Maurice Richardson (ed. and intro.)

Novels of Mystery from the Victorian Age

New York: Pilot Press/ Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1946. Second printing. Hardcover. Hardcover in maroon cloth lettered in black. xviii+ 678 pp. Near fine, some offsetting to the half-title. No jacket. Introductory essay by Maurice Richardson. Anthology of four of the most memorable mystery novels of the mid-to late 19th century. Included are the gothic classic "The Woman in White" by Wilkie Collins, "The Notting hill Mystery" (anonymous), Carmilla by J. Sheridan Lefanu (one of the first vampire novels and one of the first with significant Lesbian overtones), and 'The Strange Case of Dr, Jekyll and Mr, Hyde" by Stevenson. Near Fine. Item #E31056

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