Scrope Or, The Lost Library. A Novel of New York and Hartford.

Francis Perkins

Scrope Or, The Lost Library. A Novel of New York and Hartford.

Boston:

Roberts Brothers

1874

Scrope is generally considered the first American bibliomystery, defined as a mystery story that revolves around the world of libraries, booksellers, or book collectors. The plot concerns the search for and discovery of a secret library in nineteenth-century New York. Contents of the library include a First Folio and a Bay Psalm Book.

From the Collection of Jeffrey Johnson