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CLEMENT LORIMER; Or,The Book with the Iron Clasps.
by (Cruikshank, George). Reach, Angus B
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: John Dicks, [circa 1880s]., [circa 1880s].. Good. 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".
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- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 34612
- Title
- CLEMENT LORIMER; Or,The Book with the Iron Clasps.
- Author
- (Cruikshank, George). Reach, Angus B
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: John Dicks, [circa 1880s].
- Date Published
- [circa 1880s].
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- 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
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Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
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About the Seller
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Biblio member since 2003
Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Biblio
- The Greek root for a variety of words referring to the book, such as bibliography, bibliomania, etc. Also, one of the world's...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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