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Books About Crime Fiction

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	Contemporary Crime Fiction. A Collector's Guide to Recent Catalogue Prices London, Crimes Ink 1994. First Edition. Near Fine. Soft card wraps, stapled. Limited to 500 copies. A collection of prices quoted for crime fiction first editions by booksellers between 1989 and 1993. Of historic interest only now perhaps but it is fascinating to see the shifts in eight years. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.61 \| JP¥ 1467] Book number: 003328 Click here to order or inquire at Diaskari Books.
	BARNES, MELVYN Best Detective Fiction. A Guide from Godwin to the Present London, Clive Bingley 1975. First Edition, Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/Very Good Plus. 0-85157-205-7 Slight edgewear to jacket. Nice clean copy. Barnes' entertaining and perceptive review of detective fiction. GBP 5.50 [Appr.: EURO 6.25 US$ 9.14 \| JP¥ 807] Book number: 000724 Click here to order or inquire at Diaskari Books.
	FENADY, ANDREW J The Secret of Sam Marlow. Chicago, Contemporary Books 1980. First Edition, Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 0-8092-5989-3 Nice copy of the Further Adventures of The Man with Bogart's Face. Set in Los Angeles, Palm Springs and involving a number of Hollywood characters. Recommended. GBP 12.50 [Appr.: EURO 14 US$ 20.76 \| JP¥ 1834] Book number: 001613 Click here to order or inquire at Diaskari Books.
	HAUT, WOODY Heartbreak and Vine: The Fate of Hardboiled Writers in Hollywood London, United Kingdom, Serpent's Tail 2002. First Edition, Paperback. Very Good Plus. 1852426780 Bright, tight and unread. No spine creases/markings. Very lightest edgewear to cover. "Fascinating, thorough, and, in some cases, positively noirish" - Village Voice. GBP 3.75 [Appr.: EURO 4.25 US$ 6.23 \| JP¥ 550] Book number: 009473 Click here to order or inquire at Diaskari Books.
	KEATING, H.R.F. The Bedside Companion to Crime London, Michael O'Mara 1989. First Edition, Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/Very Good Plus. 0948397535 192 pps, index. Bright and clean copy. A little rubbing to jacket surface and light wrinkling to the edges. Entertaining text and some splendid illustrations. GBP 2.75 [Appr.: EURO 3.25 US$ 4.57 \| JP¥ 404] Book number: 007290 Click here to order or inquire at Diaskari Books.
	MALLOY, WILLIAM The Mystery Book of Days New York, Mysterious Press 1990. First Edition, Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 0-89296-422-7 In original boards as issued. A calendar of the days of the year and the mystery associations for each day. Well illustrated. GBP 3.50 [Appr.: EURO 4 US$ 5.81 \| JP¥ 514] Book number: 000020 Click here to order or inquire at Diaskari Books.
	NORVILLE, BARBARA Writing the Modern Mystery Cincinnati, Ohio, Writers Digest Books 1986. First Edition, Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 0-89879-235-5 Excellent guide to writing detective and mystery fiction for publication by a notable editor. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.61 \| JP¥ 1467] Book number: 001265 Click here to order or inquire at Diaskari Books.
	PEARSALL, JAY Mystery and Crime. The New York Public Library Book of Answers New York, Fireside. Simon and Schuster. 1995. First Edition. Near Fine/No Jacket. 1-56865-132-5 Glossy illustrated boards as issued. Slight surface rubbing. Hundreds of questions (and answers) on everything from Amateur Detectives to Philo Vance with several useful lists along the way. Compiler is owner of New York store, Murder Ink. GBP 4.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.5 US$ 6.64 \| JP¥ 587] Book number: 001411 Click here to order or inquire at Diaskari Books.
	ROSEMAN, MILL Detectionary. A Biographical Dictionary of Leading Characters in Mystery Fiction. Woodstock, New York, The Overlook Press 1977. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/Very Good Plus. 0-87951-041-2 Second printing. Black and white illustrations. Compiled by Otto Penzler, Chris Steinbrunner, Marvin Lachman, Charles Shibuk, Francis M. Nevins Jr; produced by Milt Roseman. A useful and entertaining reference work including many movie references. Clean bright copy with slight fading to spine of jacket. Neatly price clipped. GBP 22.50 [Appr.: EURO 25 US$ 37.37 \| JP¥ 3302] Book number: 002218 Click here to order or inquire at Diaskari Books.
	SALLIS, JAMES Chester Himes: A Biography Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Payback Press 2000. First Edition, Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 0862419549 xiv, 370 pps, index. Black and white illustrations; splendid colour endpapers showing Himes' book covers. Bright, clean, as new. Very lightest of rubbing to jacket surface. GBP 2.25 [Appr.: EURO 2.5 US$ 3.74 \| JP¥ 330] Book number: 005585 Click here to order or inquire at Diaskari Books.
	SLUNG, MICHELE B. Crime on Her Mind. Fifteen Stories of Female Sleuths from the Victorian Era to the Forties. London, Michael Joseph 1976. First Edition, Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/Very Good Plus. 0-7181-1468-X Book very good if a little dusty along top. Jacket showing first signs of edgewear. Not price clipped. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: 000733 Click here to order or inquire at Diaskari Books.
	STAFFORD, WILLIAM T. (EDITOR) ( Modern Fiction Studies: Detective and Suspense Fiction. Vol. 29. Number 3. Autumn 1983 West Lafayette, Indiana, Department of English, Purdue University 1983. First Edition, Original Wraps. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. 0026-7724 Yellow card wraps slightly soiled, particularly on spine. Internally clean and sound. Issue devoted to 13 essays on Detective and Suspense fiction including, amongst others, articles on John le Carre, hard boiled fiction, Stanislaw Lem, Dorothy Sayers, the detective heroine, P.D.James, James Crumley. GBP 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 27.75 US$ 41.53 \| JP¥ 3669] Book number: 001810 Click here to order or inquire at Diaskari Books.
	SYMONS, JULIAN Critical Observations London, Faber 1981. First Edition, Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 0571116884 Signed by Author Bright, tight copy - pages slightly yellowed. Jacket with some light surface wear and minor wrinkling to top spine end. Inscribed by Symons and dated December 1987. Essays on Ruthven Todd, Chandler, Hammett, Agatha Christie, Frances Newman, Kingsley Amis and others. GBP 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 27.75 US$ 41.53 \| JP¥ 3669] Book number: 005379 Click here to order or inquire at Diaskari Books.
	SYMONS, JULIAN Critical Occasions. London, Hamish Hamilton 1966. First Edition, Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Bright, tight copy - very light brown markings to endpapers. Jacket a little faded to spine and with veyr light creasing to edges. Essays on modern English and American novelists but including long essays on George Eliot and Trollope and articles on Arthur Machen and Saki. GBP 7.50 [Appr.: EURO 8.5 US$ 12.46 \| JP¥ 1101] Book number: 005384 Click here to order or inquire at Diaskari Books.
	SYMONS, JULIAN The Modern Crime Story Edinburgh, Tragara Press 1980. First Edition, Original Wraps. Fine. Green wrappers with paper label. Twenty-one page essay, with minor revisions from the text of a lecture originally delivered at York University, Toronto in 1975. Bright, clean, unread copy. No 89 of 100 unnumbered copies. GBP 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 15.75 US$ 23.25 \| JP¥ 2054] Book number: 008880 Click here to order or inquire at Diaskari Books.
	WINKS, ROBIN W. (EDITOR). REGINALD HILL. MICHAEL GILBERT. TONY HILLERMAN. JAMES MCCLURE Colloquium on Crime. Eleven Renowned Mystery Writers Discuss Their Work New York, Scribner 1986. First Edition. Fair. Uncorrected Proof Copy Red card wraps as issued. Wraps scuffed and soiled and slightly bumped top corner. Internally clean but really a reading copy. Essays on their craft by eleven writers including Tony Hillerman, Reginald Hill, Robert Barnard, James McClure, Robert Parker, Michael Gilbert, K.C.Constantine. GBP 7.50 [Appr.: EURO 8.5 US$ 12.46 \| JP¥ 1101] Book number: 003281 Click here to order or inquire at Diaskari Books.
	WINN, DILYS Murder Ink. The Mystery Readers Companion Newton Abbot, Westbridge Books 1978. First Edition, Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 0-7153-7749-5 "a prodigious smorgasbord of weritying and pictures about the crime story past and present". Corners very slightly bumped ; a little creasing to jacket edges and a couple of small nicks. Else nice copy. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.61 \| JP¥ 1467] Book number: 002037 Click here to order or inquire at Diaskari Books.

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	Contemporary Crime Fiction. A Collector's Guide to Recent Catalogue Prices London, Crimes Ink 1994. First Edition. Near Fine. Soft card wraps, stapled. Limited to 500 copies. A collection of prices quoted for crime fiction first editions by booksellers between 1989 and 1993. Of historic interest only now perhaps but it is fascinating to see the shifts in eight years. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.61 \| JP¥ 1467] Book number: 003328 Click here to order or inquire at Diaskari Books.
	BARNES, MELVYN Best Detective Fiction. A Guide from Godwin to the Present London, Clive Bingley 1975. First Edition, Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/Very Good Plus. 0-85157-205-7 Slight edgewear to jacket. Nice clean copy. Barnes' entertaining and perceptive review of detective fiction. GBP 5.50 [Appr.: EURO 6.25 US$ 9.14 \| JP¥ 807] Book number: 000724 Click here to order or inquire at Diaskari Books.
	FENADY, ANDREW J The Secret of Sam Marlow. Chicago, Contemporary Books 1980. First Edition, Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 0-8092-5989-3 Nice copy of the Further Adventures of The Man with Bogart's Face. Set in Los Angeles, Palm Springs and involving a number of Hollywood characters. Recommended. GBP 12.50 [Appr.: EURO 14 US$ 20.76 \| JP¥ 1834] Book number: 001613 Click here to order or inquire at Diaskari Books.
	HAUT, WOODY Heartbreak and Vine: The Fate of Hardboiled Writers in Hollywood London, United Kingdom, Serpent's Tail 2002. First Edition, Paperback. Very Good Plus. 1852426780 Bright, tight and unread. No spine creases/markings. Very lightest edgewear to cover. "Fascinating, thorough, and, in some cases, positively noirish" - Village Voice. GBP 3.75 [Appr.: EURO 4.25 US$ 6.23 \| JP¥ 550] Book number: 009473 Click here to order or inquire at Diaskari Books.
	KEATING, H.R.F. The Bedside Companion to Crime London, Michael O'Mara 1989. First Edition, Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/Very Good Plus. 0948397535 192 pps, index. Bright and clean copy. A little rubbing to jacket surface and light wrinkling to the edges. Entertaining text and some splendid illustrations. GBP 2.75 [Appr.: EURO 3.25 US$ 4.57 \| JP¥ 404] Book number: 007290 Click here to order or inquire at Diaskari Books.
	MALLOY, WILLIAM The Mystery Book of Days New York, Mysterious Press 1990. First Edition, Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 0-89296-422-7 In original boards as issued. A calendar of the days of the year and the mystery associations for each day. Well illustrated. GBP 3.50 [Appr.: EURO 4 US$ 5.81 \| JP¥ 514] Book number: 000020 Click here to order or inquire at Diaskari Books.
	NORVILLE, BARBARA Writing the Modern Mystery Cincinnati, Ohio, Writers Digest Books 1986. First Edition, Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 0-89879-235-5 Excellent guide to writing detective and mystery fiction for publication by a notable editor. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.61 \| JP¥ 1467] Book number: 001265 Click here to order or inquire at Diaskari Books.
	PEARSALL, JAY Mystery and Crime. The New York Public Library Book of Answers New York, Fireside. Simon and Schuster. 1995. First Edition. Near Fine/No Jacket. 1-56865-132-5 Glossy illustrated boards as issued. Slight surface rubbing. Hundreds of questions (and answers) on everything from Amateur Detectives to Philo Vance with several useful lists along the way. Compiler is owner of New York store, Murder Ink. GBP 4.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.5 US$ 6.64 \| JP¥ 587] Book number: 001411 Click here to order or inquire at Diaskari Books.
	ROSEMAN, MILL Detectionary. A Biographical Dictionary of Leading Characters in Mystery Fiction. Woodstock, New York, The Overlook Press 1977. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/Very Good Plus. 0-87951-041-2 Second printing. Black and white illustrations. Compiled by Otto Penzler, Chris Steinbrunner, Marvin Lachman, Charles Shibuk, Francis M. Nevins Jr; produced by Milt Roseman. A useful and entertaining reference work including many movie references. Clean bright copy with slight fading to spine of jacket. Neatly price clipped. GBP 22.50 [Appr.: EURO 25 US$ 37.37 \| JP¥ 3302] Book number: 002218 Click here to order or inquire at Diaskari Books.
	SALLIS, JAMES Chester Himes: A Biography Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Payback Press 2000. First Edition, Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 0862419549 xiv, 370 pps, index. Black and white illustrations; splendid colour endpapers showing Himes' book covers. Bright, clean, as new. Very lightest of rubbing to jacket surface. GBP 2.25 [Appr.: EURO 2.5 US$ 3.74 \| JP¥ 330] Book number: 005585 Click here to order or inquire at Diaskari Books.
	SLUNG, MICHELE B. Crime on Her Mind. Fifteen Stories of Female Sleuths from the Victorian Era to the Forties. London, Michael Joseph 1976. First Edition, Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/Very Good Plus. 0-7181-1468-X Book very good if a little dusty along top. Jacket showing first signs of edgewear. Not price clipped. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: 000733 Click here to order or inquire at Diaskari Books.
	STAFFORD, WILLIAM T. (EDITOR) ( Modern Fiction Studies: Detective and Suspense Fiction. Vol. 29. Number 3. Autumn 1983 West Lafayette, Indiana, Department of English, Purdue University 1983. First Edition, Original Wraps. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. 0026-7724 Yellow card wraps slightly soiled, particularly on spine. Internally clean and sound. Issue devoted to 13 essays on Detective and Suspense fiction including, amongst others, articles on John le Carre, hard boiled fiction, Stanislaw Lem, Dorothy Sayers, the detective heroine, P.D.James, James Crumley. GBP 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 27.75 US$ 41.53 \| JP¥ 3669] Book number: 001810 Click here to order or inquire at Diaskari Books.
	SYMONS, JULIAN Critical Observations London, Faber 1981. First Edition, Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 0571116884 Signed by Author Bright, tight copy - pages slightly yellowed. Jacket with some light surface wear and minor wrinkling to top spine end. Inscribed by Symons and dated December 1987. Essays on Ruthven Todd, Chandler, Hammett, Agatha Christie, Frances Newman, Kingsley Amis and others. GBP 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 27.75 US$ 41.53 \| JP¥ 3669] Book number: 005379 Click here to order or inquire at Diaskari Books.
	SYMONS, JULIAN Critical Occasions. London, Hamish Hamilton 1966. First Edition, Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Bright, tight copy - very light brown markings to endpapers. Jacket a little faded to spine and with veyr light creasing to edges. Essays on modern English and American novelists but including long essays on George Eliot and Trollope and articles on Arthur Machen and Saki. GBP 7.50 [Appr.: EURO 8.5 US$ 12.46 \| JP¥ 1101] Book number: 005384 Click here to order or inquire at Diaskari Books.
	SYMONS, JULIAN The Modern Crime Story Edinburgh, Tragara Press 1980. First Edition, Original Wraps. Fine. Green wrappers with paper label. Twenty-one page essay, with minor revisions from the text of a lecture originally delivered at York University, Toronto in 1975. Bright, clean, unread copy. No 89 of 100 unnumbered copies. GBP 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 15.75 US$ 23.25 \| JP¥ 2054] Book number: 008880 Click here to order or inquire at Diaskari Books.
	WINKS, ROBIN W. (EDITOR). REGINALD HILL. MICHAEL GILBERT. TONY HILLERMAN. JAMES MCCLURE Colloquium on Crime. Eleven Renowned Mystery Writers Discuss Their Work New York, Scribner 1986. First Edition. Fair. Uncorrected Proof Copy Red card wraps as issued. Wraps scuffed and soiled and slightly bumped top corner. Internally clean but really a reading copy. Essays on their craft by eleven writers including Tony Hillerman, Reginald Hill, Robert Barnard, James McClure, Robert Parker, Michael Gilbert, K.C.Constantine. GBP 7.50 [Appr.: EURO 8.5 US$ 12.46 \| JP¥ 1101] Book number: 003281 Click here to order or inquire at Diaskari Books.
	WINN, DILYS Murder Ink. The Mystery Readers Companion Newton Abbot, Westbridge Books 1978. First Edition, Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 0-7153-7749-5 "a prodigious smorgasbord of weritying and pictures about the crime story past and present". Corners very slightly bumped ; a little creasing to jacket edges and a couple of small nicks. Else nice copy. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.61 \| JP¥ 1467] Book number: 002037 Click here to order or inquire at Diaskari Books.