels", a full page ad for various works by Miss Mulock, and one page with two titles on The Dutch Republic and The United Netherlands. First American edition. Considered to be the first detective novel, the story originally was serialized in Charles Dickens' magazine "All the Year Round"; together with "The Woman in White" this novel is considered to be Collin's best work. No previous ownership marks. Some incidental sporadic foxing, though a generally clean, square and unmarked copy. Spine gilt bright and cloth covers clean and sound with mild wear to spine ends and upper tip on rear cover. A very nice copy of "probably the very finest detective story ever written" [Dorothy L. Sayers; Hall, Sharon K (1979). Twentieth century literary criticism. p.531]. Very good+. Hubin, p.180; Wolff, 1368a; Parrish, pp. 75-76, Books<

1868, ISBN: fb44b8241b7135ed70df596cd048806c

Hardcover

Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [SC: 39.66], [PU: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, New York], Slim 8vo. 24 cm x 15.5 cm. [2] (publisher's advertisements), [5], 10-223 pp. Wood-engraved front… More...

Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [SC: 39.66], [PU: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, New York], Slim 8vo. 24 cm x 15.5 cm. [2] (publisher's advertisements), [5], 10-223 pp. Wood-engraved frontispiece and many additional engravings by William Jewett illustrating the text (text in two columns). Green pebbled cloth with double blind-ruled borders, spine lettered in gilt. Former bookplate of W.B. Holbrook on the front pastedown. First American, first single volume, and the first illustrated edition, preceded by the three-volume first British edition. A Haycraft-Queen cornerstone. Hubin 180. Forshaw 142-147: "The first English, full-length detective novel . a ground-breaking work of fiction" A Very Good book with wear to the edges of the slightly skewed binding, tiny dampstain visible on the front pastedown and flyleaf.<

ISBN: fb44b8241b7135ed70df596cd048806c

Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Harper & Brothers], Gebundene Ausgabe. Zustandsangabe altersgemäß. Sofortversand aus Deutschland. Artikel wiegt maximal 1000g. Gebräuntes Exemplar. 491+12 S… More...

Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Harper & Brothers], Gebundene Ausgabe. Zustandsangabe altersgemäß. Sofortversand aus Deutschland. Artikel wiegt maximal 1000g. Gebräuntes Exemplar. 491+12 Seiten. In englischer Sprache. Buchrücken und Einband mit leichten Gebrauchsspuren sowie leicht verfärbt. Nachsatz mit kleinem Adress-Aufkleber.<