Wilkie Collins's fifth published novel, an early example of detective fiction in which protagonist Walter Hartright employs many of the sleuthing techniques of later fictional private detectives.
Publication Info
Publisher: Bernhard Tauchnitz
Edition: Copyright edition
Date Published: 1860
Place Published: Leipzig
ISBN: n/a
Details
Condition: Good
Signed: No
Dust Jacket: No
Jacket Condition: n/a
Details: First Tauchnitz edition, published same year as first London edition. Collection of British Authors Vol. 525 & 526. 2 vols. in 1: x, 369; 324 p. 16 cm. Half leather with marbled paper. Respined with original spine attached. New spine label. Boards rubbed. Corners bumped. Ink signature on front pastedown. Small tears at tops of first pages. Stains pp. 22-67 of first section and scattered in rest of text. One front endpaper torn out.
