Scrope; or, The Lost Library. A Novel of New York and Hartford
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. First edition of the first work of detective fiction directly concerned with the world of antiquarian books, booksellers, and book auctions. Gowans' Second-Hand Book Catacombs in New.....