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Scrope, or, The lost library : a novel of New York and Hartford / by Frederic B. Perkins.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Perkins, Frederic B. (Frederic Beecher), 1828-1899, author.
- Series:
- Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture, 1790-1920.
- Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture, 1790-1920
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- New York (N.Y.)--Fiction.
- New York (N.Y.).
- National Book Committee.
- Hartford (Conn.)--Fiction.
- Hartford (Conn.).
- Detective and mystery stories.
- Prostitution--Fiction.
- Prostitution.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (278 pages) : illustrations.
- Other Title:
- Lost library
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Roberts Brothers, 1874.
- System Details:
- text file
- Notes:
- Considered the first American biblio-mystery, about the search for and discovery of a secret library in 19th century New York containing a huge First Folio and a Bay Psalm book. A detailed account of 19th century New York, and especially its seedy underworld of saloons, gambling dens, con-men, prostitutes, et cetera.
- Text in two columns.
- Reproduction of the original from the American Antiquarian Society.
- OCLC:
- 50847257
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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