CATALOGUE OF CRIME: Being a Reader's Guide to the Literature of Mystery, Detection, and Related Genres **REVISED AND ENLARGED EDITION
by Barzun, Jacques & Wendell Hertig Taylor
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0060157968
- ISBN 13
- 9780060157968
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A Catalogue of Crime, by Jacques Barzun and Wendell Hertig Taylor, was first published in 1971; a revised edition was published in 1989 by Barzun after the death of Taylor in 1985. The book was awarded a Special Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America in 1972. In its preface Barzun says: This book is for readers of crime fiction.
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- Murder By The Book (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002467
- Title
- CATALOGUE OF CRIME: Being a Reader's Guide to the Literature of Mystery, Detection, and Related Genres **REVISED AND ENLARGED EDITION
- Author
- Barzun, Jacques & Wendell Hertig Taylor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0060157968
- ISBN 13
- 9780060157968
- Publisher
- Harper & Row
- Place of Publication
- N.Y.
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- MYSTERY; Reference; Reviews;
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- Reference;
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