Murder for Pleasure: The Life and Times of the Detective Story Tapa dura - 1974

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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. 409 pages.

Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Biblo & Tannen Booksellers & Publishers, Incorporated, 1941. Hardcover. Acceptable. Disclaimer:Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: Biblo and Tannen, 1974. Very Good condition in a Very Good dust jacket. The jacket is protected by a removable Brodart clear-plastic sleeve. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. 1974. Updated and Expanded edition. Subtitle: "Newly Enlarged Edition with Notes on Additions to a Cornerstone Library and the Haycraft-Queen Definitive Library of Detective-Crime-Mystery Fiction." Illustrated with 16 pages of photos. This reference is frequently cited in the catalogues of booksellers. COC 4316: "An extremely thorough and sensible treatment of its subject." Penzler calls this "the first and best comprehensive history of the genre." A Penzler basic reference tool. Index. Bound in the original maroon cloth, stamped in shiny silver on the spine. Complete with dust jacket.. Updated and Expanded Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/Very Good dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo.… Leer más

Brand: Biblo-Moser, 0000-00-00. Reprint. hardcover. Used: Good.

NY: Biblio and Tannen, 1974. FINE condition in NEAR FINE dust jacket. NY. Biblio & Tannen. HARDCOVER. 1974. FIRST PRINTING of Newly Enlarged Edition. SIGNED By Half. AS NEW, bound in mulberry cloth with silver titles in black and red printed dust jacket. Square and tight, UNREAD, dust jacket NOT clipped. Very light rubbing to top edge of dust jacket, else FINE, see image. '..... with Notes on Additions to a Cornerstone Library and the Haycraft-Queen Definitive Library of Detective-Crime-Mystery Fiction.' Illustrated. ~ SIGNED on Front-Free Endpaper by Half of the Author ~ Ellery Queen ~ (Frederic Dannay) ~. Signed by Author. First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine.