Lot 305

OTTOLENGUI, Rodriguez (1861-1937). Final Proof or the Value of Evidence. New York and London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1898.

Status:

Closed

Estimate: $400 - $600

Estimate$400 – $600

Status

Closed

OTTOLENGUI, Rodriguez (1861-1937). Final Proof or the Value of Evidence. New York and London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1898.

8vo. Original tan cloth lettered and framed in green (hinges tightened). Provenance: John Talbot Gernon (morocco bookplate).

RARE FIRST EDITION. "Unappreciated even in his own time, Ottolengui finally gave up crime fiction and returned to his original vocation, dentistry - or, as Anthony Boucher once wrote, Ottolengui finally gave up the sleuth for the tooth" (Queen's Quorum 24).

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