Poe The Detective: The Curious Circumstances Behind The Mystery of Marie Roget by Walsh, John Evangelist, - 1968

New Brunswick, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Rutgers University Press, 1968. Minor edge and corner wear; no dj; lightly scuffed and scratched; spine and board edges are faded; corners are gently bumped and rubbed; some light shelf wear; ex-library with the usual library markings; overall a nice used copy! Black cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. 154 informative and historical pages nicely enhanced by black and white illustrations! "This book has taken some dozen years to grow from a seed of idle curiosity planted by Edgar Allan Poe's bold claim that he had solved a real-life murder mystery without leaving the comfort of his armchair. Since my first determination to test that claim, I have pursued the subject irregularly, and it was not till I was fairly sure I had traced all the lines and rounded all the corners that I ventured to set down the results........." ---- from the Preface.. First Edition. Black Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Library.