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Alpha Editions, 2018-11-17. Paperback. Very Good. 0.7874 in x 8.3465 in x 5.4331 in.
The Widow Lerough by Gaboriau, Emile - 1873
by Gaboriau, Emile
The Widow Lerough
by Gaboriau, Emile
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Boston, James R. Osgood & Co., 1873 Wraps, Fair as this copy is missing the rear cover. Osgood's Library of Novels No. 28. Green cover, text clean throughout. spine chipped at the foot. Emile Gaboriau The Widow Lerouge (L'Affaire Lerouge) by Drew R. Thomas. In the 1940s, Howard Haycraft wrote, "In the sense that it [L'Affair Lerouge] was the first story of novel length to employ detection as an important theme, it is perhaps entitled to the appellation 'the first detective novel' -- though it bears little resemblance to what we mean by the term today" (Murder for Pleasure).. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fair.
- Bookseller Independent bookstores (US)
- Format/Binding Paperback
- Book Condition Used - Fair
- Quantity Available 1
- Edition 1st Edition
- Binding Paperback
- Publisher Boston, James R. Osgood & Co.
- Date Published 1873
- Keywords LITERATURE, MYSTERY