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CARROOL & GRAF, 1984. First edition. . Trade paperback. Very good.. 1 460 p.

New York: Carroll & Graf Pub. Stated First Carroll & Graff edition. M13 . Near Fine. Soft cover. First Thus. 1984.

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

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 darkened..

Carroll & Graf, 1984. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Ed Thus. First trade paperback ed. thus. Near fine condition, very slight over all wear..

New York: Biblo and Tannen. 1974. Reprint; First Printing. Hardcover. Near fine with light rubbing in very good+ dust jacket with wear on all edges and chipping to the spine ends. A wonderful must read for all fans of detective fiction! ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 409 pp .

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.. Keywords: BIBLIOGRAPHY, DETECTIVE FICTION, CORNERSTONES, INVISIBLE, ABCDEF.

New York: D. Appleton - Century Company, 1941. Very Good condition. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a library discard. Pages are clean and unmarked. 1941. Second printing of the First Edition with Appleton's "2" at the end of the final page. Illustrated with 56 photos on 18 plates. This reference is frequently cited in the catalogues of booksellers. See Barzun and Taylor 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 gilt-stamped maroon cloth.. First Edition, second printing. Hardcover. Very Good condition/No dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. xx, 409pp. + 18 plates. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

New York: D. Appleton-Century. 1941. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in boards. Ex-Library with the usual markings. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

New York: Biblo and Tannen, 1968. First Edition; Fifth Printing. Hardcover. Newly enlarged edition with notes on additions to a cornerstone library. 409pp. Cloth. "The first book about the detective story as a literary form to be brought out in this country. Published on the one hundredth anniversary of the detective story, it is an account of the milestones in detective writing, beginning with the invention of the form by Edgar Allan Poe to the present day." Small stain to fore edge and to edge of rear panel. A very good copy in very good+ dustjacket with two small stains to rear panel and light fading to spine panel. ; Octavo.

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.

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 dustjacket with modest chips at the spine. Howard Haycraft's own copy with his bookplate on the front pastedown. Influential history of the detective story as a literary form, beginning with the invention of the form by Edgar Allan Poe.