De La Torre, Lillian.

Dr. Samuel Johnson, Detector – Narrated as From the Pen of James Boswell. Including: the Unmasking of the Flying Highwayman; the singular Episode of the Monboddo Ape Boy; the Recovery of Prince Charlie’s vanisht Ruby, the stolen Christmas Box, and the pilfer’d Great Seal of England; also, the Detection of the mysterious Visitant in Mincing Lane, and the macabre Affair of the Wax-Work Cadaver.

London, MacMillan London Limited, 1985. 13 cm x 20.5 cm. X, 259 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some minor discolouing and foxing to endpapers and pastedowns.

Includes for example the following chapters: The Second Sight of Dr. Sam: Johnson / The Manifestations in Mincing Lane / De La Torre’s Life of Johnson etc.

• Keywords: 20th Century Literature · American Fiction · American Literature · American Writer · Detective and Mystery Stories, English · Detective Fiction · Detective Stories
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 60417AB

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