CLEMENT LORIMER; Or,The Book with the Iron Clasps.

(Cruikshank, George). Reach, Angus B.

Published by London: John Dicks, [circa 1880s]. [circa 1880s]., 1880

About this Item

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". Seller Inventory # 34612

Bibliographic Details

Title: CLEMENT LORIMER; Or,The Book with the Iron ...

Publisher: London: John Dicks, [circa 1880s]. [circa 1880s].

Publication Date: 1880

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good