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The Leavenworth Case: A Lawyer’s Story.
by Green, Anna Katharine
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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About This Item
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1878. First edition of the author's first book, considered one of the best American detective novels. Octavo, original publisher's cloth with gilt titles to the spine, rebacked. In very good condition. Small ownership name. Housed in a custom half morocco and folding chemise slipcase. Rare. 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). With this, her first novel, Green began, notably, what would become one of the first detective series; the introduction of her investigator, Ebeneezer Gryce, preceded the first appearance of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes by nine years and marked the entry of a female author into the predominantly male literary genre.
Synopsis
The classic genre-defining whodunit, by the mother of the detective novel Introducing the first American series detective, Ebenezer Gryce, The Leavenworth Case was published nine years before the debut of Sherlock Holmes, and made author Anna Katharine Green an enormously popular and influential writer who changed the mystery genre forever. Showcasing Green's verve and style, The Leavenworth Case opens with the shocking murder of Horatio Leavenworth, a wealthy New York merchant, philanthropist, and well-known member of the community. His favorite niece, Mary, is to inherit his fortune, and all of the evidence seems to implicate her or her sister. Yet surprises greet Gryce at every turn-even before the second murder.
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- Bookseller
- Raptis Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 139547
- Title
- The Leavenworth Case: A Lawyer’s Story.
- Author
- Green, Anna Katharine
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- G. P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1878
- Keywords
- Anna Katharine Green First Edition, The Leavenworth Case: A Lawyer's Story First Edition
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- A.N.
- The book is pristine and free of any defects, in the same condition as ...
- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- Publisher's cloth
- A hardcover book comprised of cloth over hard pasteboard boards. ...
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