Title: The Leavenworth Case: A Lawyer's Story Author: Green, Anna Katharine Place: New York Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Date: 1878 Description: iv, 475 pp. 2 folding facsimile plates. (8vo) original terracotta cloth, stamped in black and gilt. First Edition. A Haycraft-Queen cornerstone. Although the book was preceded by 'The Dead Letter' (1867), this is the first important American detective novel since Poe's 'Purloined Letter' (1844). A crime novel with a murdered wealthy man, suspicious attractive young female heirs, clever men tracking down clues, a gun, handkerchief and letter, and finally a surprise confession. Lot Amendments Condition: Wear and soiling to cloth, spine ends chipped, clippings pasted to front endpapers, penciled ownership markings on front endpaper; folding flaps detached from inserted plates; good. Item number: 240041
Title: The Leavenworth Case: A Lawyer's Story Author: Green, Anna Katharine Place: New York Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Date: 1878 Description: iv, 475 pp. 2 folding facsimile plates. (8vo) original terracotta cloth, stamped in black and gilt. First Edition. A Haycraft-Queen cornerstone. Although the book was preceded by 'The Dead Letter' (1867), this is the first important American detective novel since Poe's 'Purloined Letter' (1844). A crime novel with a murdered wealthy man, suspicious attractive young female heirs, clever men tracking down clues, a gun, handkerchief and letter, and finally a surprise confession. Lot Amendments Condition: Wear and soiling to cloth, spine ends chipped, clippings pasted to front endpapers, penciled ownership markings on front endpaper; folding flaps detached from inserted plates; good. Item number: 240041
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