Author: Queen, Ellery, ed
Title: Twentieth Century Detective Stories
Description: Cleveland, The World Publishing Company, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Gray cloth stamped in gold and red on cover and spine, top edge stained red. Mild toning to endpapers. A fine copy in about fine dustjacket with mild rubbing to rear panel. Complimentary copy with publisher's slip laid in. Fourteen stories previously unpublished in book form in the US by Dashiell Hammett, Agatha Christie, G. K. Chesterton, T. S. Stribling, E. C. Bentley, Ernest Bramah, C. S. Forester and others. Also includes Queen's Quorum, a list of the 101 most important books of detective-crime short stories with critical and bibliographical notes. A lovely copy. ; Octavo. Ill.: Illustrated by Nydorf, Seymour.
Keywords: MYSTERY, SHORT STORIES, DASHIELL HAMMETT, AGATHA CHRISTIE, ANTHOLOGIES, QUEEN'S QUORUM
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Title: Twentieth Century Detective Stories
Description: Cleveland, The World Publishing Company, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Gray cloth stamped in gold and red on cover and spine, top edge stained red. Mild toning to endpapers. A fine copy in about fine dustjacket with mild rubbing to rear panel. Complimentary copy with publisher's slip laid in. Fourteen stories previously unpublished in book form in the US by Dashiell Hammett, Agatha Christie, G. K. Chesterton, T. S. Stribling, E. C. Bentley, Ernest Bramah, C. S. Forester and others. Also includes Queen's Quorum, a list of the 101 most important books of detective-crime short stories with critical and bibliographical notes. A lovely copy. ; Octavo. Ill.: Illustrated by Nydorf, Seymour.
Keywords: MYSTERY, SHORT STORIES, DASHIELL HAMMETT, AGATHA CHRISTIE, ANTHOLOGIES, QUEEN'S QUORUM
Price: US$ 120.00 Seller: Parigi Books
- Book number: 18084
- Book number: 18084
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