'Elizabeth Is Missing', or, Truth Triumphant: An Eighteenth Century Mystery
by De La Torre, Lillian
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/No Jacket
- Seller
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945 Book. Very Good +. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 266 (iv) pp, foreword, list of b&w illustrations (including 2 fold-out maps), 11 chapters, conclusion for connoisseurs in mystery, envoi, books consulted, index. Subtitle: Being a true and complete relation of her mysterious disappearance with her low and distrest State upon returning to her Friends, her fixing upon Enfield Wash as the Place of her Confinement, with her Accusation against Mother Wells, a notorious Bawd, and Mary Squires, an hideous Gipsy; on whose behalf the Lord Mayor of London made a Counter-Accusation, and what came of it. The whole embellish'd with many Moral Observations and the Truth at last made manifest through many Phaenomena, now first rightly interpreted. The author seeks to unravel the mystery behind story the four-week disappearance of Elizabeth Canning. Age-toned spine with slightly age-toned boards and endpapers, else, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Beige cloth with red & gold impressed motif on front board, and red title plate and gilt lettering to spine..
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- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001156
- Title
- 'Elizabeth Is Missing', or, Truth Triumphant: An Eighteenth Century Mystery
- Author
- De La Torre, Lillian
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1945
- Keywords
- TRUE CRIME LONDON CANNING ELIZABETH 1753
- Bookseller catalogs
- TRUE CRIME;
- Size
- 8vo
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West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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