The Detection Collection
by Simon Brett (editor) Colin Dexter, P D James etc
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- as new
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- As New/as new
- ISBN 10
- 187356774X
- ISBN 13
- 9781873567746
- Seller
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Kington, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Simon Brett, crime writer and president of the world famous Detection Club, asked members to write a detective story that would show readers some of the ingenuity of the profession. The writers in this volume are among the most loved writing at the time. They are: P D James, Michael Ridpath, H R F Keating, John Harvey, Lindsey Davis, Colin Dexte, Robert Barnard, Margaret Yorke, Robert Goddard, clare Francis, Reginald Hill, and the introduction and brief history of the Detection Club by Simon Brett. This edition also contains a six page tribute to the Detection Club by Boris Akunin (Russian crime writer) and Michael Johnson (of Scorpion Press). This special edition is one of a hundred numbered and signed copies in a special binding. An important book for collectors of Golden Age mysteries.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Scorpion Press (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 105
- Title
- The Detection Collection
- Author
- Simon Brett (editor) Colin Dexter, P D James etc
- Format/Binding
- Vlack leather spine with grey patterned marbled papers over boards and black top edge.
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- as new
- Quantity Available
- 3
- Edition
- First and Signed Limited, one of 100 signed.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 187356774X
- ISBN 13
- 9781873567746
- Publisher
- Scorpion Press
- Place of Publication
- Kington Herefordshire
- Date Published
- 2005
- Pages
- i-vi tribute, 195
- Size
- 9.1/2" x 6"
- Keywords
- Mystery, Crime, Collectors book, Limited ed.
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About the Seller
Scorpion Press
Biblio member since 2019
Kington, Herefordshire
About Scorpion Press
Bookseller in the late 1980's selling via catalogues and fairs. Then migrated to publishing special editions as Scorpion Press. Over 100 titles published including major crime and mystery authors: Dick Francis, Colin Dexter, Ruth Rendell, Ian Rankin, Bernard Cornwell, Len Deighton. Now concentrating on leather rebindings in runs of twelve copies - signed on an author profile page.