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Murder for Pleasure: The Life and Times of the Detective Story.
by Haycraft, Howard
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York; Biblo and Tannen, 1974., 1974. Hard Cover. Reprint. Octavo, pp. xviii, [18], 409. Facsimile of the first page of Poe's "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" as frontispiece, plus numerous monochrome photographs to plates. Publishers' maroon cloth with silver titles and panel to spine in unclipped black-and-red dust-jacket. A clean crisp copy with no annotation or inscriptions. Jacket very lightly scuffed & soiled, with minor loss at lower fold. Near Fine in Very Good jacket. The first book to treat the detective story as a literary form, in a comprehensive history of early crime fiction from its inception with Poe's "Murders in the Rue Morgue", through the Golden Age and brought up-to-date. Subjects include American, British and French authors, with an extensive "Who's Who" section. Scarce.
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- Bookseller
- Keel Row Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7842
- Title
- Murder for Pleasure: The Life and Times of the Detective Story.
- Author
- Haycraft, Howard
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York; Biblo and Tannen, 1974.
- Date Published
- 1974
- Keywords
- Crime & Criminology
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About the Seller
Keel Row Books
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Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear
About Keel Row Books
Keel Row Books is Tyneside's leading bookshop for collectable, antiquarian and second-hand books.Formerly of North Shields we are now in newly renovated double-fronted shop in the middle of Whitley Bay. Open Mon to Sat 10-5.
Established 1980. Members: ILAB/ABA/PBFA
Established 1980. Members: ILAB/ABA/PBFA
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