Nov 10, 2015 - Sale 2397

Sale 2397 - Lot 253

Price Realized: $ 1,950
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
PIRKIS, C.L. The Experiences of Loveday Brooke, Lady Detective. Frontispiece, in-text illustrations. 8vo, original gilt-lettered red cloth, visiting card inset to front cover as issued, corners slightly bumped, small dent to back cover edge; contents pristine; housed in custom felt-lined drop-back case. London: Hutchinson & Co., 1894
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first edition. Considered the first detective story by a woman featuring a woman detective. A spectacular, nearly flawless copy. Glover & Greene, Victorian Detective Fiction, p. 99.