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GREEN, Anna Katharine (1846-1935). The Leavenworth Case: A Lawyer’s Story. Boston: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1878.
First edition. The Leavenworth Case "may fairly be called the father of the modern detective story. Poe discovered the idea, but Anna Katherine Green gave the story its pattern and garments" (Grolier American 60). Vincent Starrett’s copy.
8vo. Folding facsimile plate. Original russet cloth, lettered in black on front cover, gilt-lettered on spine (slightest wear at extremities, generally clean and bright); cloth folding case (joint broken). Provenance: Vincent Starrett (1886-1974), mystery and horror/fantasy author (signature on flyleaf, bookplate). Laid-in: printed portrait of the author, signed by her “Anna Katharine Green Rohlfs.”
[With:] GREEN, Katharine Anne. The Circular Study. New York: McClure, Phillips, & Co., 1900. First edition. 8vo. Original green cloth, gilt-lettered and with pictorial design executed in black on front cover; cloth slipcase. A very fresh and bright copy.
First edition. The Leavenworth Case "may fairly be called the father of the modern detective story. Poe discovered the idea, but Anna Katherine Green gave the story its pattern and garments" (Grolier American 60). Vincent Starrett’s copy.
8vo. Folding facsimile plate. Original russet cloth, lettered in black on front cover, gilt-lettered on spine (slightest wear at extremities, generally clean and bright); cloth folding case (joint broken). Provenance: Vincent Starrett (1886-1974), mystery and horror/fantasy author (signature on flyleaf, bookplate). Laid-in: printed portrait of the author, signed by her “Anna Katharine Green Rohlfs.”
[With:] GREEN, Katharine Anne. The Circular Study. New York: McClure, Phillips, & Co., 1900. First edition. 8vo. Original green cloth, gilt-lettered and with pictorial design executed in black on front cover; cloth slipcase. A very fresh and bright copy.