Hard Cover
1909 · New York
by Leroux, Gaston
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1909. Reissue. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 0x0x0. Reissue. Very good in fair jacket. Pencil erasure marks on front endpaper, several chips along jacket edges, jacket toned, rear hinge just beginning to weaken. 1909 Hard Cover. 377, [5] pp. The Perfume of the Lady in Black is a suspenseful sequel to Leroux's The Mystery of the Yellow Room. The young detective Joseph Rouletabille searches for the mysterious Frédéric Larsan in a castle on the Côte dâAzur. And throughout the story, the Lady in Black plays an important role. Complete with mysterious disappearances and escapes, shootings, and late-night boat trips, this book was an important early book in this genre. Gaston Leroux was also the author of The Phantom of the Opera.
(Inventory #: 2344891)