Murder For Pleasure

New York: Biblio and Tannen, 1968. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Newly enlarged edition with Notes on Additions to a Cornerstone Library and the Haycraft-Queen Definitive Library of Detective-Crime-Mystery Fiction. Octavo. 409pp. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Two paperclip indentations on front fly, and lightly rubbed on the spine, near fine in a very good dustwrapper with modest… Read more

U.S.A.: Appleton, 1941. First American Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. From the collection of Adrian and M. B. Goldstone--and signed in pencil to the front free endpaper by Goldstone--who along with his brother--who was Steinbeck's bibliographer--were well known collectors early detective and western fiction. Also signed by Ellery Queen (Frederic Dannay) by his photograph on… Read more

1941. HAYCRAFT, Howard. Murder for Pleasure: The Life and Times of the Detective Story. New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1941. Priceclipped dust jacket. Faint toning throughout and tears and chipping to d/j. Very good in a good d/j.

Biblo-Moser. Used - Good. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less (usually same day). Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library, so some stamps and wear, and may have sticker on cover, but in good overall condition. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire, United… Read more

BIBLIO TANNEN, 1972. Book. Very Good. A NEAR FINE HARDCOVER IN DJ..

Peter Davies, 1942. Good. .

Appleton Century, 1943. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Indianapolis: Wm. B. Burford, 1886. First edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo, 359 pages, black cloth Sections on Indiana limestones, clays, chalk, natural gas, geology, and the pre-historic race in Indiana. With a woodcut frontispiece of the limestone quarry at Salem. [ 7 Authors pp. 242-3].

New York; Biblo and Tannen, 1974., 1974. 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… Read more

Biblo-Moser, 1968-06. Hardcover. Good.

Appleton Century, 1943. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Second Ed. Second ed. Very good/Very good condition, moderate over all wear to book and dustjacket, gutters darkened, bookstore label on inside back cover, title on dustjacket spine faded..

New York: D. Appleton-Century, 1941. Second printing. Cloth. Very Good (No Dust Jacket). 8vo, 409 pp., illus. Covers darkened and a bit soiled with light scuffing to front cover, extremities lightly bumped, page edges tanned and lightly foxed, some discoloration to endpapers, neat small label on rear pastedown.

NEW YORK NY: APPLETON-CENTURY-CROFTS, INC. VERY GOOD COPY WITH NO D.J.. PUB 1941. FIRST EDITION. HARDCOVER. A LIBRARY DISCARD WITH MINIMAL MARKINGS WITH A VERY NICE LIBRARYBINDING WITH WHITE SPINE TITLES AND NO EXTERNAL LIBRARY MARKS. A VERYNICE CLEAN AND TIGHT COPY OF THIS LANDMARK STUDY OF THE DETECTIVE GENREWITH A LOT OF SERVICEABLE MILES LEFT ON IT..… Read more

New York: Biblo and Tannen, 1974. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Newly enlarged edition with Notes on Additions to a Cornerstone Library and The Haycraft-Queen Definitive Library of Detective-Crime-Mystery fiction. Near fine book in very good+ jacket which shows just a few hints of rubbing and wear to spine ends and corner tips.

Paperback / softback. New. "Genuinely fascinating reading."--The New York Times Book Review "Diverting and patently authoritative."--The New Yorker "Grand and fascinating ... a history, a compendium and a critical study all in one, and all first rate."--Rex Stout "A landmark ... a brilliant study written with charm and author

London:: Peter Davies,, 1942. First edition. Cloth. Very Good in Fair DJ. Introduction by Nicholas Blake. 11 pages of b/w plates. Cloth worn and marked. Top edge marked by dust. Dj rather worn, with waterstains and tearing along top and base.

New York, London: D. Appleton-Century Company Incorporated, 1941. Octavo, pp. [i-vi] vii-xiii [xiv] xv-xviii [1-2] 3-409 [410-412: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], seventeen inserted plates, cloth. First edition, first printing with "(1)" at base of text on page 409. The first book about detective fiction as a literary form to be published in the United States. A… Read more

New York: Biblo & Tannen, 1974. Hardcover. Very Good +/near fine. Enlarged edition. Maroon cloth boards with silver print and panel on spine. Couple of small scrapes on front board. Crease on bottom corner of latter half of pages, Red and black dust jacket without price but not clipped. Photos, index.… Read more

Dover Pubns, 2019. Paperback. New. 416 pages. 8.50x5.50x1.25 inches.

Paperback / softback. As New. "Genuinely fascinating reading."--The New York Times Book Review "Diverting and patently authoritative."--The New Yorker "Grand and fascinating ... a history, a compendium and a critical study all in one, and all first rate."--Rex Stout "A landmark ... a brilliant study written with charm and author

Carroll & Graf Pub, 1984-08. Paperback. Used: Good.

Dover Publications Inc., 2019. Book. New. Paperback. New and in stock.

Dover Publications, 2019-02-13. Paperback. Used:Good.

Dover Publications, 2019-02-13. Paperback. Used: Good.

Dover Pubns, 2019. Paperback. New. 416 pages. 8.50x5.50x1.25 inches.

Appleton Century, 1941. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Ed. First ed. Fair condition, over all wear, moisture stain to page edges and spine, lettering very faded from front cover and spine, previous owner name and address on inside front cover, long gift inscription on FEP, top edge of FEP clipped, dirt smudge to lower page edges, inside of covers and FEP… Read more

Dover Publications. New. Special order direct from the distributor

Carroll & Graf Publishers Inc, 1984 Book. Very Good+. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Minor shelf wear. Otherwise a square, tight, unmarked book. Index. xxxiv, 410 pp. .

New York: D. Appleton-Century Co., 1941. (1st Edition). Cloth. Good +/No Jacket. [xx], 409p. Endpapers toned at gutters, cover corners and top and bottom of spine worn, spine has stains and fade spots. At the time of its publication, this book was considered the definitive review of the history of detective and mystery stories. Otto Penzler, the owner… Read more

UsedGood. Pages may contain light underlining or highlights.

Dover Publications Inc., 2019-03-29. Paperback. New. 3.1976 cent in x 21.5836 cent in x 13.8894 cent in.

New. .

New. .

UsedLikeNew. Remainder mark

UsedLikeNew. Remainder mark

UsedVeryGood. Minor shelf wear

UsedVeryGood. signs of little wear on the cover.

NY: D. Appleton-Century Company(5). Very Good. 1941 verso. first edition,5ptg; (5)pt note. HARDCOVER. 5x8". VERY GOOD CONDITION I..CLEAN, SOLID,BRIGHT ; Gold spine titles on spine & red cloth hardcover. White endpapers.. ; 409pg pages; chapters include; TIME 1841; AMERICA ..VARIOUS ERAS..1890- 1930..CRITICAL LITERATURE; FUTURE OF DETECTIVE STORY; COMPREHENSIVE QUIZ...WHO'S WHO; APENDIX..PURLOINED LETTER; SHERLOCK HOLMES… Read more

Dover Publications, 2019-02-13. Paperback. Like New.

Carroll & Graf Pub, 1984. Book. Good. Soft cover. Name on first page; interior pages unmarked. Stress lines on spine. Covers moderately worn. Small scarred spots on inside front cove and first pagr. Binding firm..

Dover Publications, 2019-02-13. Paperback. New.

Dover Publications. New. Brand New

Peter Davies, 1942. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1942. First Edition. 347 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Red cloth. Expected library inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Contains black and white photographic plates. Plate to page 104 is detached. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Cracking to front hinge with exposed binding and some pages loose. Light thumb-marking… Read more

Appleton-Century, 1941. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Fourth printing from 1943. An ex-library copy lacking the dust jacket..

NY: Carroll & Graf Publishers, Inc. , 1984. Paperback. VG-. Trade paperback with visible wear to covers, none severe, light fading to spine, well bound solid copy w/no spine crease; contents bright, clean and unmarked. An excellent reading/study/reference copy.