Lot 84
Morrison (Arthur) Martin Hewitt Investigator, first edition, 1894
Estimate: £600 - 800
Description
Morrison (Arthur) Martin Hewitt Investigator, first edition, illustrations by Sydney Pagett, 4pp. advertisements at rear, light marginal browning, contemporary ink ownership inscription to half-title, a few spots and ink initials to endpapers, lower hinge broken, original blue pictorial cloth, spine a little darkened, spine ends and corners bumped and a little frayed, light rubbing and surface soiling, [Queen’s Quorum 18], 8vo, Ward, Lock & Bowden, 1894.
⁂ A very good copy of this important early detective fiction title, the advertisements include those for A Study in Scarlet and The Picture of Dorian Gray.
"The first important English writer of detective fiction after Conan Doyle was Arthur Morrison." - Haycraft.
Description
Morrison (Arthur) Martin Hewitt Investigator, first edition, illustrations by Sydney Pagett, 4pp. advertisements at rear, light marginal browning, contemporary ink ownership inscription to half-title, a few spots and ink initials to endpapers, lower hinge broken, original blue pictorial cloth, spine a little darkened, spine ends and corners bumped and a little frayed, light rubbing and surface soiling, [Queen’s Quorum 18], 8vo, Ward, Lock & Bowden, 1894.
⁂ A very good copy of this important early detective fiction title, the advertisements include those for A Study in Scarlet and The Picture of Dorian Gray.
"The first important English writer of detective fiction after Conan Doyle was Arthur Morrison." - Haycraft.
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